Metabolomics, a Powerful Tool for Understanding Plant Abiotic Stress
Fredy P. Carrera,
Carlos Noceda,
María G. Maridueña-Zavala,
Juan M. Cevallos-Cevallos
Affiliations
Fredy P. Carrera
Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida y la Agricultura, Carrera de Agropecuaria, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, P.O. Box 171-5-231B, Santo Domingo 230118, Ecuador
Carlos Noceda
Biotecnología Celular y Molecular de Plantas (BIOCEMP)/Biotecnología Industrial, Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida y de la Agricultura, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Av. General Rumiñahui s/n., P.O. Box 171-5-231B, Sangolquí 171103, Ecuador
María G. Maridueña-Zavala
Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador CIBE, Campus Gustavo Galindo Km. 30.5 Vía Perimetral, P.O. Box 09-01-5863, Guayaquil 090903, Ecuador
Juan M. Cevallos-Cevallos
Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador CIBE, Campus Gustavo Galindo Km. 30.5 Vía Perimetral, P.O. Box 09-01-5863, Guayaquil 090903, Ecuador
Metabolomics is a technology that generates large amounts of data and contributes to obtaining wide and integral explanations of the biochemical state of a living organism. Plants are continuously affected by abiotic stresses such as water scarcity, high temperatures and high salinity, and metabolomics has the potential for elucidating the response-to-stress mechanisms and develop resistance strategies in affected cultivars. This review describes the characteristics of each of the stages of metabolomic studies in plants and the role of metabolomics in the characterization of the response of various plant species to abiotic stresses.
