TITLE:
Omics Studies and Systems Biology Perspective towards Abiotic Stress Response in Plants
AUTHORS:
Jyoti Prakash Sahoo, Laxmipreeya Behera, Siddhartha Shankar Sharma, Jannila Praveena, Suman Kumari Nayak, Kailash Chandra Samal
KEYWORDS:
Genomics, Proteomics, Transcriptomics, System Biology, Abiotic Stress, Plants
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.11 No.12,
December
31,
2020
ABSTRACT: Plant abiotic stress responses are vital
yield-restricting aspect in agriculture. Recent technology in plant biology
allows research of such stress responses at a molecular scale in plants.
Network analysis provides in-depth knowledge regarding omics information visualisation
as it reduces the intrinsic intricacy of such data. The use of integrated
functional genomics helps to understand the relationship between the genomic
profile and the phenotypic profile in different environmental conditions of an
organism. Plants’ responses to abiotic stress are often considered as a complex
process. Systems biology approaches allow visualising and understanding how
plant life works to
overcome abiotic stress. The combination of integrated functional genomics
along with bioinformatics will put a hand in additional in-depth research
knowledge on stress tolerance to plants by exploiting available genetic
information and continuously improving techniques and strategies. Most of the
omics technologies are high throughput with very rapid data generation rates
and humongous outputs. These technologies have made noticeable contributions to
the modern-day improvements in our knowledge of plant biology. So, in this
review, omics studies and the system biology approach towards abiotic stress tolerance
in plants are highlighted.