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ArticlePlant biotechnology journal2026

Deciphering Cold Stress Resilience: Multiomics Insights in Contrasting Wheat Genotypes From the Western Himalayas.

Sofora Jan, Farkhandah Jan, Mukesh Rathore, Yogita Singh, Prexha Kapoor, Palak Chaturvedi, Arindam Ghatak, Palakurthi Ramesh, Upendra Kumar, Manoj Prasad and 6 more

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16 authors.

Sofora Jan *Division of Genetics & Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), SKUAST-Kashmir, Wadura Campus, Sopore, Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Farkhandah Jan *Division of Genetics & Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), SKUAST-Kashmir, Wadura Campus, Sopore, Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Mukesh RathoreDivision of Genetics & Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), SKUAST-Kashmir, Wadura Campus, Sopore, Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Yogita SinghDepartment of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India.
Prexha KapoorDepartment of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India.
Palak ChaturvediMolecular Systems Biology Lab (MOSYS), Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5856-0348
Arindam GhatakMolecular Systems Biology Lab (MOSYS), Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4706-9841
Palakurthi RameshBRIC-National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi, India.
Upendra KumarDepartment of Plant Science, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Manoj PrasadBRIC-National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0691-0163
Sundeep KumarICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), New Delhi, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5917-8290
Sachin RustgiDepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University Pee Dee Research and Education Center, Florence, South Carolina, USA.
Wolfram WeckwerthMolecular Systems Biology Lab (MOSYS), Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9719-6358
Sanjay KaliaDepartment of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, New Delhi, India.
Rajeev Kumar VarshneyCentre for Crop & Food Innovation, State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4562-9131
Reyazul Rouf MirDivision of Genetics & Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), SKUAST-Kashmir, Wadura Campus, Sopore, Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3196-211X

Funding

Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India BT/Ag/Network/Wheat/2019-20
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cold stress threatens wheat productivity, particularly in regions with extreme climatic conditions. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying wheat's response to cold stress, we performed a multiomics analysis integrating lipidomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics. Our study focused on two wheat genotypes with contrasting cold tolerance levels, SKAU_52 (tolerant) and SKAU_4301 (susceptible) to capture genotype-specific responses under cold stress. Lipidomic analysis revealed significant changes in lipid composition, with unsaturated lipids such as digalactosyldiacyl glycerols (DGDGs) and monogalactosyldiacylglycerols (MGDGs) upregulated in response to cold stress. These lipids are associated with maintaining membrane fluidity, whereas saturated lipids were downregulated in the cold-tolerant genotype. Transcriptomics analysis provides a strong evidence that cold tolerance in wheat is governed by coordinated activation of the ICE-CBF-COR regulatory cascade, with the cold-tolerant genotype 'SKAU_52' showing stronger and more sustained induction across pathway tiers than the cold susceptible wheat genotype 'SKAU_4301'. Similarly, proteomic data highlighted differential abundance of proteins involved in antioxidative defence, osmotic adjustment and signal transduction, including late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins. Metabolome assessment revealed substantial alterations in carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism, with sucrose and amino acids such as hydroxyproline identified as key contributors to cold tolerance. Additionally, defence hormones such as salicylic acid (SA), jasmonic acid (JA) and abscisic acid (ABA) exhibited genotype-specific regulation with higher accumulation in cold-tolerant genotype. Overall, this integrated multi-omics approach provides novel insights into the complex molecular mechanisms underlying cold stress adaptation in wheat, supporting the development of resilient wheat varieties capable of thriving in challenging cold environments.

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Cold-Shock ResponseTriticumCold TemperatureGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenotypeLipidomicsMetabolomeMetabolomicsMultiomicsPlant ProteinsProteomicsTranscriptomePlant Proteinscold stresslipidomicsmetabolitesproteomicstranscriptomicswheat

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