Acetic acid enhances tolerance to long-term water deficit in tomato by partially buffering transcriptomic and proteomic reprogramming independently of canonical jasmonate signalling
Alberto Férez-Gómez, Lidia López‐Serrano, Jesús Leal‐López, Edurne Baroja‐Fernández, Goizeder Almagro, Antonio Gavira, Rafael J. L. Morcillo, Javier Pozueta‐Romero
This study shows acetic acid improves tomato drought tolerance by reducing transcriptomic and proteomic changes under water deficit, without relying on jasmonate signaling.
bioRxiv · Jun 15, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology