Transcriptomic Profiling of Tomato Leaves Identifies Novel Transcription Factors Responding to Dehydration Stress.

ABSTRACT: Drought is among the most challenging environmental restrictions to tomatoes (Solanum lycopersi-cum), which causes dehydration of the tissues and results in massive loss of yield. Breeding for dehydration-tolerant tomatoes is a pressing issue as a result of global climate change that leads to increased duration and frequency of droughts. However, the key genes involved in dehydration response and tolerance in tomato are not widely known, and genes that can be targeted for dehydration-tolerant tomato breeding remains to be discovered. Here, we compared phenotypes and transcriptomic profiles of tomato leaves between control and dehydration conditions. We show that dehydration decreased the relative water content of tomato leaves after 2 h of dehydration treatment; however, it promoted the ma

SUBMITTER: Dong S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10253658 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature