{"id":38844,"date":"2026-09-05T14:19:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T14:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/projects\/plant-stress\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T15:21:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T15:21:05","slug":"plant-stress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/projects\/plant-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"BED protein domain & plant stress"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photographic detail, Figure 4 \u00b7 Zuluaga et al. (2020)<\/a> \u00b7 CC BY<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Published evidence<\/p>\n\n\n

A visible difference under drought.<\/h2>\n\n\n

The original experiments compared rice plants with and without ZBED overexpression. The published results connect this factor with drought tolerance and disease resistance, supported by greenhouse and field observations.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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The question<\/h2>\n\n\n

Plants face environmental pressures such as drought alongside biological threats such as pathogens. Improving tolerance to one can come at the expense of resistance to the other.<\/p>\n\n\n

Research contribution<\/h2>\n\n\n

Research led by Paola Zuluaga at INRA in France during 2016\u20132018 investigated this intersection in rice. It identified a role for the DNA-binding protein ZBED in the response to both disease and drought. This is earlier scientific research, carried out at INRA before Zephyros Solutions was founded.<\/p>\n\n\n

Technical approach<\/h2>\n\n\n

The study examined ZBED\u2019s zinc-finger BED domains, DNA binding and immune activity, alongside experiments on disease resistance and drought response in rice.<\/p>\n\n\n

Outcome & significance<\/h2>\n\n\n

The published work found that ZBED-overexpressing rice lines showed greater drought tolerance while maintaining disease resistance after mild drought. It points to a potential route for understanding simultaneous responses to abiotic and biotic stress, rather than treating them in isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n

Disease resistance after drought<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Figure 6 \u00b7 Zuluaga et al. (2020)<\/a> \u00b7 CC BY<\/a> \u00b7 Unmodified figure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

A closer look at the results<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Figure 4: greenhouse and field observations of drought response. Zuluaga et al. (2020), Frontiers in Plant Science<\/a> \u00b7 CC BY<\/a> \u00b7 Unmodified figure. Open full-size figure \u2197<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Research setting<\/h2>\n\n\n

INRA, France<\/p>\n\n\n

Period<\/h2>\n\n\n

2016\u20132018
Publication: 2020<\/p>\n\n\n

People<\/h2>\n\n\n

A. Paola Zuluaga and co-authors<\/p>\n\n\n

Methods<\/h2>\n\n\n

Molecular biology
DNA-binding proteins
Plant\u2013pathogen interactions
Drought-response analysis<\/p>\n\n\n

Publication<\/h2>\n\n\n

Zuluaga et al. (2020), Frontiers in Plant Science \u2197<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Tell us what you\u2019re working on. We welcome technical challenges, research collaborations and new partnerships.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Investigating how rice can maintain disease resistance while responding to drought stress.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":38865,"parent":38839,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-project.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38844"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38878,"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38844\/revisions\/38878"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyros.solutions\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}