Soil aridification and desertification are particularly prominent in China's karst areas,
severely limiting crop yields and vegetation restoration. Therefore, it is very important to …

Background Salinity, alkalinity, and drought stress are the main abiotic stress factors
affecting plant growth and development. Sophora alopecuroides L., a perennial leguminous …

Sophora moorcroftiana, a Leguminosae shrub species that is restricted to the arid and semi-
arid regions of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is an ecologically important foundation species …

Drought is the most challenging environmental stress factor for grassland ecosystems as the
climate change. Seriphidium transiliense, a typical plant in the desert steppe, is widely …

Considering the changes of precipitation and soil moisture caused by climate change, it was
important to understand the mechanism of plant response to water shortage. Moreover, the …

De novo assembly of reads produced by next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies
offers a rapid approach to obtain expressed gene sequences for non-model organisms …

Appropriate drought stress could promote the accumulation of specialized metabolites in
plants, especially in medicinal plants. Sophora alopecuroides L.(Leguminosae), a medicinal …

Castanopsis fissa is a native, broadleaf tree species in Guangdong with characteristics of
barrenness and fast growth and is often used as a pioneer species for vegetation restoration …

Zanthoxylum bungeanum (ZB) is a medicinal plant that is widely cultivated in arid and semi-
arid areas. The drought tolerance mechanism of ZB has not yet been clearly elucidated …

Background Drought and soil salinity are major abiotic stresses. The mechanisms of stress
tolerance have been studied extensively in model plants. Caragana korshinskii is …