Comparative transcriptomics reveals epigenetic and transcriptional regulatory genes associated with drought stress memory in winter wheat.

Abstract excerpt

Wheat is a staple crop vital to global food security, yet its productivity is increasingly threatened by drought. The extent to which contrasting wheat genotypes exhibit stress memory, and how this shapes responses to repeated drought, remains unclear. We investigated intergenerational and transgenerational drought memory in drought-tolerant 'Intro' and drought-sensitive 'Sonalika' using integrated...

Topics

• Triticum
• Epigenesis, Genetic
• Droughts
• Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
• Drought Resistance
• Stress, Physiological