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Table 4 Summary of phenotypic and molecular plasticity evidenced for the two studied genotypes (G1 and G2), between irrigated (IR) and non irrigated (NI) treatments

From: RNA-Seq reveals genotype-specific molecular responses to water deficit in eucalyptus

  

G1

G2

  

IR→ NI

IR→ NI

Above-ground biomass

 

decrease

stable

Transcript abundance

Hormones

+

--

 

Secondary messengers

+ (light signalling)

-- (light signalling) ++ (receptor kinases)

 

Other stress related genes

+

-- (heat-shock proteins) ++ (PR proteins)

 

Transcription factors

stable

++

 

Cellular protection

+

--

 

Damages repair

+ (carbohydrates secondary metabolism),

++ (cell organisation, lipids, proteins) -- (secondary metabolism)

 

Cellular activity maintenance

stable

-- (photosynthesis, transport)

  1. Abbreviations: +/- means that in a given category more than 50% of the genes are over/underexpressed in NI.++/-- means that in a given category more than 50% of the genes are over/underexpressed in NI with a log2-tranformed fold change <-0.8 or >0.8.