Genome‐wide transcriptomic and functional analyses provide new insights into the response of spring barley to drought stress

Author:

Elakhdar Ammar12ORCID,El‐Naggar Ahmed A.2,Kubo Takahiko1,Kumamaru Toshihiro1

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Genetic Resources, Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan

2. Field Crops Research Institute Agricultural Research Center Giza Egypt

Abstract

AbstractDrought is a major abiotic stress that impairs the physiology and development of plants, ultimately leading to crop yield losses. Drought tolerance is a complex quantitative trait influenced by multiple genes and metabolic pathways. However, molecular intricacies and subsequent morphological and physiological changes in response to drought stress remain elusive. Herein, we combined morpho‐physiological and comparative RNA‐sequencing analyses to identify core drought‐induced marker genes and regulatory networks in the barley cultivar ‘Giza134’. Based on field trials, drought‐induced declines occurred in crop growth rate, relative water content, leaf area duration, flag leaf area, concentration of chlorophyll (Chl) a, b and a + b, net photosynthesis, and yield components. In contrast, the Chl a/b ratio, stoma resistance, and proline concentration increased significantly. RNA‐sequence analysis identified a total of 2462 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), of which 1555 were up‐regulated and 907 were down‐regulated in response to water‐deficit stress (WD). Comparative transcriptomics analysis highlighted three unique metabolic pathways (carbohydrate metabolism, iron ion binding, and oxidoreductase activity) as containing genes differentially expressed that could mitigate water stress. Our results identified several drought‐induced marker genes belonging to diverse physiochemical functions like chlorophyll concentration, photosynthesis, light harvesting, gibberellin biosynthetic, iron homeostasis as well as Cis‐regulatory elements. These candidate genes can be utilized to identify gene‐associated markers to develop drought‐resilient barley cultivars over a short period of time. Our results provide new insights into the understanding of water stress response mechanisms in barley.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Cell Biology,Plant Science,Genetics,General Medicine,Physiology

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