Transgenics of an elite indica rice variety Pusa Basmati 1 harbouring the coda gene are highly tolerant to salt stress

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-57

  Mohanty, A ^a   Kathuria, H ^a   Ferjani, A ^b   Sakamoto, A ^b   Mohanty, P ^c   Murata, N ^b   Tyagi, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress tolerance; Glycine betaine; Indica rice; Transgenics

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; OXIDATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; RNA;

WILD-TYPE PLANTS;

GENES;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; PUSA; RHIZOBIUM;

BETAINE; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; DEAMINASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYGROMYCIN; HYGROMYCIN B;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BETAINE; CINNAMATES; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; HYGROMYCIN B; NUCLEOSIDE DEAMINASES; ORYZA SATIVA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 0036988262     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-002-1063-5     Document Type: Article

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