Integrated transcriptomic, metabolomic, and physiological analyses underlying differential responses to potassium deficiency in sesame.

Yiming Xu, Biqing Zhang, Ziming Wu, Sheng Fang

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Yiming XuKey Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China.

Biqing ZhangKey Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China.

Ziming WuKey Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China. wuzm@jxau.edu.cn.

Sheng FangKey Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China. mozsheng@163.com.

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earmarked fund for Jiangxi Agriculture Research System JXARS-03Jiangxi Province Key Research and Development Program 20243BBH81029National Natural Science Foundation of China 32560512

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Abstract

Potassium (K) is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and stress resistance, and K deficiency severely limits sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) yield and oil quality. Despite substantial genotypic variation in K tolerance among sesame cultivars, the molecular mechanisms underlying this variation remain poorly characterized. Here, an integrated physiological, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analysis was performed on two contrasting sesame cultivars (K sensitive ZZ9 and K tolerant WZM6) grown under low K (LK, 0.2 mmol L

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MetabolomePotassiumPotassium DeficiencySesamumTranscriptomeGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, PlantMetabolomicsPotassiumGlutamate biosynthesisMetabolomic and transcriptomicsPotassiumRegulator networksSesame

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PMID42204669

DOI10.1186/s12870-026-09109-1

PMCPMC13398090

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