Abstract
ABSTRACTModern‐day plants are subjected to various biotic and abiotic stresses thereby limiting plant productivity and quality. It has previously been reported that the use of a strong constitutive 35S cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) promoter to drive the expression of Arabidopsis CBF1 in tomato improved tolerance to cold, drought and salt loading, at the expense of growth and yield under normal growth conditions. Hence in the present study, the suitability of expressing the Arabidopsis CBF1 driven by three copies of an ABA‐responsive complex (ABRC1) from the barley HAV22 gene in order to improve the agronomic performance of the transgenic tomato plants was investigated. Northern blot analysis indicated that CBF1 gene expression was induced by chilling, water‐deficit and salt treatment in the transgenic tomato plants. Under these tested stress conditions, transgenic tomato plants exhibited enhanced tolerance to chilling, water‐deficit, and salt stress in comparison with untransformed plants. Under normal growing conditions the ABRC1‐CBF1 tomato plants maintained normal growth and yield similar to the untransformed plants. The results demonstrate the promise of using ABRC1‐CBF1 tomato plants in highly stressed conditions which will in turn benefit agriculture.
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