Integrated de novo Analysis of Transcriptional and Metabolic Variations in Salt-Treated Solenostemma argel Desert Plants.

ABSTRACT: Solenostemma argel (Delile) Hayne is a desert plant that survives harsh environmental conditions with several vital medicinal properties. Salt stress is a major constraint limiting agricultural production around the globe. However, response mechanisms behind the adaptation of S. argel plants to salt stress are still poorly understood. In the current study, we applied an omics approach to explore how this plant adapts to salt stress by integrating transcriptomic and metabolomic changes in the roots and leaves of S. argel plants under salt stress. De novo assembly of transcriptome produced 57,796 unigenes represented by 165,147 transcripts/isoforms. A total of 730 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in the roots (396 and 334 were up- and down-reg

SUBMITTER: Ahmad H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8640078 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature