DREB1A overexpression in transgenic chickpea alters key traits influencing plant water budget across water regimes

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 199-210

  Anbazhagan, Krithika ^a,b   Bhatnagar Mathur, Pooja ^a   Vadez, Vincent ^a   Dumbala, Srinivas Reddy ^a   Kishor, P B Kavi ^b   Sharma, Kiran K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^b OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chickpea; DREB1A; Drought; Root length density; Transpiration efficiency; Vapor pressure deficit

Indexed keywords

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

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CICER; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STOMA; PROMOTER REGION; SOIL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOMASS; CICER; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SOIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES; WATER;

EID: 84922095329     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: 1432203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-014-1699-z     Document Type: Article

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