Publications

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

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
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-02078-7

Illouz-Eliaz N., Yu J., Swift J., Lande K., Jow B., Tuang Z.K., Lee T., Yaaran A., Gomez Castanon R., Nery J.R., Nobori T., Zait Y..,Burdman S., Ecker J.R.
Drought recovery in plants triggers a cell-state-specific immune activation.
Nature Communications 16, 8095
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63467-2

Sadeh, R., Alchanatis, V., Zait, Y., Ben David, R., Ariel, R., Nachman, A., Herrmann, I., Peleg, Z.

Cascading functional water balance traits enhance wheat grain yield under terminal drought.

Journal of Experimental Botany

DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraf480.

🔗https://academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jxb/eraf480/8304852?login=false

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

Shapira O., Hochberg U., Joseph A., McAdam S.., 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
🔗 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tpj.17066

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
🔗 https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.84747

Zait Y., Shemer O., Cochavi A.
Dynamic responses of chlorophyll fluorescence parameters to drought across diverse plant families
Physiologia Plantarum, 176(5): e14527
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.14527

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
🔗 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11688528/

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
🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11104-022-05298-4

Zait Y., Assmann S.M.
Salty or sweet? Guard cell signaling and osmotic control under saline conditions
Advances in Botanical Research, 103: 61–87
🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065229622000210?casa_token=2Xs0Lxk19aMAAAAA:qLt6ifTNmMbuPnmLkZRa4BpXFJv6hihUdaYYvNuigTP3Ec5jOKOgwhyXBMywougcaEy0wENC3pc5

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
🔗 https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.17730

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
🔗https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33416079/

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
🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-71276-4

Zait Y., Elingold I., Londener A., Gal Z., Or G., Galpaz N.
Banana frost protection by thermal nets
Acta Horticulturae, 1272: 21–26
🔗 https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2020.1272.3

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
🔗 https://academic.oup.com/plphys/article/180/2/910/6117734

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
🔗 https://academic.oup.com/treephys/article-abstract/39/5/701/5268838?redirectedFrom=fulltext

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
🔗 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2018.00003/full

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
🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pce.12907

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
🔗 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2017.00474/full