@article{550c0f8cbbd94ec5a3df675c5392542b,
title = "Microbe-induced drought tolerance by ABA-mediated root architecture and epigenetic reprogramming",
abstract = "The use of beneficial microbes to mitigate drought stress tolerance of plants is of great potential albeit little understood. We show here that a root endophytic desert bacterium, Pseudomonas argentinensis strain SA190, enhances drought stress tolerance in Arabidopsis. Transcriptome and genetic analysis demonstrate that SA190-induced root morphogenesis and gene expression is mediated via the plant abscisic acid (ABA) pathway. Moreover, we demonstrate that SA190 primes the promoters of target genes in an epigenetic ABA-dependent manner. Application of SA190 priming on crops is demonstrated for alfalfa, showing enhanced performance under drought conditions. In summary, a single beneficial root bacterial strain can help plants to resist drought conditions.",
keywords = "ABA, drought stress, H3K4me3, microbiome, water use efficiency (WUE)",
author = "Alwutayd, {Khairiah M.} and Rawat, {Anamika A.} and Sheikh, {Arsheed H.} and Marilia Almeida-Trapp and Alaguraj Veluchamy and Rewaa Jalal and Michael Karampelias and Katja Froehlich and Waad Alzaed and Naheed Tabassum and Schley, {Thayssa Rabelo} and Sch{\"a}ffner, {Anton R.} and Ihsanullah Daur and Saad, {Maged M.} and Heribert Hirt",
note = "Funding Information: The work was supported by a grant to HH from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology BAS/1/1062‐01‐01. We thank Pedro Rodriguez for providing and q mutants. We thank KAUST core lab facility for RNA seq and hormone measurement processes. We thank Dr. Sabiha Parveen for helping with data uploading. We would like to thank all members of the Hirt lab for useful discussion. aba2‐1 pylpyr Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 The Authors. Published under the terms of the CC BY NC ND 4.0 license.",
year = "2023",
month = aug,
day = "3",
doi = "10.15252/embr.202256754",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "24",
journal = "EMBO reports",
issn = "1469-221X",
publisher = "EMBO Press",
number = "8",
}