Xiwei Sun, Ghulam Abid Kaleri, Zhihua Mu, Yalan Feng, Zhuang Yang, Yazhu Zhong, Yajing Dou, Hang Xu, Junjie Zhou, Jie Luo, Yong Xiao
The coconut is an important tropical economical crop and exhibits high tolerance to various types of salinity stress. However, little is known about the molecular mechanism underlying its salt tolerance. In this study, RNA-Seq was applied to examine the different genes expressed in four coconut varieties when exposed to a salt environment, resulting in the generation of data for 48 transcriptomes. Comparative transcriptome analysis showed that some genes involved in cutin and wax biosynthesis were significantly upregulated in salt treatment compared to the control, including CYP86A4, HTH, CER1, CER2, CER3, DCR, GPAT4, LTP3, LTP4, and LTP5...
January 4, 2024: Plants (Basel, Switzerland)