<p dir="ltr"><b>Meta-analysis, WGCNA, and machine learning converge on a four-gene biomarker panel for heat stress tolerance in </b><b><i>Solanum lycopersicum</i></b></p>

Heat stress severely compromises growth, reproduction, and yield in Solanum lycopersicum, necessitating the identification of reliable molecular biomarkers for thermotolerance. Here, we performed a comprehensive meta-analysis of transcriptomic datasets encompassing diverse heat-stress experiments and identified 526 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), including 225 upregulated and 301 downregulated candidates.