Background The molecular mechanisms involved in plant tolerance to either drought or cold
have been extensively studied in many plant species. However, few studies have focused …

Ammopiptanthus mongolicus (Maxim. Ex Kom.) Cheng f., a relic tree of the Tertiary period,
plays a critical role in maintaining desert ecosystems in the Mid-Asia region. Genome-scale …

Background Ammopiptanthus mongolicus is the only evergreen broadleaf shrub in the
northwest desert of China, which can survive long-term aridity and extremely cold …

Background De novo assembly of transcript sequences produced by next-generation
sequencing technologies offers a rapid approach to obtain expressed gene sequences for …

Abstract Background Ammopiptanthus mongolicus (Maxim. ex Kom.) Cheng f., an evergreen
broadleaf legume shrub, is distributed in Mid-Asia where the temperature can be as low as …

Abiotic stresses affect crop productivity worldwide. Understanding molecular mechanisms of
plant abiotic stress tolerance is important for developing stress tolerant crop plants for …

Populus euphratica is native to semi-arid regions of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous
Region of China, and studying its drought responses will greatly increase the understanding …

Reaumuria soongorica (Pall.) Maxim., a resurrection semi-shrub, is a typical constructive
and dominant species in desert ecosystems in northwestern China. However, the gene …

Drought tolerance varies considerably in different species of Populus, and is a complex trait,
involving the interplay of a vast array of genes. Although Populus simonii is one of the most …

The response and adaptation to drought remains poorly understood for Paulownia australis.
To investigate this issue, transcriptome profiling of four P. australis accessions (two diploid …