Bashir Khurram, Matsui Akihiro, Rasheed Sultana, Seki Motoaki
Plant Genomic Network Research Team, CSRS, RIKEN, Yokohama, Tsurumi-ku, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan.
Plant Epigenome Regulation Laboratory, CPR, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.
F1000Res. 2019 May 14;8. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.18424.1. eCollection 2019.
Despite recent advancements in plant molecular biology and biotechnology, providing food security for an increasing world population remains a challenge. Drought (water scarcity), salinity, heat, and cold stress are considered major limiting factors that affect crop production both qualitatively and quantitatively. Therefore, the development of cost-effective and environmentally friendly strategies will be needed to resolve these agricultural problems. This will require a comprehensive understanding of transcriptomic alterations that occur in plants in response to varying levels of environmental stresses, singly and in combination. Here, we briefly discuss the current status and future challenges in plant research related to understanding transcriptional changes that occur in response to drought, salinity, heat, and cold stress.
尽管植物分子生物学和生物技术最近取得了进展，但为不断增长的世界人口提供粮食安全仍然是一项挑战。干旱（缺水）、盐碱化、高温和低温胁迫被认为是在质量和数量上影响作物产量的主要限制因素。因此，需要制定具有成本效益且环境友好的策略来解决这些农业问题。这将需要全面了解植物在应对不同程度的环境胁迫（单独或组合）时发生的转录组变化。在此，我们简要讨论与理解植物对干旱、盐碱化、高温和低温胁迫响应时发生的转录变化相关的植物研究的现状和未来挑战。
