Transcriptomic and co-expression network analyses on diverse wheat landraces identifies candidate master regulators of the response to early drought.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Over four billion people around the world rely on bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) as a major constituent of their diet. The changing climate, however, threatens the food security of these people, with periods of intense drought stress already causing widespread wheat yield losses. Much of the research into the wheat drought response has centred on the response to drought events later in development, during anthesis or grain filling. But as the timing of periods of drought stress become increasingly unpredictable, a more complete understanding of the response to drought during early development is also needed.

Methods

Here, we utilized the YoGI landrace panel to identify 10,199 genes which were differentially expressed under early drought stress, before

SUBMITTER: Barratt LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10326901 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature