caa a22 4500 606176659 CHVBK 20210128100748.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00018-014-1767-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00018-014-1767-0 General mechanisms of drought response and their application in drought resistance improvement in plants [Elektronische Daten] [Yujie Fang, Lizhong Xiong] Plants often encounter unfavorable environmental conditions because of their sessile lifestyle. These adverse factors greatly affect the geographic distribution of plants, as well as their growth and productivity. Drought stress is one of the premier limitations to global agricultural production due to the complexity of the water-limiting environment and changing climate. Plants have evolved a series of mechanisms at the morphological, physiological, biochemical, cellular, and molecular levels to overcome water deficit or drought stress conditions. The drought resistance of plants can be divided into four basic types-drought avoidance, drought tolerance, drought escape, and drought recovery. Various drought-related traits, including root traits, leaf traits, osmotic adjustment capabilities, water potential, ABA content, and stability of the cell membrane, have been used as indicators to evaluate the drought resistance of plants. In the last decade, scientists have investigated the genetic and molecular mechanisms of drought resistance to enhance the drought resistance of various crops, and significant progress has been made with regard to drought avoidance and drought tolerance. With increasing knowledge to comprehensively decipher the complicated mechanisms of drought resistance in model plants, it still remains an enormous challenge to develop water-saving and drought-resistant crops to cope with the water shortage and increasing demand for food production in the future. Springer Basel, 2014 Drought resistance breeding nationallicence Drought tolerance nationallicence Drought avoidance nationallicence Gene function nationallicence Genetic engineering nationallicence Fang Yujie National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, China aut Xiong Lizhong National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, China aut Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences Springer Basel 72/4(2015-02-01), 673-689 1420-682X 72:4<673 2015 72 18 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-014-1767-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-014-1767-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fang Yujie National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Xiong Lizhong National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences Springer Basel 72/4(2015-02-01), 673-689 1420-682X 72:4<673 2015 72 18