Bei Gao

This study shows that moderate cold stress improves Arabidopsis drought tolerance through the CCA1 pathway, independent of ABA, by promoting stomatal closure and proline accumulation before drought occurs.

The paper identifies four polyploidy events in the evolutionary history of Physcomitrella patens, including two ancient duplications and one associated with Bryopsida diversification.

This study characterizes the evolution of Auxin Response Factors (ARFs) in plants using phylogenomic synteny network analyses, revealing their diversification and functional expansion across major plant lineages.

This study identifies alternative splicing and translation initiation as key post-transcriptional mechanisms in rice hypoxic germination, revealing novel pathways and proteins involved in stress response.