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Transgenic approaches to increase dehydration-stress tolerance in plants

Transgenic approaches to increase dehydration-stress tolerance in plants Plant productivity is strongly influenced by abiotic stress conditions induced by drought, high salt and low temperature. Plants respond to these conditions with an array of biochemical and physiological adaptations, at least some of which are the result of changes in gene expression. Transgenic approaches offer a powerful means of gaining valuable information to better understand the mechanisms governing stress tolerance. They also offer new opportunities to improve dehydration-stress tolerance in crops by incorporating a gene involved in stress protection into species that lack them. In this review, we discuss progress made towards understanding the molecular elements involved in dehydration-stress responses that have been used to improve salt or drought tolerance following several transgenic approaches. Further, we discuss various strategies being used to produce transgenic plants with increased tolerance to dehydration stress. These include the overproduction of enzymes responsible for biosynthesis of osmolytes, late-embryogenesis-abundant proteins and detoxification enzymes. At this time, there is a need for a careful appraisal of the genes to be selected and promoter elements to be used, because constitutive expression of these genes may not be desirable in all applications. In this context, the advantages and limitations of transgenic approaches currently being used are discussed together with the importance of using stress-inducible promoters and the introduction of multiple genes for the improvement of dehydration-stress tolerance. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Molecular Breeding Springer Journals

Transgenic approaches to increase dehydration-stress tolerance in plants

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 1999 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Life Sciences; Plant Sciences
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1380-3743
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1572-9788
DOI
10.1023/A:1009660413133
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Abstract

Plant productivity is strongly influenced by abiotic stress conditions induced by drought, high salt and low temperature. Plants respond to these conditions with an array of biochemical and physiological adaptations, at least some of which are the result of changes in gene expression. Transgenic approaches offer a powerful means of gaining valuable information to better understand the mechanisms governing stress tolerance. They also offer new opportunities to improve dehydration-stress tolerance in crops by incorporating a gene involved in stress protection into species that lack them. In this review, we discuss progress made towards understanding the molecular elements involved in dehydration-stress responses that have been used to improve salt or drought tolerance following several transgenic approaches. Further, we discuss various strategies being used to produce transgenic plants with increased tolerance to dehydration stress. These include the overproduction of enzymes responsible for biosynthesis of osmolytes, late-embryogenesis-abundant proteins and detoxification enzymes. At this time, there is a need for a careful appraisal of the genes to be selected and promoter elements to be used, because constitutive expression of these genes may not be desirable in all applications. In this context, the advantages and limitations of transgenic approaches currently being used are discussed together with the importance of using stress-inducible promoters and the introduction of multiple genes for the improvement of dehydration-stress tolerance.

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Molecular Breeding – Springer Journals

Published: Oct 14, 2004

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