IC4R003-lncRNA-2015-26734039

Project Title

RNA-Seq Analysis of Rice Roots Reveals the Involvement of Post-Transcriptional Regulation in Response to Cadmium Stress

The Background of This Project

• Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most toxic heavy metals to organisms. Unlike some essential heavy metals, such as copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), and nickel (Ni) that are necessary for plant growth and development, Cd is considered a non-essential metal element for plants. Widely spread Cd pollution has significantly affected human health both in term so fits direct effect on crop production and its high accumulation in the edible part of crops such as rice. Previous studies have shown that excessive Cd in plants causes an accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), lipid peroxidation, enzyme inactivation, and DNA and membrane damage, resulting in various toxicity phenotypes, such as chlorosis, wilting, growth reduction, and cell death. However,assignalingmolecules,ROS can be produced at controlled levels and can lead to tolerance responses.

Plant Culture & Treatment

Figure 1 Box plots for relative phenotypic values. The median of each trait is shown as the horizontal bar in the box, and the upper and lower sides of a box represent the first and third quartile values of the distribution, respectively. Whiskers extended to 1.5 times the interquartile range (box size) or to the maximum/minimum values.

Research Findings

Table 1 Effect of ozone stress on phenotypic values

Corresponding Author

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