ethylene related salt response proteins in wheat

Hexaploid wheat is the most important cereal crop with the biggest planting area in the world, while its production is dramatically decreased by salt stress. Ethylene is a stress hormone, which improves salt tolerance in plants by regulating adaptive changes in gene expression level. Proteomic analysis provides an efficient method to excavate downstream functional genes in a large scale. In order to clarify the ethylene regulated salt response pathway in wheat, the roots and shoots 2-week-old wheat seedlings of cultivar ‘Qingmai 6’ treated with salt, salt and ethylene precursor ACC, and salt and ethylene signaling inhibitor 1-MCP were collected, respectively, and analyzed with untreated samples by proteomic analysis in this research.