A rice stress-responsive NAC gene enhances tolerance of transgenic wheat to drought and salt stresses

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Veröffentlicht in:Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology. - 1985. - 203-204(2013) vom: 20. Apr., Seite 33-40
1. Verfasser: Saad, Abu Sefyan I (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Li, Xu, Li, He-Ping, Huang, Tao, Gao, Chun-Sheng, Guo, Mao-Wei, Cheng, Wei, Zhao, Guang-Yao, Liao, Yu-Cai
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Plant Growth Regulators Plant Proteins Chlorophyll 1406-65-1 Sodium Chloride 451W47IQ8X Abscisic Acid 72S9A8J5GW
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Drought and salinity are the primary factors limiting wheat production worldwide. It has been shown that a rice stress-responsive transcription factor encoded by the rice NAC1 gene (SNAC1) plays an important role in drought stress tolerance. Therefore, we introduced the SNAC1 gene under the control of a maize ubiquitin promoter into an elite Chinese wheat variety Yangmai12. Plants expressing SNAC1 displayed significantly enhanced tolerance to drought and salinity in multiple generations, and contained higher levels of water and chlorophyll in their leaves, as compared to wild type. In addition, the fresh and dry weights of the roots of these plants were also increased, and the plants had increased sensitivities to abscisic acid (ABA), which inhibited root and shoot growth. Furthermore, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reactions revealed that the expressions of genes involved in abiotic stress/ABA signaling, such as wheat 1-phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate-5-kinase, sucrose phosphate synthase, type 2C protein phosphatases and regulatory components of ABA receptor, were effectively regulated by the alien SNAC1 gene. These results indicated high and functional expression of the rice SNAC1 gene in wheat. And our study provided a promising approach to improve the tolerances of wheat cultivars to drought and salinity through genetic engineering
Beschreibung:Date Completed 07.08.2013
Date Revised 30.09.2020
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1873-2259
DOI:10.1016/j.plantsci.2012.12.016