Date palm transcriptome analysis provides new insights on changes in response to high salt stress of colonized roots with the endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica.

ABSTRACT: Salinity is a significant threat that causes considerable yield losses in date palm. The root endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica has proven effective in providing salt stress tolerance to host plants. However, the underlying molecular mechanism facilitating the date palm's response to P. indica inoculation, and its involvement in the salt stress tolerance, remains unknown. In this study, the colonization of P. indica on date palm seedlings exposed to saline conditions was observed through confocal microscopy, and its impact on gene expressions was evaluated using the transcriptomic analysis. Our findings show that P. indica colonization reinforced the cortical cells, prevented them from plasmolysis and cell death under salinity. The RNAseq analysis produced

SUBMITTER: Ahmad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11322345 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature