Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Overexpressed bZIP Transcription Factors in Plants under Drought Stress
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Summary of Overall Effects
2.2. Heterogeneity Analysis
2.3. Subgroup Effect within Each Moderator on Survival Rate in Plants under Drought Conditions
2.4. Subgroup Effect within Each Moderator on Proline Content in Plants That Experienced Drought and Non-Stressed Conditions
2.5. Moderator Analysis of MDA Content in Plants Subjected to Drought and Non-Stressed Conditions
2.6. Subgroup Analysis of POD Activity in Plants under Drought Conditions
2.7. Subgroup Analysis of CAT Activity in Plants under Drought Conditions
2.8. Subgroup Analysis of H2O2 Content in Plants under Drought Conditions
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Data Collection
- It should be written in English;
- It should be published between 2013 and 2023;
- It should quantitatively assess the effect of drought on at least some outcome parameters of interest (such as proline content and survival rate);
- Mutant plants or co-expressed with other genes are not considered;
- It is not a review or meeting report.
4.2. Effect Size and Moderator
4.3. Meta-Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Trait | Qt | p | I2 (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Survival | 18.714 | 0.044 | 46.56 |
Root length | 4.3180 | 0.5046 | 0 |
Electrolyte leakage | 1 | 0.31731 | 0.00 |
Proline content | 19.7831 | 0.04841 | 44.40 |
Chlorophyll content | 9.8793 | 0.2736 | 19.02 |
H2O2 content | 12.6098 | 0.04967 | 52.42 |
CAT activity | 11.0961 | 0.04951 | 54.94 |
POD activity | 13.6856 | 0.39635 | 5.01 |
SOD activity | 7.9343 | 0.89272 | 0 |
MDA content | 26.4189 | 0.04841 | 39.44 |
Trait | Qt | p | I2 (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Survival | |||
Root length | 3.244 | 0.3555 | 7.52 |
Electrolyte leakage | 0.1628 | 0.68656 | 0 |
Proline content | 4.6492 | 0.58952 | 0 |
Chlorophyll content | 4.9435 | 0.42282 | 0 |
H2O2 content | 3.7056 | 0.59253 | 0 |
CAT activity | 1.3531 | 0.50838 | 0 |
POD activity | 1.5722 | 0.66571 | 0 |
SOD activity | 7.3340 | 0.19696 | 31.82 |
MDA content | 3.6885 | 0.71874 | 0 |
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Tao, R.; Liu, Y.; Chen, S.; Shityakov, S. Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Overexpressed bZIP Transcription Factors in Plants under Drought Stress. Plants 2024, 13, 337. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13030337
Tao R, Liu Y, Chen S, Shityakov S. Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Overexpressed bZIP Transcription Factors in Plants under Drought Stress. Plants. 2024; 13(3):337. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13030337
Chicago/Turabian StyleTao, Ran, Yaqiu Liu, Su Chen, and Sergey Shityakov. 2024. "Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Overexpressed bZIP Transcription Factors in Plants under Drought Stress" Plants 13, no. 3: 337. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13030337