Overexpression of Glycine soja WRKY20 enhances both drought and salt tolerance in transgenic alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-86

  Tang, Lili ^a   Cai, Hua ^a   Zhai, Hong ^b   Luo, Xiao ^b   Wang, Zhenyu ^b   Cui, Lin ^a   Bai, Xi ^a  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; GsWRKY20; Salt tolerance; Transgenic alfalfa

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; AMINO ACIDS; ARID REGIONS; CHLOROPHYLL; DROUGHT;

ARID AND SEMI-ARID AREAS; DROUGHT TOLERANCES; GROWTH RETARDATION; GSWRKY20; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; RELATIVE MEMBRANE PERMEABILITIES; SALT TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC ALFALFAS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; GLYCINE MAX; GLYCINE SOJA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84902320500     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-014-0463-y     Document Type: Article

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