Transcriptomic analysis provides insight into the genetic regulation of shade avoidance in Aegilops tauschii.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Weeds are not only economically important but also fascinating models for studying the adaptation of species in human-mediated environments. Aegilops tauschii is the D-genome donor species of common wheat but is also a weed that influences wheat production. How shading stress caused by adjacent wheat plants affects Ae. tauschii growth is a fundamental scientific question but is also important in agriculture, such as for weed control and wheat breeding.

Result

The present study indicated that shade avoidance is a strategy of Ae. tauschii in response to shading stress. Ae. tauschii plants exhibited growth increases in specific organs, such as stem and leaf elongation, to avoid shading. However, these changes were accompanied by sacrificing the growth of other parts

SUBMITTER: Xie D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10288681 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature