Transcriptome analysis revealed the drought-responsive genes in Tibetan hulless barley.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hulless barley, also called naked barley, is an important cereal crop worldwide, serving as a healthy food both for human consumption and animal feed. Nevertheless, it often suffered from drought stress during its growth and development, resulting in a drastic reduction in barley yields. Therefore, study on molecular mechanism of hulless barley drought-tolerance is very important for increasing barley production. To investigate molecular mechanism of barley drought-resistance, this study examined co-regulated mRNAs that show a change in expression pattern under early well water, later water deficit and finally water recovery treatments, and to identify mRNAs specific to water limiting conditions.

Results

Total of 853 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were dete

SUBMITTER: Zeng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4875595 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature