![Natural Science News](images/logo.png)
Understanding How Corn Genes Help Cope with Environmental and Biological Stress
Greg Howard
31st May, 2024
![Understanding How Corn Genes Help Cope with Environmental and Biological Stress](https://static.naturalsciencenews.com/images/articles/3026_main.jpg)
Image Source: Natural Science News, 2024
Key Findings
- The USDA study focused on maize, a globally important crop, and its response to environmental stress
- Researchers used transcriptome profiling to identify genes in maize that respond to both biotic (living organisms) and abiotic (non-living factors) stress
- The study found that more genes respond to abiotic stress (2,555) than to biotic stress (408), with 267 genes responding to both types of stress
References
Main Study
1) Functional annotation and meta-analysis of maize transcriptomes reveal genes involved in biotic and abiotic stress
Published 30th May, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10443-7
Related Studies
2) Cold, salinity and drought stresses: an overview.
Journal: Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, Issue: Vol 444, Issue 2, Dec 2005
3) Transcriptome analysis of grapevine under salinity and identification of key genes responsible for salt tolerance.
4) Integrative meta-analysis of transcriptomic responses to abiotic stress in cotton.
5) Evidence of an evolutionary hourglass pattern in herbivory-induced transcriptomic responses.