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Ray A. Bressan

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1976
Plant Stress Responses and TolerancePlant Molecular Biology ResearchPlant tissue culture and regenerationPlant nutrient uptake and metabolismPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Publications

358

Citations

41,077

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

51

Publishing since 1976

Research summary
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Ray A. Bressan studies how plants sense and respond to environmental stresses such as salt, drought, and cold, focusing on the molecular signaling pathways (including the hormone abscisic acid, calcium-based signals, and ion transport proteins) that let plants tolerate these conditions. This research aims to understand mechanisms of stress tolerance that could inform crop improvement, particularly in salinity- or drought-prone environments.

Plant abiotic stress tolerance (salt, drought, cold)Abscisic acid (ABA) signalingIon transport and salt tolerance (e.g., HKT1, SOS pathway)Calcium signaling and stress-hormone crosstalkEpigenetic and transcriptional regulation of stress responses

Publication output was moderately steady from 2017-2021 with a peak in 2018, but has slowed noticeably since 2022, with sparse or no output in several recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.8/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 6 publications6182019: 4 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 1 publication22232024: 1 publication24252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences×3
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences×2
  • Plant and Cell Physiology×2
  • The Plant Cell×2
  • Stress Biology×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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