Identification of Candidate Genes Regulating Drought Tolerance in Pearl Millet.

ABSTRACT: Pearl millet is an important crop of the arid and semi-arid ecologies to sustain food and fodder production. The greater tolerance to drought stress attracts us to examine its cellular and molecular mechanisms via functional genomics approaches to augment the grain yield. Here, we studied the drought response of 48 inbreds representing four different maturity groups at the flowering stage. A set of 74 drought-responsive genes were separated into five major phylogenic groups belonging to eight functional groups, namely ABA signaling, hormone signaling, ion and osmotic homeostasis, TF-mediated regulation, molecular adaptation, signal transduction, physiological adaptation, detoxification, which were comprehensively studied. Among the conserved motifs of the drought-responsive genes, the prot

SUBMITTER: Chakraborty A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9266394 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature