Time-Course Transcriptomic Analysis Identifies MsTIFY11B as a Promising Candidate Regulator of Salt–Alkali Tolerance in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)
Linfei Cheng, Yanfeng Liu, Qingchun Liu, Dong Li, Yanan Chen, Jiadong Chen, Yang He, Wei Wang · 2026
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Linfei Cheng and seven co-authors hunt salt tolerance genes in alfalfa in 2026. Salty soils cut forage yields worldwide, and alfalfa bears salt moderately well for reasons not fully mapped. The team dosed alfalfa leaves with a strong salt solution and tracked them at three time points.
Salt pushed the leaf salt balance off, woke defense enzymes in two waves, and built up a damage marker. Gene reads found 3,631 genes that shifted and 132 core switch genes. One network cluster tied to salt build-up was rich in a hormone-linked gene family. A hub gene from that family, sitting in the nucleus, emerged as a lead candidate.
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| CREATOR | Linfei Cheng, Yanfeng Liu, Qingchun Liu, Dong Li, Yanan Chen, Jiadong Chen, Yang He, Wei Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |