Understanding Willow Transcriptional Response in the Context of Oil Sands Tailings Reclamation.

ABSTRACT: One of the reclamation objectives for treated oil sands tailings (OST) is to establish boreal forest communities that can integrate with the surrounding area. Hence, selection of appropriate soil reclamation cover designs and plant species for revegetation are important aspects of tailings landform reclamation and closure. Research and monitoring of the long term and immediate impacts of capped OST on the growth and survival of native boreal plant species are currently underway. However, plant responses to OST-associated toxicity are not well known at the molecular level. Using RNA sequencing, we examined the effects of three types of OST on the willow transcriptome under different capping strategies. The transcriptomic data showed that some genes respond universally and others in a specif

SUBMITTER: Samad A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9094116 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature