To Grow or Not to Grow: TOR and SnRK2 Coordinate Growth and Stress Response in Arabidopsis

For optimal growth, plants must tightly control the switch between stress responses and regrowth upon restoration of favorable conditions. In this issue of Molecular Cell , Wang et al. (2017) reveal that reciprocal regulation of growth-promoting TOR and stress-activated SnRK2 facilitates plant adaptation to environmental variations.