A gene‐stacking approach to overcome the trade‐off between drought stress tolerance and growth in Arabidopsis

Summary The molecular breeding of drought stress‐tolerant crops is imperative for stable food and biomass production. However, a trade‐off exists between plant growth and drought stress tolerance. Many drought stress‐tolerant plants overexpressing stress‐inducible genes, such as DEHYDRATION ‐ RESPONSIVE ELEMENT ‐ BINDING PROTEIN 1A ( DREB 1A ), show severe growth retardation. Here, we demonstrate that the growth of DREB 1A‐ overexpressing...