Identification of genetic and biochemical mechanisms associated with heat shock and heat stress adaptation in grain amaranths.

ABSTRACT: Heat stress is poised to become a major factor negatively affecting plant performance worldwide. In terms of world food security, increased ambient temperatures are poised to reduce yields in cereals and other economically important crops. Grain amaranths are known to be productive under poor and/or unfavorable growing conditions that significantly affect cereals and other crops. Several physiological and biochemical attributes have been recognized to contribute to this favorable property, including a high water-use efficiency and the activation of a carbon starvation response. This study reports the behavior of the three grain amaranth species to two different stress conditions: short-term exposure to heat shock (HS) conditions using young plants kept in a conditioned growth chamber or lo

SUBMITTER: Reyes-Rosales A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9932720 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature