Chilling acclimation provides immunity to stress by altering regulatory networks and inducing genes with protective functions in cassava.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stress acclimation is an effective mechanism that plants acquired for adaption to dynamic environment. Even though generally considered to be sensitive to low temperature, Cassava, a major tropical crop, can be tolerant to much lower temperature after chilling acclimation. Improvement to chilling resistance could be beneficial to breeding. However, the underlying mechanism and the effects of chilling acclimation on chilling tolerance remain largely unexplored.

Results

In order to understand the mechanism of chilling acclimation, we profiled and analyzed the transcriptome and microRNAome of Cassava, using high-throughput deep sequencing, across the normal condition, a moderate chilling stress (14°C), a harsh stress (4°C) after chilling acclimation (14°C), and a chi

SUBMITTER: Zeng C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4236759 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature