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RNA‐Seq Analysis of the Salt Tolerance Response in Prairie Cordgrass
Author(s) -
Robben Michael,
Gonzalez Jose
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.30.1_supplement.lb165
Subject(s) - bioenergy , crop , agronomy , biology , heritability , salt (chemistry) , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , biofuel , chemistry , genetics
The food vs fuel debate has created a demand for non‐cereal bioenergy plants that can be grown on lands not suitable for food crops. We examined the potential bioenergy crop Spartina pectinata, Prairie Cordgrass (PCG), for its salt tolerance by performing RNA‐seq on plants treated with 400 mM NaCL against those treated with water to find upregulated genes and genetic markers for salt tolerance. As a result we show a genetic component for salt tolerance through heritability studies and link it to the overexpression of genes in PCG when exposed to high salt concentrations. Future genetic studies could reveal the mechanism by which PCG survives poor soil conditions.