Sporobolus stapfianus: Insights into desiccation tolerance in the resurrection grasses from linking transcriptomics to metabolomics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the response of resurrection angiosperms to dehydration and rehydration is critical for deciphering the mechanisms of how plants cope with the rigors of water loss from their vegetative tissues. We have focused our studies on the C₄ resurrection grass, Sporobolus stapfianus Gandoger, as a member of a group of important forage grasses.

Methods

We have combined non-targeted metabolomics with transcriptomics, via a NimbleGen array platform, to develop an understanding of how gene expression and metabolite profiles can be linked to generate a more detailed mechanistic appreciation of the cellular response to both desiccation and rehydration.

Results

The rehydration transcriptome and metabolome are primarily geared towards the rapid retu

SUBMITTER: Yobi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5371216 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature