Transcriptomic analysis of the primary roots of Alhagi sparsifolia in response to water stress.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alhagi sparsifolia is a typical desert phreatophyte and has evolved to withstand extreme dry, cold and hot weather. While A. sparsifolia represents an ideal model to study the molecular mechanism of plant adaption to abiotic stress, no research has been done in this aspect to date. Here we took advantage of Illumina platform to survey transcriptome in primary roots of A. sparsifolia under water stress conditions in aim to facilitate the exploration of its genetic basis for drought tolerance.

Methodology and principal findings

We sequenced four primary roots samples individually collected at 0, 6, 24 and 30h from the A. sparsifolia seedlings in the course of 24h of water stress following 6h of rehydration. The resulting 38,763,230, 67,511,150, 49,259,804 and 54,744

SUBMITTER: Wu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4379016 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature