2025

Ben-Zeev B., Shapira O., Yaaran A., Zait Y.
Disentangling the stomatal response to transpiration and relative humidity.
bioRxiv, preprint. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.03.657603v1

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Zait Y., Zhu M., Ando E., Zhou Y., Yaaran A., Yon S., Okamoto M., Hayashi Y., Hirai M.Y., Jegla T., Kinoshita T., Chen S., Assmann S.M.
Apoplastic metabolomics reveals sugars as mesophyll messengers regulating guard cell ion transport under red light.
Nature Plants (accepted)

 

Gilad G., Sapir O., Hipsch M., Waiger D., Ben-Ari J., Ben-Zeev B., Zait Y., Lampl N., Rosenwasser S.
Nitrogen assimilation plays a role in balancing the chloroplastic glutathione redox potential under high light conditions.
Plant, Cell & Environment, 48(5): 3559–3572.
https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.15368

2024

Zait Y., Joseph A., Assmann S.M.
Stomatal responses to VPD utilize guard cell intracellular signaling components.
Frontiers in Plant Science, 15:1351612.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1351612

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Shapira O., Hochberg U., Joseph A., McAdam S.C., Azoulay-Shemer T., Brodersen C.R., Holbrook N.M., Zait Y.
Wind speed affects the rate and kinetics of stomatal conductance.
The Plant Journal, 120(4), 1552–1562.

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Gonzalez S., Swift J., Yaaran A., Xu J., Miller C., Illouz-Eliaz N., Nery J.R., Busch W., Zait Y., Ecker J.R.
Mimicking drought transcriptional responses using a high-throughput plate assay.
eLife, 12:RP84747.

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Zait Y., Shemer O., Cochavi A.
Dynamic responses of chlorophyll fluorescence parameters to drought across diverse plant families.
Physiologia Plantarum, 176(5): e14527.

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Haj-Yahya A., Sorek Y., Hochberg U., Ohana-Levi N., Zait Y., Shtein I.
Bimodal pattern of allometric scaling along grapevine shoots.
Annals of Botany

2022

Markovich O., Zexer N., Negin B., Zait Y., Blum S., Ben-Gal A., Elbaum R.
Low Si combined with drought causes reduced transpiration in sorghum Lsi1 mutant.
Plant and Soil, 477: 57–67.

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Zait Y., Assmann S.M.
Salty or sweet? Guard cell signaling and osmotic control under saline conditions.
Advances in Botanical Research, 103: 61–87.

2021

Zait Y., Ferrero-Serrano Á., Assmann S.M.
The α subunit of the heterotrimeric G protein regulates mesophyll CO₂ conductance and drought tolerance in rice.
New Phytologist, 232: 2324–2338.

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Shtein I., Wolberg S., Munitz S., Zait Y., Rozenzweig T., Grünzweig J.M., Ohana-Levi N., Netzer Y.
Temperature-driven dynamic structural changes in grapevine.
Tree Physiology, 41(7): 1199–1211.

2020

Zait Y., Konsens I., Schwartz A.
Elucidating the limiting factors for regeneration and successful establishment of the thermophilic tree Ziziphus spina-christi under a changing climate.
Scientific Reports, 10(1): 1–12.

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Zait Y., Elingold I., Londener A., Gal Z., Or G., Galpaz N.
Banana frost protection by thermal nets.
Acta Horticulturae, 1272: 21–26.

2019

Negin B., Yaaran A., Kelly G., Zait Y., Moshelion M.
Mesophyll abscisic acid restrains early growth and flowering but does not directly suppress photosynthesis.
Plant Physiology, 180(2): 910–925.

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Zait Y., Shtein I., Schwartz A.
Long-term acclimation to drought, salinity and temperature in the thermophilic tree Ziziphus spina-christi.
Tree Physiology, 39: 701–716.

2018

Zait Y., Schwartz A.
Climate-related limitations on photosynthesis and drought-resistance strategies of Ziziphus spina-christi.
Frontiers in Forest and Global Change, 1: 1–15.

2017

Zait Y., Shapira O., Schwartz A.
The effect of blue light on stomatal oscillations and leaf turgor pressure in banana leaves.
Plant, Cell & Environment, 40: 1143–1152.

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Matzrafi M., Herrmann I., Nansen C., Kliper T., Zait Y., Ignat T., Siso D., Rubin B., Karnieli A., Eizenberg H.
Hyperspectral technologies for assessing seed germination and Trifloxysulfuron-methyl response in Amaranthus palmeri.
Frontiers in Plant Science, 8: 1–13.