Expression of major photosynthetic and salt-resistance genes in invasive reed lineages grown under elevated CO2 and temperature.

ABSTRACT: It is important to investigate the molecular causes of the variation in ecologically important traits to fully understand phenotypic responses to climate change. In the Mississippi River Delta, two distinct, sympatric invasive lineages of common reed (Phragmites australis) are known to differ in several ecophysiological characteristics and are expected to become more salt resistant due to increasing atmospheric CO2 and temperature. We investigated whether different patterns of gene expression can explain their ecophysiological differences and increased vigor under future climatic conditions. We compared the transcript abundance of photosynthetic genes of the Calvin cycle (Rubisco small subunit, RbcS; Phosphoglycerate kinase, PGK; Phosphoribulokinase, PRK), genes related with salt transport

SUBMITTER: Eller F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4242567 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature