Abstract
Abiotic stresses, such as drought and salinity, adversely affect plant growth and productivity. Comparison between non transgenic and transgenic rice harboring CaMsrB2 gene, which induces tolerance to abiotic stress, is imp... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Tech Science Press
Highlights
Abiotic stresses such as extreme temperatures, drought, salinity, chemical, toxicity, and oxidative stress are serious threats to agriculture and have a negative impact on the environment
Plant response during drought and salinity stress We evaluated the performance of CaMsrB2-overexpressing transgenic rice under drought stress and observed it to be better than the control plants
We found that CaMsrB2 was highly expressed with similar patterns under the drought stress or salinity stress (Fig. 2)
Summary
Abiotic stresses such as extreme temperatures, drought, salinity, chemical, toxicity, and oxidative stress are serious threats to agriculture and have a negative impact on the environment. Abiotic stress is the primary cause of crop loss worldwide, reducing average yields for most major crop plants by more than 50% (Boyer, 1982; Bray et al, 2000) This environmental threat leads to a series of morphological, physiological, biochemical and molecular changes that adversely affect plant growth and productivity (Wang et al, 2001). Drought and soil salinity are among the most damaging abiotic stresses affecting agricultural yield in present times due to the unpredictable rainfall (Jianhua et al, 2006) They are significant plant stressors with major impact on plant development and productivity, which cause serious agricultural yield losses (Flowers, 2004; Godfray et al, 2010; Tester and Langridge, 2010). The stresses of drought and salinity contribute to water deficit, ionic toxicity, imbalances in ion homeostasis, and the occurrence of
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