Ectopic phytocystatin expression leads to enhanced drought stress tolerance in soybean (Glycine max) and Arabidopsis thaliana through effects on strigolactone pathways and can also result in improved seed traits

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 903-913

  Quain, Marian D ^a,b   Makgopa, Matome E ^a,c   Márquez García, Belén ^a,e   Comadira, Gloria ^a   Fernandez Garcia, Nieves ^d   Olmos, Enrique ^d   Schnaubelt, Daniel ^a   Kunert, Karl J ^a,c   Foyer, Christine H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIR CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cystatin; Cysteine protease; Drought tolerance; Photosynthesis; Seed protein and yield; Strigolactone

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; GLYCINE MAX;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; CYSTATIN; LACTONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; DROUGHT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RICE; SOYBEAN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; CYSTATINS; DROUGHTS; LACTONES; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SOYBEANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84906231075     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12193     Document Type: Article

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