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We thank R. Mittler, V. Buchanan-Wollaston, K. Shinozaki, D.-P. Zhang, I. Murgia, J. Salinas, S. Lindquist, E. Blumwald and S. Barack for kindly providing transgenic lines, and M. De Cock for help in preparing the manuscript. This work was supported by grants from Ghent University (Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds Methusalem project no. BOF08/01M00408) and Multidisciplinary Research Partnership (Biotechnology for a Sustainable Economy no. 01MRB510W), the Interuniversity Attraction Poles Programme (IUAP VI/33), initiated by the Belgian State, Science Policy Office and the European Community Grant FP6 IP AGRON-OMICS (contract LSHG-CT-2006-037704). S.D. is indebted to the Agency for Innovation through Science and Technology for a predoctoral fellowship. V.B.T. is the recipient of a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship for Career Development (PIEF-GA-2008-221427).
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Skirycz, A., Vandenbroucke, K., Clauw, P. et al. Survival and growth of Arabidopsis plants given limited water are not equal. Nat Biotechnol 29, 212–214 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.1800
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