Journal rounds up decades of research on plant breathing pores
Assmann SM, Dong J, Gray JE, Hõrak H, Liang YK
Plant Signaling
Every leaf in your garden is dotted with thousands of tiny valves called stomata that decide when a plant drinks, cools itself, or shuts down to survive a dry spell, and this collection shows scientists are still uncovering how plants make that call.
Stomata are the tiny pores on leaves that plants open and close to breathe and manage water loss, kind of like adjustable nostrils. This editorial introduces a special collection pulling together dozens of research papers on how these pores work, spanning topics like drought response and plant sensing. It's a curated reading list for anyone wanting a deep dive into how plants control their own water and gas exchange.
Key Findings
The virtual issue compiles over 30 papers on stomatal biology published between 2002 and 2026
Topics span stomatal development, signaling, drought responses, and evolutionary biology across many plant species
The collection is freely accessible at newphytologist.com/virtualissues as a curated resource for researchers
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A leading plant science journal has bundled dozens of studies on stomata, the microscopic pores that control how plants breathe and lose water, into one collection. The roundup highlights how stomata research spans everything from drought survival to how plants sense their environment.
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Stomata: an introduction to a Virtual Issue.
This Editorial introduces the Virtual Issue ‘Stomata’ that includes the following papers: Apigo et al. (2026), Bernardo et al. (2026), Brench et al. (2026), Busby et al. (2026), Caine et al. (2019,...
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