Uncovering salt tolerance mechanisms in pepper plants: a physiological and transcriptomic approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pepper is one of the most cultivated crops worldwide, but is sensitive to salinity. This sensitivity is dependent on varieties and our knowledge about how they can face such stress is limited, mainly according to a molecular point of view. This is the main reason why we decided to develop this transcriptomic analysis. Tolerant and sensitive accessions, respectively called A25 and A6, were grown for 14 days under control conditions and irrigated with 70 mM of NaCl. Biomass, different physiological parameters and differentially expressed genes were analysed to give response to differential salinity mechanisms between both accessions.

Results

The genetic changes found between the accessions under both control and stress conditions could explain the physiological beha

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Serrano L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8028838 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature