Review Article

Decipher the Molecular Response of Plant Single Cell Types to Environmental Stresses

Table 1

Various -omic analyses were conducted on different plant single cell types in response to both biotic and abiotic stresses.

Cell typeOmics
TranscriptomeProteomeMetabolome

TrichomeNicotiana tabacum L. cv. Xanthi (pathogenic stress; [37])Arabidopsis thaliana (cold, hormone stimulus, and drought; [55])
Artemisia annua L. (dehydration stress, detoxification; [53])
Nicotiana tabacum (oxidative stress; [56, 57])

Guard cellArabidopsis thaliana (dehydration stress; [36])Brassica napus (ABA response; [59]) 
Arabidopsis thaliana (ABA response; [60])
Vicia faba L. (darkness and drought; [89])  
Arabidopsis thaliana (nitric oxide response and ABA response, pathogenal infection, and UV radiation; [9094])

Mesophyll cellArabidopsis thaliana (pathogenal infection; [35])

Root hairHordeum vulgare L. ssp. spontaneum (drought stress; [38]) 
Arabidopsis thaliana (heat, cold, salt stress, oxidative stress, and abscisic acid stimulus; [2831]) 
Glycine max (rhizobial infection; [2]) 
Medicago truncatula (rhizobial infection; [33])
Glycine max (rhizobial infection; [6163])Glycine max (rhizobial infection; [9698])

Pollen, pollen tubeArabidopsis thaliana (heat and osmotic stress; [19, 28]) Arabidopsis thaliana (pathogenic infection, oxidative stress; [42, 4447])  
Zea maize (oxidative stress; [48]) 
Oryza sativa (pathogen infection, oxidative stress; [43])

Epidermal cellMesembryanthemum crystallinum (salinity stress; [88])Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (salinity stress; [85])

Cotton fiberGossypium arboreum L. (drought stress; [14, 15])