Transcriptome profiling of Panax notoginseng response to arsenic stress and dark septate endophytes (DSE) inoculation
This study aims to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the interaction between dark septate endophytes (DSE) and Panax notoginseng under arsenic (As) stress. We conducted a controlled pot experiment with four treatments:(1) As stress alone, and (2) DSE inoculation combined with As stress. Root tissues of Panax notoginseng were collected for RNA extraction. High-throughput RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) was performed to identify differentially expressed genes and key pathways involved in the DSE-mediated alleviation of arsenic toxicity.