454 Pyrosequencing of Olive (Olea europaea L.) Transcriptome in Response to Salinity.

ABSTRACT: Olive (Olea europaea L.) is one of the most important crops in the Mediterranean region. The expansion of cultivation in areas irrigated with low quality and saline water has negative effects on growth and productivity however the investigation of the molecular basis of salt tolerance in olive trees has been only recently initiated. To this end, we investigated the molecular response of cultivar Kalamon to salinity stress using next-generation sequencing technology to explore the transcriptome profile of olive leaves and roots and identify differentially expressed genes that are related to salt tolerance response. Out of 291,958 obtained trimmed reads, 28,270 unique transcripts were identified of which 35% are annotated, a percentage that is comparable to similar reports on non-model plant

SUBMITTER: Bazakos C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4648586 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature