Drought Stress-Induced Physiological and Molecular Changes in Strawberries: An Integrated Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Perspective

This study identifies drought-responsive differential metabolites in two strawberry cultivars ('Benihoppe' and 'Kaorino') via metabolomics, uncovering their genotype-specific metabolic mechanisms of drought tolerance. It provides metabolic-level evidence for breeding drought-resistant strawberries and optimizing water-saving cultivation, addressing the production constraints of strawberry's high drought sensitivity.