<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Comparative Root Transcriptomics Provide Insights into Drought Adaptation Strategies in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)"^^ . "Drought adversely affects crop production across the globe. The root system immensely\r\ncontributes to water management and the adaptability of plants to drought stress. In this study,\r\ndrought-inducedphenotypic andtranscriptomic responses of two contrasting chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)\r\ngenotypes were compared at the vegetative, reproductive transition, and reproductive stages.\r\nAt the vegetative stage, drought-tolerant genotype maintained higher root biomass, length, and surface\r\narea under drought stress as compared to sensitive genotype. However, at the reproductive stage,\r\nroot length and surface area of tolerant genotype was lower but displayed higher root diameter than\r\nsensitive genotype. The shoot biomass of tolerant genotype was overall higher than the sensitive\r\ngenotype under drought stress. RNA-seq analysis identified genotype- and developmental-stage specific\r\ndifferentially expressed genes (DEGs) in response to drought stress. At the vegetative stage, a total of\r\n2161 and 1873 DEGs, and at reproductive stage 4109 and 3772 DEGs, were identified in the tolerant\r\nand sensitive genotypes, respectively. Gene ontology (GO) analysis revealed enrichment of biological\r\ncategories related to cellular process, metabolic process, response to stimulus, response to abiotic stress,\r\nand response to hormones. Interestingly, the expression of stress-responsive transcription factors, kinases,\r\nROS signaling and scavenging, transporters, root nodulation, and oxylipin biosynthesis genes were\r\nrobustly upregulated in the tolerant genotype, possibly contributing to drought adaptation. Furthermore,\r\nactivation/repression of hormone signaling and biosynthesis genes was observed. Overall, this study\r\nsheds new insights on drought tolerance mechanisms operating in roots with broader implications for\r\nchickpea improvement."^^ . "2020-03" . . . "21" . "1781" . . "MDPI"^^ . . . "International Journal of Molecular Sciences (TSI)"^^ . . . "14220067" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "N"^^ . "Mantri"^^ . "N Mantri"^^ . . "R"^^ . "Ford"^^ . "R Ford"^^ . . "G"^^ . "Zinta"^^ . "G Zinta"^^ . . "R K"^^ . "Varshney"^^ . "R K Varshney"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Jain"^^ . "M Jain"^^ . . "V"^^ . "Bhaskarla"^^ . "V Bhaskarla"^^ . . . . . . "Comparative Root Transcriptomics Provide Insights into Drought Adaptation Strategies in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "ijms-21-01781.pdf"^^ . . . "Comparative Root Transcriptomics Provide Insights into Drought Adaptation Strategies in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #11509 \n\nComparative Root Transcriptomics Provide Insights into Drought Adaptation Strategies in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Abiotic Stress"@en . . . "Chickpea"@en . . . "Drought"@en . . . "Genetics and Genomics"@en . . . "Legume Crops"@en . .