The cold responsive mechanism of the paper mulberry: decreased photosynthesis capacity and increased starch accumulation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most studies on the paper mulberry are mainly focused on the medicated and pharmacology, fiber quality, leaves feed development, little is known about its mechanism of adaptability to abiotic stress. Physiological measurement, transcriptomics and proteomic analysis were employed to understand its response to cold stress in this study.

Methods

The second to fourth fully expanded leaves from up to down were harvested at different stress time points forthe transmission electron microscope (TEM) observation. Physiological characteristics measurement included the relative electrolyte leakage (REL), SOD activity assay, soluble sugar content, and Chlorophyll fluorescence parameter measurement. For screening of differentially expressed genes, the expression level of every

SUBMITTER: Peng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4634900 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature