Unveiling Salt Tolerance Mechanisms and Hub Genes in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Through Transcriptomic and WGCNA Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), an important forage crop with high nutritional value and good palatability, plays a vital role in the development of animal husbandry in China. In Northeast China, there are vast areas of saline-alkali land that remain undeveloped. Given that alfalfa is a highly adaptable forage crop, exploring its salt tolerance at the molecular transcriptional level and identifying salt-tolerant genes has great significance for breeding salt-resistant alfalfa varieties. This also provides valuable genetic resources for better utilization of saline-alkali land. In this study, we conducted two rounds of screening on 41 alfalfa varieties and identified WL168 as a salt-sensitive variety and Longmu801 as a salt-tolerant variety. After 7 days of 300 mM salt stress, both var

SUBMITTER: Wang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11597802 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature