ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Investigating Retrotransposon Dynamics in Wheat
Genotypes Under Salinity Stress: A Comparative
Study of In vitro and In vivo Cultivation
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Plant Biotechnology Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnologies, Ministry of Science and Education
of the Republic of Azerbaijan, AZ 1073, Baku, Azerbaijan
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Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Yildiz Technical University, Turkiye
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Life Sciences department, Khazar University (Neftchilar Campus), AZ 1096, Baku, Azerbaijan
Submission date: 2024-03-13
Final revision date: 2024-06-13
Acceptance date: 2024-08-05
Online publication date: 2024-10-28
Publication date: 2025-08-20
Corresponding author
Gunay Ismayilova Ilman
Plant Biotechnology Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnologies, Ministry of Science and Education
of the Republic of Azerbaijan, AZ 1073, Baku, Azerbaijan
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(5):6203-6216
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ABSTRACT
Abiotic stressors have various unexpected effects on plants. Studying the movement activity
of retrotransposons in response to these stresses may help to understand their ability to respond to
changing environmental conditions. In this study, three local wheat (Gyrmyzy bugda, Jumhuriyet 100,
and Nurlu 99) genotypes were taken and the movement activity of retrotransposons under the influence
of salinity stress was determined by the IRAP marker method. The movement activity of barley
(SUKKULA), rice (HOUBA), and soybean (SIRE1) retrotransposons was studied in wheat genotypes
grown under salt stress (150 and 200 mM NaCl) callus culture and leaf samples at 15 and 30 days.
At 150 mM NaCl, in 15-day-old callus and leaf samples, 0–83% and 0–50% polymorphism were found,
respectively, for the HOUBA retrotransposon. At 200 mM NaCl, the polymorphism in callus and leaf
samples amounted to 0–83% and 0–40%, respectively. For SUKKULA retrotransposon, at 150 mM
NaCl, in 15-day-old callus and leaf samples, polymorphism was 0–67% and 0–86%, and at 200 mM
NaCl, this parameter was found to be 0–67% and 0–89%, respectively. For SIRE1 retrotransposon, at
150 mM NaCl in 15-day-old callus and leaf samples, the polymorphism was 0–75% and 0–88%, while
at 200 mM NaCl, it was equal to 0–71% and 0–100%, respectively. This is one of the first studies to
examine epigenetic modifications in wheat plants that are developing in Azerbaijan.
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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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