Implications of ethylene biosynthesis and signaling in soybean drought stress tolerance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ethylene is a phytohormone known for inducing a triple response in seedlings, leaf abscission and other responses to various stresses. Several studies in model plants have evaluated the importance of this hormone in crosstalk signaling with different metabolic pathways, in addition to responses to biotic stresses. However, the mechanism of action in plants of agricultural interest, such as soybean, and its participation in abiotic stresses remain unclear.

Results

The studies presented in this work allowed for the identification of 176 soybean genes described elsewhere for ethylene biosynthesis (108 genes) and signal transduction (68 genes). A model to predict these routes in soybean was proposed, and it had great representability compared to those described for Ar

SUBMITTER: Arraes FB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4557918 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature