Integrated Multi-Omics Analysis Reveals the Involvement of Alanine, Aspartate and Glutamate Metabolism in Wheat Responses to Salt Stress
Jixing Shang, Juncheng Wang, Xiaole Ma, Xingmao Li, Hong Zhang, Huajun Wang, Lirong Yao, Baochun Li · 2026
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Jixing Shang and co-authors report a 2026 study of how wheat roots respond to salt in the soil. Salt harms crops around the world, and wheat is a staple food, yet the root responses of strong and weak wheat types had not been compared in depth. The team grew a salt tolerant type and a salt sensitive type, then read both their gene activity and their small molecule profiles.
The tolerant type grew better and showed stronger defenses against cell damage and better water balance. Its active genes clustered in a few chemical pathways, and over a thousand small molecules differed between the types. Combined analysis pointed to one amino acid pathway as a hub, with higher output of a calming chemical called GABA. The authors name targets that breeders could use to raise salt tolerance.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jixing Shang, Juncheng Wang, Xiaole Ma, Xingmao Li, Hong Zhang, Huajun Wang, Lirong Yao, Baochun Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |