Integrative System Biology Analysis of Transcriptomic Responses to Drought Stress in Soybean (Glycine max L.).

ABSTRACT: Drought is a major abiotic stressor that causes yield losses and limits the growing area for most crops. Soybeans are an important legume crop that is sensitive to water-deficit conditions and suffers heavy yield losses from drought stress. To improve drought-tolerant soybean cultivars through breeding, it is necessary to understand the mechanisms of drought tolerance in soybeans. In this study, we applied several transcriptome datasets obtained from soybean plants under drought stress in comparison to those grown under normal conditions to identify novel drought-responsive genes and their underlying molecular mechanisms. We found 2168 significant up/downregulated differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and 8 core modules using gene co-expression analysis to predict their biological roles in

SUBMITTER: Shahriari AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9602024 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature