Elucidating Drought Stress Tolerance in European Oaks Through Cross-Species Transcriptomics.

ABSTRACT: The impact of climate change that comes with a dramatic increase of long periods of extreme summer drought associated with heat is a fundamental challenge for European forests. As a result, forests are expected to shift their distribution patterns toward north-east, which may lead to a dramatic loss in value of European forest land. Consequently, unraveling key processes that underlie drought stress tolerance is not only of great scientific but also of utmost economic importance for forests to withstand future heat and drought wave scenarios. To reveal drought stress-related molecular patterns we applied cross-species comparative transcriptomics of three major European oak species: the less tolerant deciduous pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), the deciduous but quite tolerant pubescen

SUBMITTER: Madritsch S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6778798 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature