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Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants: Insights from Transcriptomic Studies

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The availability of water is of vital importance to all living things, and it is critical in many parts of the planet. The situation is getting worse given the expected growth of world population and the growing demand for food. Thus, the rational use of water is imperative in any production system, including agriculture. The improvement of plant performance under drought stress is a crucial objective of breeding programs worldwide. To achieve this goal is not a simple task as traditional plant breeding requires many selection cycles comprising different trials at different locations and over several years. In addition to the expression of many genes, there is an interaction between the genotype and the environment, being expressed in the phenotype. In this context, plant transcriptomics emerged from technologies that allow evaluating genome-wide expression profiles, taking great benefit from deep sequencing analysis. This chapter aims critically to analyze transcriptomics studies covering drought tolerance of plants. It considers the different strategies to drought stress simulation assays, the molecular approaches, the genes responding to the stimulus, and data validation. Also provided is an overview on transgeny and patents related to drought-tolerant plants. This study also provides the basis to help breeders in further studies and decision making in their breeding programs.

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Kido, É.A., Ferreira-Neto, J.R.C., Pandolfi, V., de Melo Souza, A.C., Benko-Iseppon, A.M. (2016). Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants: Insights from Transcriptomic Studies. In: Hossain, M., Wani, S., Bhattacharjee, S., Burritt, D., Tran, LS. (eds) Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants, Vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32423-4_6

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