Metabolite Profiling of the Resurrection Grass Eragrostis nindensis During Desiccation and Recovery.

ABSTRACT: Resurrection plants employ unique metabolic mechanisms to protect themselves against damage caused by desiccation. This study aimed to identify metabolites, using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, which were differentially abundant in Eragrostis nindensis at different stages of dehydration and rehydration in leaves which are destined to senesce on desiccation termed "senescent tissue" (ST) and those which remain desiccation-tolerant during water deficit and are termed "non-senescent tissue" (NST). Furthermore, the study compared the shoot and root systems during extreme water deficit and recovery therefrom to unravel similarities and differences at the whole plant level in overcoming desiccation. Shoot metabolomics data showed differentially abundant metabolites in NST, includin

SUBMITTER: Baluku E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11859761 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature