Expression of the Aeluropus littoralis AlSAP gene in rice confers broad tolerance to abiotic stresses through maintenance of photosynthesis

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 626-643

  Ben Saad, Rania ^a   Fabre, Denis ^b   Mieulet, Delphine ^b   Meynard, Donaldo ^b   Dingkuhn, Michael ^b   Al Doss, Abdullah ^c   Guiderdoni, Emmanuel ^b,c   Hassairi, Afif ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b UMR AGAP   (France)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cold; Drought; Photosynthesis maintenance; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN; RICE; SALINITY; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SET; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPIRATION;

ARTICLE; COLD; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; POACEAE; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

COLD TEMPERATURE; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; ORYZA SATIVA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POACEAE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

AELUROPUS LITTORALIS;

EID: 84855920090     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02441.x     Document Type: Article

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