Transcriptome Profiling of Watermelon Root in Response to Short-Term Osmotic Stress

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 11; p. e0166314
• Main Authors: Yang, Yongchao, Mo, Yanling, Yang, Xiaozheng, Zhang, Haifei, Wang, Yongqi, Li, Hao, Wei, Chunhua, Zhang, Xian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 18.11.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Abiotic stress; Analysis; Arabidopsis thaliana; Biology and Life Sciences; Breeding; Cell cycle; Cell division; Cellular signal transduction; Citrullus; Citrullus - genetics; Citrullus - metabolism; Citrullus lanatus; Citrullus lanatus lanatus; Computational Biology; Drought; Drought resistance; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Fruits; Gene expression; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Gene Ontology; Gene sequencing; Genes; Genomes; Genomics; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; Horticulture; Inbreeding; Molecular modelling; Organs; Osmosis; Osmotic Pressure; Osmotic stress; Plant growth; Plant Roots - genetics; Plant Roots - metabolism; Polyethylene; Polyethylene glycol; Reactive Oxygen Species; Ribonucleic acid; RNA; RNA sequencing; Roots; Stress; Stress, Physiological - genetics; Stresses; Time Factors; Transcriptome; Transduction; Trifolium repens; Water absorption; Water deficit; Water treatment; United States > US; China

Osmotic stress adversely affects the growth, fruit quality and yield of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai). Increasing the tolerance of watermelon to osmotic stress caused by factors such as high salt and water deficit is an effective way to improve crop survival in osmotic...