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Response of Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism and Secondary Metabolites to Drought Stress and Salt Stress in Plants

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Carbon and nitrogen metabolism provide the main energy and basic nutrients for plants. However, environmental stress seriously affects carbon and nitrogen metabolism and thus hinders plant growth, especially drought stress and salt stress. Hence, numerous studies have been conducted to investigate the response of carbon and nitrogen metabolism to drought stress and salt stress by photosynthesis, sucrose and starch metabolism, nitrogen uptake and amino acids. Previous researchers also studied the response of secondary metabolism under both stresses on account of secondary metabolism may confer protection against environmental stresses. Our review highlights the diverse responses of carbon and nitrogen metabolism to drought stress and salt stress and the content changes of three secondary metabolites in plants under stresses.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support provided by the project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31860343 and 31460330) and the Key National Research and Development Programs (2017YFC1700706).

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  1. College of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, China

    Gaochang Cui, Yu Zhang, Wenjin Zhang, Xiaojia Zhang & Xinhui Zhang

  2. Ningxia Engineering and Technology Research Center of Hui Medicine Modernization, Ningxia Collaborative Innovation Center of Hui Medicine, Key Laboratory of Hui Ethnic Medicine Modernization, Ministry of Education, Yinchuan, 750004, China

    Xinhui Zhang

  3. Laboratory Animal Center, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, China

    Duoyong Lang

  4. Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Coal Resource Clean Utilization and Mine Environmental Protection, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan Hunan, 411201, China

    Zhixian Li

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GC Cui wrote the manuscript; Y Zhang made the figure; WJ Zhang made the table; DY Lang modified the language; XJ Zhang collected the literatures; ZX Li modified the details; XH Zhang provided the ideas. All the authors agreed on the content of the paper and post no conflicting interest.

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Cui, G., Zhang, Y., Zhang, W. et al. Response of Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism and Secondary Metabolites to Drought Stress and Salt Stress in Plants. J. Plant Biol. 62, 387–399 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12374-019-0257-1

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