Physiological analysis and transcriptome sequencing reveal the effects of combined cold and drought on tomato leaf.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Co-occurrence of cold and drought stress can alter the response of plants at morphological, physiological and molecular levels, which finally affect crop production, more than individual stress. Understanding the responses of crop to combined stress is necessary to improve tolerance and maintain crop production especially in the field where combined stress frequently occurs. We aimed to clarify the underlying leaf physiological and molecular mechanisms of tomato by imposing combining cold and drought on one popular tomato cultivar 'Jinlingmeiyu' as an example.

Results

The physiological and genetic responses were identified in tomatoes after 42 h exposure to control, cold, drought and combined treatments. As compared with control, water loss rate at the three stres

SUBMITTER: Zhou R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6712725 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature