Heterologous expression of P5CS gene in chickpea enhances salt tolerance without affecting yield

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 634-640

  Kumar Ghanti, S Kiran ^a,b   Sujata, K G ^b   Kumar, B M Vijay ^c   Karba, N Nataraja ^b   Reddy, K Janardhan ^d   Rao, M Srinath ^a   Kishor, P B Kavi ^d  

^a GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

1 pyrroline 5 carboxylate synthetase; Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Cicer arietinum; NaCl; proline accumulation; RT PCR; Southern blot; Western blot

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CICER ARIETINUM; VIGNA;

EID: 80054015468     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-011-0161-0     Document Type: Article

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