Overexpression of a chrysanthemum transcription factor gene DgNAC1 improves drought tolerance in chrysanthemum

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 119-132

  Zhao, Qian ^a   Zhong, Ming ^a   He, Ling ^a   Wang, Bei ^a   Liu, Qing lin ^a   Pan, Yuan zhi ^a   Jiang, Bei bei ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Gene expression; NAC transcription factor; Transgenic chrysanthemum

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; DROUGHT; ELECTROLYTES; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION; PEPTIDES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ELECTROLYTE CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF WATER POTENTIAL; NAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RELATIVE WATER CONTENT; STRESS-RESPONSIVE GENE; SUPER OXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSGENICS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

AGRONOMY; DROUGHT; ELECTROLYTES; ENZYMES; PEPTIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85048834328     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: 15735044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-018-1449-y     Document Type: Article

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