Abstract
Heat stress is a major environmental factor limiting plant productivity and quality in agriculture. Cucumber, one of the most important vegetables among cucurbitaceae, prefers to grow in a warm environment. Until now the molecular knowledge of heat stress in cucumber remained unclear. In this study, we performed transcriptome analysis using two diverse genetic cucumber cultivars, L-9 and A-16 grown under normal and heat stress. L-9 displayed heat-tolerance phenotype with higher superoxide dismutase enzyme (SOD) enzyme activity and lower malondialdehyde (MDA) content than A-16 under heat stress. RNA-sequencing revealed that a total of 963 and 2778 genes are differentially expressed between L-9 and A-16 under normal and heat stress respectively. In addition, we found that differentially expressed genes (DEGs) associated with plant hormones signally pathway, transcription factors, and secondary metabolites showed significantly change in expression level after heat stress, which were confirmed by quantitative real-time PCR assay. Our results not only explored several crucial genes involved in cucumber heat resistance, but also provide a new insight into studying heat stress.
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