Phenotyping transgenic wheat for drought resistance

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1799-1808

  Pierre, Carolina Saint ^a   Crossa, José L ^a   Bonnett, David ^a   Yamaguchi Shinozaki, Kazuko ^b   Reynolds, Matthew P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drought resistance; drought screening protocols; phenotyping; survival to severe stress; transgenic wheat; water use efficiency; yield stability

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DREB1A PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CEREAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEHYDRATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOMASS; CEREALS; DEHYDRATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES; TRITICUM; WATER;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84858027104     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err385     Document Type: Article

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