biostudies-literatureUnknown12(1)Ahmed KDrought tolerant germplasm is needed to increase crop production, since water scarcity is a critical bottleneck in crop productivity worldwide. Auxin Regulated Gene involved in Organ Size (ARGOS) is a large protein family of transcription factors that plays a vital role in organ size, plant growth, development, and abiotic stress responses in plants. Although, the ARGOS gene family has been discovered and functionalized in a variety of crop plants, but a comprehensive and systematic investigation of ARGOS genes in locally used commercial wheat cultivars is still yet to be reported. The relative expression of three highly conserved TaARGOS homoeologous genes (TaARGOS-A, TaARGOS-B, TaARGOS-D) was studied in three drought-tolerant (Pakistan-2013, NARC-2009 and NR-499) and three sensitive (BorScientific reports3595https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8897478biostudies-literatureExpression profiling of TaARGOS homoeologous drought responsive genes in bread wheat.PMC8897478Shabbir GMohi Ud Din AQamar MRehman NAhmed KNoor SAhmed MfalseExpression profiling of TaARGOS homoeologous drought responsive genes in bread wheat.Drought tolerant germplasm is needed to increase crop production, since water scarcity is a critical bottleneck in crop productivity worldwide. Auxin Regulated Gene involved in Organ Size (ARGOS) is a large protein family of transcription factors that plays a vital role in organ size, plant growth, development, and abiotic stress responses in plants. Although, the ARGOS gene family has been discovered and functionalized in a variety of crop plants, but a comprehensive and systematic investigation of ARGOS genes in locally used commercial wheat cultivars is still yet to be reported. The relative expression of three highly conserved TaARGOS homoeologous genes (TaARGOS-A, TaARGOS-B, TaARGOS-D) was studied in three drought-tolerant (Pakistan-2013, NARC-2009 and NR-499) and three sensitive (Bor2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Mar2025-04-18T12:09:28.837Z2025-04-06T21:48:13.179ZS-EPMC88974783524657910.1038/s41598-022-07637-y