Overexpression of EaDREB2 and pyramiding of EaDREB2 with the pea DNA helicase gene (PDH45) enhance drought and salinity tolerance in sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrid)

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 247-263

  Augustine, Sruthy Maria ^a   Ashwin Narayan, J ^a   Syamaladevi, Divya P ^b   Appunu, C ^a   Chakravarthi, M ^a   Ravichandran, V ^c   Tuteja, Narendra ^d   Subramonian, N ^a  

^a SUGARCANE BREEDING INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN GRASSLAND AND FODDER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

DREB2; Drought tolerance; Erianthus arundinaceus; PDH45; Salinity tolerance; Sugarcane transformation

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DNA HELICASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; SUGARCANE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA HELICASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEAS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SACCHARUM; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84925483899     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: 1432203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-014-1704-6     Document Type: Article

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