High-resolution time-series transcriptomic and metabolomic profiling reveals the regulatory mechanism underlying salt tolerance in maize.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Soil salinization represents a critical global challenge to agricultural productivity, profoundly impacting crop yields and threatening food security. Plant salt-responsive is complex and dynamic, making it challenging to fully elucidate salt tolerance mechanism and leading to gaps in our understanding of how plants adapt to and mitigate salt stress.

Results

Here, we conduct high-resolution time-series transcriptomic and metabolomic profiling of the extremely salt-tolerant maize inbred line, HLZY, and the salt-sensitive elite line, JI853. Utilizing advanced data mining techniques, we identify key factors underlying the divergence in salt tolerance between these two lines and discover a series of novel genes and metabolites essential for maize salt tolerance. Addit

SUBMITTER: Zhang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12421767 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature