Recent Advances in Biochemical Reprogramming Network Under Drought Stress in Soybean

Global climatic changes and the increasing human population have severely threatened global food security. Under abiotic stresses, metabolic reprogramming is crucial in cytosolic osmotic regulation. Therefore, biochemical characterization and profiling are essential to understand the physio-molecular responses of plants to environmental stress, such as drought stress. Drought stress is one of the major abiotic stresses that challenge the sustainability of crop production systems. Soybean is an important food legume crop that is sensitive to drought stress. In this review, we discuss the effects of drought stress on soybean and its associated biochemical reprogramming for optimizing plant production under stressful environments. The role of metabolites in the metabolic reprogramming within the cell during drought stress has also been described. Such diverse biochemical reprogramming is required for systemic acquired acclimation to drought stress in soybean.