Salt-responsive bermudagrass microRNAs and insights into light reaction photosynthetic performance.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon L.) is a warm-season grass with high drought and salt tolerance. However, its cultivation as a silage crop is limited by its lower forage value when compared to other C4 crops. Because of its high genetic variability in abiotic stress tolerance, bermudagrass-mediated genetic breeding offers significant promise for introducing alternative fodder crops in saline and drought-affected regions, and improved photosynthetic capacity is one way for increasing forage yield.

Methods

Here, we used RNA sequencing to profile miRNAs in two bermudagrass genotypes with contrasting salt tolerance growing under saline conditions.

Results

Putatively, 536 miRNA variants were salt-inducible, with the majority being downregulated in salt-t

SUBMITTER: Fan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9975589 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature