Stress-responsive transcription factor families are key components of the core abiotic stress response in maize.

ABSTRACT: Abiotic stresses, including drought, salt, heat, cold, flooding, and low nitrogen, have devastating impacts on agriculture and are increasing in frequency globally due to climate change. Plants can experience multiple abiotic stresses simultaneously or sequentially within a single growing season, and combinatorial stresses elicit shared or overlapping molecular and physiological responses. Here, we searched for core stress responsive genes in maize across diverse abiotic stressors through meta-analysis of public RNAseq data. Our analysis revealed significant heterogeneity in gene expression across datasets due to factors such as tissue type, genotype, and experimental conditions, which we mitigated through batch correction. Using nearly 1,900 RNAseq samples with both traditional set operat

SUBMITTER: Pardo ACH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11870519 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature