Biochemical response and transcriptomics profiling shed light on the alkali tolerance of clone halophyte Leymus chinensis

Sodic soil is widely distributed around the world. Alkali stress caused by sodic soil is one of the important environmental factors in restricting agriculture production. Halophytes not only have value for improving understanding of salinity stress or alkali stress tolerance mechanisms, but also can provide candidate genes for stress tolerance improvements of crop plants. Leymus chinensis is constructive halophyte species in alkalized grassland in northern China with high forage value. L. chinensis is close relative of wheat plants. In this work, we exposed the seedlings of L. chinensis to alkali stress .