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To determine how the core circadian clock components GmLHYs regulate drought stress tolerance and downstream phytohormone signaling in soybean.

October 23, 2020New PhytologistOpen Access

Two homologous LHY pairs negatively control soybean drought tolerance by repressing the abscisic acid responses

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KWKai WangShanghai University TBTiantian BuHenan University QCQun ChengGuangzhou University

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Functional genetic analysis demonstrates that homologous GmLHY pairs reduce drought tolerance in soybean by repressing abscisic acid signaling, highlighting targets for genome-edited crop breeding.

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To determine how the core circadian clock components GmLHYs regulate drought stress tolerance and downstream phytohormone signaling in soybean.
Assessed the expression profiles of four GmLHY genes under drought conditions and engineered gmlhy quadruple mutants.
Conducted transcriptome profiling to evaluate downstream pathways and cellular homeostasis under drought stress.
Performed genetic dissection and cross-species functional characterization of homologous LHY1a and LHY1b pairs in soybean and Arabidopsis.
Drought stress induced the expression of all four GmLHY genes, and gmlhy quadruple mutants exhibited significantly enhanced drought tolerance compared to wild-type plants.
Transcriptome profiling revealed that GmLHY proteins negatively regulate the abscisic acid (ABA) signaling pathway during drought conditions.
The homologous pairs LHY1a and LHY1b function redundantly to control the drought response, identifying specific genetic targets for editing elite cultivars.

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Wang et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d925b89a6164e50fa3c28d https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17019

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Functional genetic analysis demonstrates that homologous GmLHY pairs reduce drought tolerance in soybean by repressing abscisic acid signaling, highlighting targets for genome-edited crop breeding.