ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Tissue-Specific RNA-Seq Analysis of Cotton Roots' Response to Compound Saline-Alkali Stress and the Functional Validation of the Key Gene
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- Bridging the Divide: Integrating Cottonseed Oil Content with Agronomic Trait Improvement in Upland Cotton (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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Abstract
Saline-alkali stress is one of the major abiotic stresses threatening crop growth. Cotton, as a "pioneer crop" that can grow in saline and alkali lands, is of great significance for understanding the regulatory mechanisms of plant response to stresses. Upland cotton has thus become a model plant for researchers to explore plant responses to saline-alkali stresses. In this study, RNA sequencing was employed to analyze tissue-specific expression of root tissues of TM-1 seedlings 20 min after exposure to compound saline-alkali stress. The RNA-Seq results revealed significant molecular differences in the responses of different root regions to the stress treatment. A total of 3939 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified from pairwise comparisons between the non-root tip and root tip samples, which were primarily enriched in pathways including plant hormone signal transduction, MAPK signaling, and cysteine and methionine metabolism. Combined with the expression pattern investigation by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) experiments, a key gene,
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