Lipid remodeling of contrasting maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids under repeated drought.

ABSTRACT: The role of recovery after drought has been proposed to play a more prominent role during the whole drought-adaption process than previously thought. Two maize hybrids with comparable growth but contrasting physiological responses were investigated using physiological, metabolic, and lipidomic tools to understand the plants' strategies of lipid remodeling in response to repeated drought stimuli. Profound differences in adaptation between hybrids were discovered during the recovery phase, which likely gave rise to different degrees of lipid adaptability to the subsequent drought event. These differences in adaptability are visible in galactolipid metabolism and fatty acid saturation patterns during recovery and may lead to a membrane dysregulation in the sensitive maize hybrid. Moreover, th

SUBMITTER: Kranzlein M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10206266 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature