Application of RNA sequencing to understand the response of rice seedlings to salt-alkali stress.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Salt-alkali stress represents one of the most stressful events with deleterious consequences for plant growth and crop productivity. Despite studies focusing on the effects of salt-alkali stress on morphology and physiology, its molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we employed RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) to understand how Na₂CO₃ stress inhibits rice seedling growth.

Results

Na₂CO₃ stress significantly inhibited the growth of rice seedlings. Through RNA-seq, many differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were shown to be potentially involved in the rice seedling response to salt-alkali stress. After 1-day and 5-day treatments, RNA-seq identified 1780 and 2315 DEGs in the Na₂CO₃-treated versus -untreat

SUBMITTER: Ren X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9840837 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature