Developing Transgenic Jatropha Using the SbNHX1 Gene from an Extreme Halophyte for Cultivation in Saline Wasteland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Jha, Bhavanath ^a   Mishra, Avinash ^a   Jha, Anupama ^a   Joshi, Mukul ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; ION; MALONALDEHYDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CROP; GENE DOSAGE; HALOPHYTE; JATROPHA CURCAS; LEAF SENESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT YIELD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALICORNIA BRACHIATA; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; SBNHX1 GENE; SEASHORE; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TILLAGE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; CHENOPODIACEAE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; JATROPHA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANCE; SALT-TOLERANT PLANTS; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER;

EID: 84881159102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071136     Document Type: Article

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