Publications by authors named "Nienke van Dongen"
The increasing occurrence of floods hinders agricultural crop production and threatens global food security. The majority of vegetable crops are highly sensitive to flooding and it is unclear how these plants use flooding signals to acclimate to impending oxygen deprivation (hypoxia). Previous research has shown that the early flooding signal ethylene augments hypoxia responses and improves survival in Arabidopsis.
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- Timely detection of environmental changes is crucial for plant survival, particularly during submergence when gas levels fluctuate. !* -
- In the study, Arabidopsis thaliana plants sense submergence through ethylene trapping, which enhances the stability of ERFVII transcription factors amid flooding-induced low oxygen levels. !* -
- The findings indicate that ethylene can increase PHYTOGLOBIN1 levels to deplete nitric oxide, thereby helping plants pre-adapt to low oxygen conditions, revealing important targets for creating flood-resistant crops. !*