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Drought stress inhibits plant growth and agricultural production. Improving plant instantaneous water use efficiency (iWUE), which is strictly regulated by stomata, is an effective way to cope with drought stress. However, the mechanisms of iWUE regulation are poorly understood. Through genetic screening for suppressors of mpk12-4, an Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) mutant with a major iWUE quantitative trait locus gene MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE12 deleted, we identified HIGH LEAF TEMPERATURE1 (HT1). Genetic interaction and physiological analyses showed that MPK12 controls iWUE through multiple modules in a high CO2-induced stomatal closing pathway that regulate SLOW ANION CHANNEL-ASSOCIATED1 (SLAC1) activity. HT1 acts downstream of MPK12, whereas OPEN STOMATA1 (OST1) and GUARD CELL HYDROGEN PEROXIDE-RESISTANT1 (GHR1) function downstream of HT1 by activating SLAC1 in iWUE. Photosynthetic-CO2 response curves and biomass analyses under different water-supply conditions showed that HT1 dysfunction improved iWUE and also increased plant growth capacity, and products of HT1 putative orthologs from Brassica (Brassica napus) and rice (Oryza sativa) exhibited functions similar to that of Arabidopsis HT1 in iWUE and the CO2-signaling pathway. Our study revealed the mechanism of MPK12-mediated iWUE regulation in Arabidopsis and provided insight into the internal relationship between iWUE and CO2 signaling in guard cells and a potential target for improving crop iWUE and drought tolerance.
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