Publications

**Oliveira LA, Oliveira D, Taggart M, Milla-Lewis SR, Clothier J, Cardoso AA (2026) Cellular integrity beyond xylem embolism underpins drought tolerance in zoysiagrasses. Journal of Experimental Botany: in press.

**Morais M, Oliveira LA, Andrade MT, Collins G, Suchoff D, Garcia K, Cardoso AA (2026) Preventing canopy mortality during drought is essential for efficient recovery in cotton. Crop and Environment 5: 100142.

**Cardoso AA, Taggart M, Oliveira D, Gouveia BT, Enguidanos OA, Suchoff D, Milla-Lewis S (2026) Similar drought avoidance and contrasting tolerance and recovery capacity across zoysiagrass cultivars: insights from controlled and field droughts. Grass Research 6: e003. 

Daloso DM, Freire FBS, Morais EG, Lima VF, Bahadar H, Boanares D, Yoshida T, Menezes-Silva PE, Cardoso AA (2026) Stomata as an important hub for the ecophysiology of leaves and non-foliar tissues. Plant Physiology 200: kiaf637. 

Jafarikouhini N, Sinclair T, Cardoso AA, Gatiboni L, Rufty T (2026) Triple super phosphate impact on maize root hydraulic conductance. Annals of Botany 137: 886–891.

Sinclair T, Jafarikouhini N, Phillips S, Ruiz Diaz D, Gatiboni L, Basra A, Cardoso AA (2026) Water-deficit resilience by early initiation of transpiration decrease with soil drying: case studies of peanut genetics and maize response to triple super phosphate. Plant and Soil 524: 551–561.

Gomes Júnior CC, de Souza RPB, Menezes KMS, de Souza AA, Tomazeli-Silva A, Valadares SV, Martins SCV, Cardoso AA, Da Silva MCS, DaMatta FM (2025) Boosting coffee seedling performance through arbuscular mycorrhizal association. Mycorrhiza 35: 69.  

**Cardoso AA, Andrade MT, Bucior ER, Martins SCV (2025) Plant hydraulic traits influencing crop production in water-limited environments. Plant Physiology 199: kiaf521.

Pereira TS, Manandhar A, Cardoso AA, Martins SCV, McAdam SAM (2025) Divergent pathways across vascular plant lineages drive reduced nighttime transpiration during drought. Plant Physiology 198: kiaf274.

**Haverroth EJ, Da-Silva C, Taggart M, Oliveira LA, Cardoso AA (2025) Shoot hydraulic impairments induced by waterlogging: parallels and contrasts with drought. Plant Physiology 197: kiae336.

**Simpson E, Haverroth EJ, Taggart M, Andrade MT, Villegas DA, Carbajal EM, Oliveira LA, Suchoff D, Milla-Lewis S, Cardoso AA (2024) Dehydration tolerance rather than avoidance explains drought resistance in zoysiagrass. Physiologia Plantarum 176: e14622.

Andrade MT, Cardoso AA, Oliveira LA, Pereira TS, Haverroth EJ, Souza GA, DaMatta FM, Zsögön A, Martins SCV (2024) Enhanced drought resistance in tomato via reduced auxin sensitivity: delayed dehydration and improved leaf resistance to embolism. Physiologia Plantarum 176: e14408.

**Haverroth EJ, Rimer IM, Oliveira LA, Lima LGA, Cesarino I, Martins SCV, McAdam SAM, Cardoso AA (2024) Gradients in embolism resistance within stems driven by secondary growth in herbs. Plant, Cell & Environment 47: 2986–2998.

Pereira TS, Oliveira LA, Andrade MT, Haverroth EJ, Cardoso AA, Martins, SCV (2024) Linking water-use strategies with drought resistance across herbaceous crops. Physiologia Plantarum 176: e14114.

Reynolds J, Taggart M, Martin D, Lobaton E, Cardoso AA, Daniele M, Bozkurt A (2023) Rapid drought stress detection in plants using bioimpedance measurements and analysis. IEEE Transactions on AgriFood Electronics 1: 135–144.

**Haverroth EJ, Oliveira LA, Andrade MT, Taggart M, McAdam SAM, Zsögön A, Thompson AJ, Martins SCV, Cardoso AA (2023) Abscisic acid acts essentially on stomata, not on xylem, to improve drought resistance in tomato. Plant, Cell & Environment 46: 3229–3241.

Armstrong EM, Larson ER, Webb CR, Harper H, Dohleman F, Araya Y, Meade C, Feng X, Mukoye B, Levin MJ, Lacombe B, Bakirbas A, Cardoso AA, Fleury D, Gessler A, Jaiswal D, Onkokesung N, Pathare V, Phartyal SS, Sevanto S, Wilson I, Grierson CS (2023) One hundred important questions facing plant science: an international perspective. New Phytologist 238: 470–481.

Cardoso AA, Kane CN, Rimer IM, McAdam SAM (2022) Seeing is believing: what visualizing bubbles in the xylem has revealed about plant hydraulic function. Functional Plant Biology 49: 759–772.

Oliveira LA, Cardoso AA, Andrade MT, Pereira TS, Araújo WL, Santos GA, DaMatta FM, Martins SCV (2022) Exploring leaf hydraulic traits to predict drought tolerance of Eucalyptus clones. Tree Physiology 42: 1750–1761.

Andrade MT, Oliveira LA, Pereira TS, Cardoso AA, Batista-Silva W, DaMatta FM, Zsogon A, Martins SCV (2022) Impaired auxin signaling increases vein and stomatal densities but reduces hydraulic efficiency and net photosynthesis. Journal of Experimental Botany 73: 4147–4156.

McAdam SAM, Kane CN, Mercado Reyes J, Cardoso AA, Brodribb TJ (2022) An abrupt increase in foliage ABA levels on incipient leaf death occurs across vascular plants. Plant Biology 24: 1262-1271.

Avila RT, Guan X, Kane CN, Cardoso AA, Batz TA, DaMatta FM, Jansen S, McAdam SAM (2022) Xylem embolism spread is largely prevented by interconduit pit membranes until the majority of conduits are gas-filled. Plant, Cell & Environment 45: 1204–1215.

Da-Silva CJ, Shimoia EP, Posso D, Cardoso AA, Batz TA, Oliveira ACB, Amarante L (2021) Nitrate nutrition increases foliar levels of nitric oxide and waterlogging tolerance in soybean. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 43: 116.

Avila RT, Cardoso AA, Batz TA, Kane C, DaMata FM, McAdam SAM (2021) Limited plasticity in embolism resistance in response to light in leaves and stems in species with considerable vulnerability segmentation. Physiologia Plantarum 172: 2142–2152.

Toral-Juarez MA, Avila RT, Cardoso AA, Brito FAL, Machado KLG, Almeida WL, Souza RPB, Martins SCV, DaMatta FM (2021) Drought-tolerant coffee plants display increased tolerance to waterlogging and post-waterlogging reoxygenation. Environmental and Experimental Botany 182: 104311.

Cardoso AA, Visel D, Kane C, Batz TA, Sanchez CG, Kaack L, Lamarque LJ, Wagner Y, King A, Torrez-Ruiz JM, Corso D, Burlet R, Badel E, Cochard H, Delzon S, Jansen S, McAdam SAM (2020) Drought‐induced lacuna formation in the stem causes hydraulic conductance to decline before xylem embolism in Selaginella. New Phytologist 227: 1804–1817.

Cardoso AA, Batz TA, McAdam SAM (2020) Xylem embolism resistance determines leaf mortality during drought in Persea americana. Plant Physiology 182: 547–554.

Cardoso AA, Brodribb TJ, Kane C, DaMatta F, McAdam SAM (2020) Osmotic adjustment and hormonal regulation of stomatal responses to vapor pressure deficit in sunflower. AoB Plants 12: plaa025.

Cardoso AA, Gori A, Da-Silva CJ, Brunetti C (2020) Abscisic acid biosynthesis and signaling in plants: key targets to improve water use efficiency and drought tolerance. Applied Sciences 10: 6322.

Cardoso AA, Billon L, Borges AF, Fernández-de-Uña L, Gersony JT, Güney A, Johnson KM, Lemaire C, Mrad A, Wagner Y, Petit G (2020) New developments in understanding plant water transport under drought stress. New Phytologist 227: 1025–1027. 

Cardoso AA, Randall JM, McAdam SAM (2019) Hydraulics regulates stomatal responses to changes in leaf water status in Athyrium filix-femina. Plant Physiology 179: 533–543. 

Cardoso AA, McAdam SAM (2019) Misleading conclusions from exogenous ABA application: a cautionary tale about the evolution of stomatal responses to changes in leaf water status. Plant Signaling & Behavior 14: 1610307. 

DaMatta FM, Avila RT, Cardoso AA, Martins SCV, Ramalho JC (2019) Physiological and agronomic performance of the coffee crop in the context of climate change and global warming: A review. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 66: 5264–5274. 

McAdam SAM, Cardoso AA (2019) The recurrent evolution of extremely resistant xylem. Annals of Forest Science 76: 2. 

Cardoso AA, Randall JM, Jordan GJ, McAdam SAM (2018) Extended differentiation of veins and stomata is essential for the expansion of large leaves in Rheum rhabarbarum. American Journal of Botany 105: 1967–1974. 

Cardoso AA, Brodribb TJ, Lucani CJ, DaMatta FM, McAdam SA (2018) Coordinated plasticity maintains hydraulic safety in sunflower leaves. Plant, Cell & Environment 41: 2567–2576.

Zhang FP, Carins Murphy MR, Cardoso AA, Jordan GJ, Brodribb TJ (2018) Similar geometric rules govern the distribution of veins and stomata in petals, sepals and leaves. New Phytologist 219: 1224–1234. 

Zhang FP, Sussmilch F, Nichols DS, Cardoso AA, Brodribb TJ, McAdam SAM (2018) Leaves, not roots or floral tissue, are the main site of rapid, external pressure-induced ABA biosynthesis in angiosperms. Journal of Experimental Botany 69: 1261–1267.