Comparative physiological, metabolomic, and transcriptomic analyses reveal mechanisms of improved abiotic stress resistance in bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L). Pers.] by exogenous melatonin

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 681-694

  Shi, Haitao ^a   Jiang, Chuan ^b,c   Ye, Tiantian ^a,c   Tan, Dun Xian ^d   Reiter, Russel J ^d   Zhang, Heng ^b   Liu, Renyi ^b   Chan, Zhulong ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Antioxidant; Bermudagrass; Melatonin; Metabolites; Reactive oxygen species; Transcriptomic

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADAPTATION; COLD; CYNODON; DROUGHT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SALT TOLERANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COLD TEMPERATURE; CYNODON; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MELATONIN; METABOLOME; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; SALT-TOLERANCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84924714284     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru373     Document Type: Article

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