Integration of QTL, Transcriptome and Polymorphism Studies Reveals Candidate Genes for Water Stress Response in Tomato.

ABSTRACT: Water deficit (WD) leads to significant phenotypic changes in crops resulting from complex stress regulation mechanisms involving responses at the physiological, biochemical and molecular levels. Tomato growth and fruit quality have been shown to be significantly affected by WD stress. Understanding the molecular mechanism underlying response to WD is crucial to develop tomato cultivars with relatively high performance under low watering conditions. Transcriptome response to WD was investigated through the RNA sequencing of fruit and leaves in eight accessions grown under two irrigation conditions, in order to get insight into the complex genetic regulation of WD response in tomato. Significant differences in genotype WD response were first observed at the phenotypic level for fruit compos

SUBMITTER: Diouf I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7465520 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature