Physiological, Morphological, and Molecular Evaluation of Wheat Under Single (Drought, Salt, Heat) and Combined (Drought–Heat, Salt–Heat) Stress
Conghui Li, Xiaorui Guo, Lijuan Zhao, Enyang Mei, Yu Kang, Kangqi Xiang, Yuyue Zhang, Xueyu Lin, Xinmei Li, Shuqian Qian, Haitao Liu · 2026
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Conghui Li and colleagues put wheat seedlings through drought, salt, and heat, alone and in punishing pairs. Real fields increasingly deliver these stresses together as the climate warms. Using the cultivar Yannong 1212 in water culture, their 2026 study measures growth, chemistry, and gene responses side by side.
Single stresses slowed sprouting in proportion to dose, but paired stresses hit far harder. Leaves yellowed, pores closed, and the green machinery inside cells was damaged. Seedlings stockpiled protective sugars and proline while antioxidant enzymes rose and fell by stress type. Drought combined with heat proved the most damaging pairing of all.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Conghui Li, Xiaorui Guo, Lijuan Zhao, Enyang Mei, Yu Kang, Kangqi Xiang, Yuyue Zhang, Xueyu Lin, Xinmei Li, Shuqian Qian, Haitao Liu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |