Table 8.
Combating abiotic stresses in legumes using proteomics and metabolomics approaches.
| Crop | Abiotic stress | Omics approach | Details | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chickpea | Drought | Proteomics | Potential resources for improving drought tolerance were identified. | Vessal et al., 2020 |
| Drought | Comparative proteomics | A total of 75 proteins were found to be differentially expressed in roots. | Gupta et al., 2020 | |
| Drought | Comparative proteomics | MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS/MS analyses revealed 24 differently expressed proteins in leaves under drought stress. | Çevik et al., 2019 | |
| Drought | Metabolomics | Effect of PGPRs under drought stress was identified using UPLC-HRMS analysis | Khan et al., 2019b | |
| Heat | Comparative proteomics | A total of 482 heat-responsive proteins were found to be engaged in heat stress tolerance. | Parankusam et al., 2017 | |
| Salinity | Comparative proteomics | Various proteins were found to be engaged in salinity tolerance. | Arefian et al., 2019 | |
| Drought | Metabolomics | Effect of PGPRs under drought stress was identified using UPLC-HRMS analysis | Khan et al., 2019b | |
| Cowpea | Drought | Metabolomics | GC-TOF-MS profiling of primary metabolites and LC-DAD profiling of secondary metabolites under drought stress. Prolonged stress irrespective of the developmental stage affected the metabolome. | Goufo et al., 2017 |
| Faba bean | Drought | Proteomics | Proteins including chitinase, Bet, and glutamate–glyoxylate aminotransferase were found to be upregulated in leaves under drought stress. | Li et al., 2018 |
| Salinity | Metabolomics | Molecules such as myo-inositol, allantoin, and glycerophosphoglycerol were found to be up-regulated in roots in response to salt stress. | Richter et al., 2019 | |
| Drought and heat | Metabolomics | Upregulation of nitrogen and metabolism under combined heat and drought stress. | Das et al., 2017 | |
| Soybean | Salinity | Comparative metabolomics | A total of 47 different metabolites were found to be responsible for salt tolerance. | Li et al., 2017 |
| Aluminum | Comparative proteomics | MALDI TOF analysis revealed differential protein expression in roots under Al stress. | Duressa et al., 2011 |