Analysis of metabolic dynamics during drought stress in Arabidopsis plants.

ABSTRACT: Drought is a major cause of agricultural losses worldwide. Climate change will intensify drought episodes threatening agricultural sustainability. Gaining insights into drought response mechanisms is vital for crop adaptation to climate emergency. To date, only few studies report comprehensive analyses of plant metabolic adaptation to drought. Here, we present a multifactorial metabolomic study of early-mid drought stages in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. We sampled root and shoot tissues of plants subjected to water withholding over a six-day time course, including brassinosteroids receptor mutants previously reported to show drought tolerance phenotypes. Furthermore, we sequenced the root transcriptome at basal and after 5 days drought, allowing direct correlation between metaboli

SUBMITTER: Lozano-Elena F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8938536 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature