Transcriptome and anatomical analysis of Stipa breviflora in response to different grazing intensities in desert steppe.

ABSTRACT: Stipa breviflora is a dominant species in the desert steppe of Northern China. Grazing is the main land use pattern of grassland, which could cause a variety of adaptive evolutionary mechanisms in plant community composition as well as individual plant growth and morphological characteristics. However, very little is known about the morphological structure and transcriptional regulation response to different grazing intensities in S. breviflora. In this study, transcriptome and anatomical analyses of S. breviflora under different grazing intensities, including no grazing, moderate grazing, and heavy grazing, were performed. The anatomical analysis results showed that epidermis cells and xylems significantly thicken with grazing intensity, suggesting that grazing result

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11194427 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature