Transcriptomic changes in barley leaves induced by alcohol ethoxylates indicate potential pathways of surfactant detoxification.

ABSTRACT: Hardly anything is known regarding the detoxification of surfactants in crop plants, although they are frequently treated with agrochemical formulations. Therefore, we studied transcriptomic changes in barley leaves induced in response to spraying leaf surfaces with two alcohol ethoxylates (AEs). As model surfactants, we selected the monodisperse tetraethylene glycol monododecyl (C₁₂E₄) ether and the polydisperse BrijL4. Barley plants were harvested 8 h after spraying with a 0.1% surfactant solution and changes in gene expression were analysed by RNA-sequencing (RNA-Seq). Gene expression was significantly altered in response to both surfactants. With BrijL4 more genes (9724) were differentially expressed compared to C₁₂E₄ (6197). Gene families sh

SUBMITTER: Baales J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10894278 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature