Transcriptomic Responses to Water Deficit and Nematode Infection in Mycorrhizal Tomato Roots.

ABSTRACT: Climate changes include the intensification of drought in many parts of the world, increasing its frequency, severity and duration. However, under natural conditions, environmental stresses do not occur alone, and, in addition, more stressed plants may become more susceptible to attacks by pests and pathogens. Studies on the impact of the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis on tomato response to water deficit showed that several drought-responsive genes are differentially regulated in AM-colonized tomato plants (roots and leaves) during water deficit. To date, global changes in mycorrhizal tomato root transcripts under water stress conditions have not been yet investigated. Here, changes in root transcriptome in the presence of an AM fungus, with or without water stress (WS) application,

SUBMITTER: Balestrini R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6700261 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature