Overexpression of GhWRKY27a reduces tolerance to drought stress and resistance to Rhizoctonia solani infection in transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 6, Issue SEP, 2015, Pages

  Yan, Yan ^a   Jia, Haihong ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Wang, Chen ^a   Liu, Shuchang ^a   Guo, Xingqi ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum); Drought stress; Rhizoctonia solani infection; VIGS; WRKY transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GHWRKY27A GENE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WATER LOSS;

EID: 84944742129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00265     Document Type: Article

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