Drought recovery in plants triggers a cell-state-specific immune activation.

ABSTRACT: All organisms experience stress as an inevitable part of life, from single-celled microorganisms to complex multicellular beings. The ability to recover from stress is a fundamental trait that determines the overall resilience of an organism, yet stress recovery is understudied. To investigate how plants recover from drought, we examine a fine-scale time series of RNA sequencing starting 15 min after rehydration following moderate drought. We reveal that drought recovery is a rapid process involving the activation of thousands of recovery-specific genes. To capture these rapid recovery responses in different Arabidopsis thaliana (A. thaliana) leaf cell types, we perform a single-nucleus transcriptome analysis at the onset of drought recovery, identifying a cell type-specific transcriptiona

SUBMITTER: Illouz-Eliaz N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12397292 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature