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Hydrosensing Project

Discovering How Plants Sense Water Stress

The Hydrosensing Project Team is on a mission to transform our understandingof how plants sense and respond to water availability. We aim to uncover the mechanisms plants use to perceive water stress, a key factor in their survival and productivity.

HYDROSENSING

a Synergy Project

By combining cutting-edge genomics, structural biology, biophysics and imaging approaches, we strive to revolutionize crop resilience and pave the way for climate-proof agriculture.

Join us as we explore new frontiers in plant science, working towards a future where crops are better equipped to withstand the challenges of a changing climate.

Publications

Journal articles and preprints by the Hydrosensing project

Image: Mutants from CRISPR library that will be subjected into XB experiments. Credit: Barak Bitman, Tel Aviv University
Publications

Moisture-responsive root-branching pathways identified in diverse maize breeding germplasm

Uncovering the genetic basis for this trait variance, the authors found that auxin, ethylene, and…
Image by Gundula Vogel from Pixabay
Publications

Roles of Hormones in Regulating Root Growth-Water Interactions 

Hydrosensing has published a new article “Roles of Hormones in Regulating Root Growth-Water Interactions” on…
Image: graphical abstract. Credit: Current Biology.
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ABA-auxin cascade regulates crop root angle in response to drought

A group of the Hydrosensing team in collaboration with others discovered that the plant hormone…
Maize, corn. CLM-bv from Pixabay
Publications

Maize genetic diversity identifies moisture-dependent root-branch signaling pathways

This article investigates hydropatterning, the process by which plant root tips sense soil moisture gradients…