Transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis of Yukon Thellungiella plants grown in cabinets and their natural habitat

ABSTRACT: Background: Thellungiella salsuginea is an important model plant due to its natural tolerance to abiotic stresses including salt, cold, and water deficits. Microarray and metabolite profiling have shown that Thellungiella undergoes stress-responsive changes in transcript and organic solute abundance when grown under controlled environmental conditions. However, few reports assess the capacity of plants to display stress-responsive traits in natural habitats where concurrent stresses are the norm. Results: To determine whether stress-responsive changes observed in cabinet-grown plants are recapitulated in the field, we analyzed leaf transcript and metabolic profiles of Thellungiella growing in its native Yukon habitat during two years of contrasting meteorological conditions. We found

ORGANISM(S): Thellungiella

SUBMITTER: Elizabeth Weretilnyk 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-41182 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress