Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (S1): 9-19. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195959

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Physiological and Transcriptomic Analysis of Soybean under Waterlogging Stress

ZHAO Zhixin1, LIU Ningning2, XU Haifeng1, WANG Yaqi1, FU Mengmeng1, LI Shuguang1, YU Xiwen1   

  1. 1 Huaiyin Institute of Agricultural Sciences of Xuhuai Region in Jiangsu,Huai'an 223001,China
    2 Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps 7th Division Institute of Agricultural Sciences,Kuitun 833200,China
  • Received:2025-03-26 Published:2025-12-29

Abstract:

Waterlogging stress severely impacts soybean production.To investigate the effects of waterlogging stress on soybean growth and development and elucidate its response mechanisms,this study employed four soybean germplasms cultivated in the Huaibei region as experimental materials.Through simulated waterlogging treatment at the V2 stages,combined with yield analysis,physiological indices,and transcriptomic profiling,the study explores the waterlogging tolerance mechanisms in soybean.The results demonstrated that waterlogging stress significantly reduced dry matter accumulation and nitrogen uptake efficiency in the waterlogging-sensitive cultivar Xudou 18,resulting in a yield loss of 30.23%.In contrast,the waterlogging-tolerant cultivar Huaidou 13 exhibited stronger adaptability with only a 16.77% yield loss,attributed to stabilized root nitrogen absorption and maintained root dry matter accumulation.Transcriptomic analysis revealed that differentially expressed genes(DEGs)in Huaidou 13 under waterlogging stress were significantly enriched in pathways that related to the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites,photosynthetic systems,and antioxidant activity.Conversely,DEGs in Xudou 18 were predominantly associated with hormone transduction,photosynthesis,and peroxisome-related pathways.A total of 148 genotype-specific DEGs were identified between cultivars with contrasting waterlogging tolerance,primarily enriched in photosynthesis,secondary metabolite biosynthesis,and fatty acid metabolism.Identified transcription factors included members of the AP2/ERF-ERF,C3H,ARR-B,NAC,and WRKY families.In summary,transcription factors or genes in secondary metabolic pathways that may be related to waterlogging tolerance were screened.

Key words: Soybean, Waterlogging stress, Physiological metabolism, Transcriptome

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ZHAO Zhixin, LIU Ningning, XU Haifeng, WANG Yaqi, FU Mengmeng, LI Shuguang, YU Xiwen. Physiological and Transcriptomic Analysis of Soybean under Waterlogging Stress[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2025, 40(S1): 9-19. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195959.

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