Maitry Paul, Jaakko Tanskanen, Marko Jääskeläinen, Wei Chang, Ahan Dalal, Menachem Moshelion, Alan H Schulman
INTRODUCTION: During drought, plants close their stomata at a critical soil water content (SWC), together with making diverse physiological, developmental, and biochemical responses. METHODS: Using precision-phenotyping lysimeters, we imposed pre-flowering drought on four barley varieties (Arvo, Golden Promise, Hankkija 673, and Morex) and followed their physiological responses. For Golden Promise, we carried out RNA-seq on leaf transcripts before and during drought and during recovery, also examining retrotransposon BARE 1expression...
2023: Frontiers in Plant Science