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Adaptation of highland barley to drought stress: from phenotypic analysis to physiological and molecular mechanisms.
BMC plant biology - 1 Apr 2026
Qin Juan, Li Ruiling, Jing Fangzheng, Ma Xiaoli, Chen Jie, Liu Meijin, Sun Hao, Zhang Yunchuan, Bi Yurong, Wang Xiaomin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Drought severely limits crop growth and yield. Highland barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), a naturally stress-tolerant crop, serves as an ideal model for investigating the molecular and physiological mechanisms underlying plant drought adaptation. RESULTS: In this study, two highland barley varieties, Xi-La 22 (XL22) and Zang-Qing 17 (ZQ17), with different degrees of drought tolerance, were used to...
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