Silicon enhances the drought resistance of peach seedlings by regulating hormone, amino acid, and sugar metabolism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drought is one of the main concerns worldwide and restricts the development of agriculture. Silicon improves the drought resistance of plants, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear.

Results

We sequenced the transcriptomes of both control and silicon-treated peach seedlings under drought stress to identify genes or gene networks that could be managed to increase the drought tolerance of peach seedlings. Peach (Prunus persica) seedlings were used to analyse the effects of silicon on plant growth and physiological indexes related to drought resistance under drought stress. The results showed that silicon addition improved the water use efficiency, antioxidant capacity, and net photosynthetic rate, inhibition of stomatal closure, promoted the development of roo

SUBMITTER: Gao H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9434905 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature