Wang, Y.; Liu, M.; Guo, Z.; Liang, Y.; Lu, Y.; Xu, Y.; Sun, M. Comparative Physiological and Transcriptome Analysis of Crossostephium chinense Reveals Its Molecular Mechanisms of Salt Tolerance. Int. J. Mol. Sci.2023, 24, 16812.
Wang, Y.; Liu, M.; Guo, Z.; Liang, Y.; Lu, Y.; Xu, Y.; Sun, M. Comparative Physiological and Transcriptome Analysis of Crossostephium chinense Reveals Its Molecular Mechanisms of Salt Tolerance. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 16812.
Wang, Y.; Liu, M.; Guo, Z.; Liang, Y.; Lu, Y.; Xu, Y.; Sun, M. Comparative Physiological and Transcriptome Analysis of Crossostephium chinense Reveals Its Molecular Mechanisms of Salt Tolerance. Int. J. Mol. Sci.2023, 24, 16812.
Wang, Y.; Liu, M.; Guo, Z.; Liang, Y.; Lu, Y.; Xu, Y.; Sun, M. Comparative Physiological and Transcriptome Analysis of Crossostephium chinense Reveals Its Molecular Mechanisms of Salt Tolerance. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 16812.
Abstract
Crossostephium chinense is a wild species with strong salt tolerance, which has great potential to improve the salt tolerance of cultivated chrysanthemums. Conversely, the unique salt-tolerant molecular mechanisms of Cr. chinense are still unclear. This study performed a comparative physiological and transcriptome analysis of Cr. chinense, Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium and their hybrids. The physiological results showed that Cr. chinense maintained a higher superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, to alleviate the oxidative damage to membrane. KEGG enrichment analysis showed that the plant hormone signaling transduction and the MAPK signaling pathway were mostly enriched in Cr. chinense and hybrids under salt stress. Further weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) of DEGs suggested that the abscisic acid (ABA) signaling transduction may play a significant role in the salt-tolerant mechanisms of Cr. chinense and hybrids. The tissue-specific expression patterns of the candidate genes related to ABA signaling transduction and MAPK signaling pathway indicated that genes related to ABA signaling transduction performed significant expression levels under salt stress. This study provides a theoretical foundation for future research into the molecular mechanism of salt tolerance in chrysanthemums under salt stress.
Keywords
salt stress; Crossostephium chinense; ABA signaling transduction; molecular mechanism
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Horticulture
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