Overexpression of HARDY, an AP2/ERF gene from Arabidopsis, improves drought and salt tolerance by reducing transpiration and sodium uptake in transgenic Trifolium alexandrinum L.

Planta

Volumn 233, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1265-1276

  Abogadallah, Gaber M ^a   Nada, Reham M ^a   Malinowski, Robert ^b   Quick, Paul ^b,c  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Drought and salt stress; Field performance; HARDY overexpression; Photosynthesis; Stem structure; Trifolium alexandrinum

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HARDY PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; WATER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLOVER; CYTOLOGY; DEHYDRATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DEHYDRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2; TRIFOLIUM; WATER;

ARABIDOPSIS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM;

EID: 79957581958     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1382-3     Document Type: Article

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