Utilization of genes encoding osmoprotectants in transgenic plants for enhanced abiotic stress tolerance

Global agriculture in the context of growing and expanding populations is under huge pressure to provide increased food, feed, and fiber. The recent phenomenon of climate change has further added fuel to the fire. It has been practically established now that the global temperature has been on the in...

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Autores principales:	Khan,Mohammad Sayyar, Ahmad,Dawood, Khan,Muhammad Adil
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso 2015
Materias:	Osmoprotectants Salt stress Tolerance Transgenic plants
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-345820150004000012015-12-04Utilization of genes encoding osmoprotectants in transgenic plants for enhanced abiotic stress toleranceKhan,Mohammad SayyarAhmad,DawoodKhan,Muhammad Adil Osmoprotectants Salt stress Tolerance Transgenic plants Global agriculture in the context of growing and expanding populations is under huge pressure to provide increased food, feed, and fiber. The recent phenomenon of climate change has further added fuel to the fire. It has been practically established now that the global temperature has been on the increase with associated fluctuations in annual rainfall regimes, and the resultant drought and flood events and increasing soil and water salinization. These challenges would be met with the introduction and utilization of new technologies coupled with conventional approaches. In recent years, transgenic technology has been proved very effective in terms of production of improved varieties of crop plants, resistant to biotic stresses. The abiotic stresses such as salt and drought are more complex traits, controlled by many genes. Transgenic plant development for these stresses has utilized many single genes. However, much emphasis has been placed on genes catalyzing the biosynthetic pathways of osmoprotectants. This review focuses on the current status of research on osmoprotectant genes and their role in abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic plants.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de ValparaísoElectronic Journal of Biotechnology v.18 n.4 20152015-07-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582015000400001en10.1016/j.ejbt.2015.04.002
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spellingShingle	Osmoprotectants Salt stress Tolerance Transgenic plants Khan,Mohammad Sayyar Ahmad,Dawood Khan,Muhammad Adil Utilization of genes encoding osmoprotectants in transgenic plants for enhanced abiotic stress tolerance
description	Global agriculture in the context of growing and expanding populations is under huge pressure to provide increased food, feed, and fiber. The recent phenomenon of climate change has further added fuel to the fire. It has been practically established now that the global temperature has been on the increase with associated fluctuations in annual rainfall regimes, and the resultant drought and flood events and increasing soil and water salinization. These challenges would be met with the introduction and utilization of new technologies coupled with conventional approaches. In recent years, transgenic technology has been proved very effective in terms of production of improved varieties of crop plants, resistant to biotic stresses. The abiotic stresses such as salt and drought are more complex traits, controlled by many genes. Transgenic plant development for these stresses has utilized many single genes. However, much emphasis has been placed on genes catalyzing the biosynthetic pathways of osmoprotectants. This review focuses on the current status of research on osmoprotectant genes and their role in abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic plants.
author	Khan,Mohammad Sayyar Ahmad,Dawood Khan,Muhammad Adil
author_facet	Khan,Mohammad Sayyar Ahmad,Dawood Khan,Muhammad Adil
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title	Utilization of genes encoding osmoprotectants in transgenic plants for enhanced abiotic stress tolerance
title_short	Utilization of genes encoding osmoprotectants in transgenic plants for enhanced abiotic stress tolerance
title_full	Utilization of genes encoding osmoprotectants in transgenic plants for enhanced abiotic stress tolerance
title_fullStr	Utilization of genes encoding osmoprotectants in transgenic plants for enhanced abiotic stress tolerance
title_full_unstemmed	Utilization of genes encoding osmoprotectants in transgenic plants for enhanced abiotic stress tolerance
title_sort	utilization of genes encoding osmoprotectants in transgenic plants for enhanced abiotic stress tolerance
publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
publishDate	2015
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Utilization of genes encoding osmoprotectants in transgenic plants for enhanced abiotic stress tolerance

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