Enhanced salt tolerance of transgenic vegetable soybeans resulting from overexpression of a novel Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase gene from Solanum torvum Swartz

Horticulture Environment and Biotechnology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 94-104

  Zhang, Gong Chen ^a   Zhu, Wen Li ^a   Gai, Jun Yi ^a   Zhu, Yue Lin ^a   Yang, Li Fei ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; genetic transformation; proline content; salinity stress; transgene inheritance

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; GLYCINE MAX; SOLANUM TORVUM;

EID: 84924813071     PISSN: 22113452     EISSN: 22113460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13580-015-0084-3     Document Type: Article

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