title: Understanding Water-Stress Responses in Soybean Using Hydroponics System-A Systems Biology Perspective.
abstract: The deleterious changes in environmental conditions such as water stress bring physiological and biochemical changes in plants, which results in crop loss. Thus, combating water stress is important for crop improvement to manage the needs of growing population. Utilization of hydroponics system in growing plants is questionable to some researchers, as it does not represent an actual field condition. However, trying to address a complex problem like water stress we have to utilize a simpler growing condition like the hydroponics system wherein every input given to the plants can be controlled. With the advent of high-throughput technologies, it is still challenging to address all levels of the genetic machinery whether a gene, protein, metabolite, and promoter. Thus, using a system of reduced complexity like hydroponics can certainly direct us toward the right candidates, if not completely help us to resolve the issue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University Brookings, SD, USA.
authors.forename: Prateek
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University Brookings, SD, USA.
authors.forename: Roel C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Rabara
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas Denton, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shulaev
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV, USA.
authors.forename: Qingxi J
authors.initials: QJ
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center Dallas, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Rushton
keywords: ROS signaling; drought; energy metabolism; hydroponics; soybean; systems biology; water-stress; water-stress physiology