TY - JOUR
T1 - Abscisic acid mediates the trade-off between growth and abiotic stress defense
AU - Zhai, Jiaying
AU - Teng, Zhengning
AU - Zheng, Cheng
AU - Lv, Jiahan
AU - Song, Tao
AU - Zhang, Jianhua
AU - Ye, Nenghui
N1 - Funding information:
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32572250, 32171927, 32472060), Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2025JJ30010, 2023NK2002), Yuelushan Laboratory Talent Program (2024RC2030), Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2022A1515111230), Shenzhen Science and Technology Program (JCYJ20220531103803008), and the Hong Kong Research Grant Council (AoE/M-403/16, AoE/M-05/12, GRF12102423, 12101722, 12105824).
Publisher copyright:
© 2025 The Author(s).
PY - 2025/9/19
Y1 - 2025/9/19
N2 - Global climate change impacts the yield and quality of rice, thereby restricting the sustainable development of agriculture. When plants cope with environmental stress, the interaction among signal generation, perception, transmission, and defense signal networks jointly enhance their stress resistance. Abscisic acid (ABA), as a key plant hormone, plays an important role in coordinating plant growth and adaptation to environmental stress. This review discusses the regulatory mechanisms of ABA in the growth, development, and stress response of rice; analyses the related signaling pathways, gene expression regulation, and functional characteristics under different environments; and explores how ABA balances plant growth and stress response. The research reveals the balance mechanism of ABA in rice, providing a theoretical basis for the improvement of rice varieties and the formulation of efficient cultivation strategies.
AB - Global climate change impacts the yield and quality of rice, thereby restricting the sustainable development of agriculture. When plants cope with environmental stress, the interaction among signal generation, perception, transmission, and defense signal networks jointly enhance their stress resistance. Abscisic acid (ABA), as a key plant hormone, plays an important role in coordinating plant growth and adaptation to environmental stress. This review discusses the regulatory mechanisms of ABA in the growth, development, and stress response of rice; analyses the related signaling pathways, gene expression regulation, and functional characteristics under different environments; and explores how ABA balances plant growth and stress response. The research reveals the balance mechanism of ABA in rice, providing a theoretical basis for the improvement of rice varieties and the formulation of efficient cultivation strategies.
KW - Abiotic stress
KW - Abscisic acid
KW - Epigenetic regulation
KW - Growth and development
KW - Hormonal interactions
KW - Rice
U2 - 10.1016/j.crope.2025.09.004
DO - 10.1016/j.crope.2025.09.004
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2773-126X
JO - Crop and Environment
JF - Crop and Environment
ER -
