Profiling of drought-responsive microRNA and mRNA in tomato using high-throughput sequencing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Abiotic stresses cause severe loss of crop production. Among them, drought is one of the most frequent environmental stresses, which limits crop growth, development and productivity. Plant drought tolerance is fine-tuned by a complex gene regulatory network. Understanding the molecular regulation of this polygenic trait is crucial for the eventual success to improve plant yield and quality. Recent studies have demonstrated that microRNAs play critical roles in plant drought tolerance. However, little is known about the microRNA in drought response of the model plant tomato. Here, we described the profiling of drought-responsive microRNA and mRNA in tomato using high-throughput next-generation sequencing.

Results

Drought stress was applied on the seedlings of M82,

SUBMITTER: Liu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5485680 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature