• closedAccess   Drought tolerance in Arabidopsis is controlled by the OCP3 disease resistance regulator 

      Ramírez, Vicente; Coego, Alberto; López, Ana; Agorio, Astrid; Flors, Victor; Vera, Pablo Wiley (2009)
      Water scarcity and corresponding abiotic drought stress is one of the most important factors limiting plant performance and yield. In addition, plant productivity is severely compromised worldwide by infection with microbial ...
    • openAccess   Opposing Roles of Plant Laticifer Cells in the Resistance to Insect Herbivores and Fungal Pathogens 

      Castelblanque, Lourdes; García-Andrade, Javier; Martínez-Arias, Clara; Rodríguez, Juan J.; Escaray, Francisco José; Aguilar-Fenollosa, Ernestina; Jaques , Josep A.; Vera, Pablo Elsevier (2020)
      More than 12,000 plant species (ca. 10% of flowering plants) exude latex when their tissues are injured. Latex is produced and stored in specialized cells named ‘‘laticifers’’. Laticifers form a tubing system composed of ...
    • openAccess   The Role of ABA in Plant Immunity is Mediated through the PYR1 Receptor 

      García-Andrade, Javier; González, Beatriz; Gonzalez-Guzman, Miguel; Rodriguez, Pedro L.; Vera, Pablo MDPI (2020-08-11)
      ABA is involved in plant responses to a broad range of pathogens and exhibits complex antagonistic and synergistic relationships with salicylic acid (SA) and ethylene (ET) signaling pathways, respectively. However, the ...