RNAi-mediated disruption of squalene synthase improves drought tolerance and yield in rice

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-175

  Manavalan, Lakshmi P ^a   Chen, Xi ^b   Clarke, Joseph ^b   Salmeron, John ^b   Nguyen, Henry T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

ABA; filled grain weight; maize; relative water content; rice; RNAi; root number stomatal conductance; squalene synthase; water deficit

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; PRIMER DNA; SQUALENE SYNTHASE;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DROUGHT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DROUGHTS; FARNESYL-DIPHOSPHATE FARNESYLTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84555177745     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err258     Document Type: Article

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