Regulation of Root Exudation in Wheat Plants in Response to Alkali Stress
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Components of Root Exudates
2.2. Metabolic Profiling of the Roots
2.3. Gene Expression Response in the Roots
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Stress Treatment and Root Exudate Collection
4.2. Metabolome Analysis
4.3. RNAseq and qRT-PCR
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Wang, H.; Zhao, S.; Qi, Z.; Yang, C.; Ding, D.; Xiao, B.; Wang, S.; Yang, C. Regulation of Root Exudation in Wheat Plants in Response to Alkali Stress. Plants 2024, 13, 1227. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13091227
Wang H, Zhao S, Qi Z, Yang C, Ding D, Xiao B, Wang S, Yang C. Regulation of Root Exudation in Wheat Plants in Response to Alkali Stress. Plants. 2024; 13(9):1227. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13091227
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Huan, Shuting Zhao, Zexin Qi, Changgang Yang, Dan Ding, Binbin Xiao, Shihong Wang, and Chunwu Yang. 2024. "Regulation of Root Exudation in Wheat Plants in Response to Alkali Stress" Plants 13, no. 9: 1227. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13091227
APA StyleWang, H., Zhao, S., Qi, Z., Yang, C., Ding, D., Xiao, B., Wang, S., & Yang, C. (2024). Regulation of Root Exudation in Wheat Plants in Response to Alkali Stress. Plants, 13(9), 1227. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13091227