TY  - BP
AU  - Pellegrineschi,A.
AU  - Ribaut,J.M.
AU  - Thretowan, R.
AU  - Yamaguchi-Shinozaki,K.
AU  - Hoisington,D.
TI  - Preliminary characterization of the DREB genes in transgenic wheat
SN  - 978-90-481-6220-8
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Dordrecht
PB  - Kluwer Academir Publishers
KW  - Arabidopsis
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Crop yield
KW  - Drought resistance
KW  - Food production
KW  - Genes
KW  - Plant physiology
KW  - Transgenic plants
KW  - Wheat
KW  - Plant breeding
N2  - Drought is one of the major causes of yield loss in crops, significantly affecting world food production. Considerable efforts have been devoted during the past decade to improving the level of drought tolerance in wheat and extensive research has been conducted in the areas of breeding, physiology and agronomy. To date, reasonable progress has been achieved through conventional breeding (Trethowan, 2001). However this approach is slow, time consuming, and due to the genetic complexity of the wheat plant’s response to water-limited conditions, potential for further progress is uncertain. Recently, several candidate genes have been identified that could improve a plant’s response under water-limited conditions (Soderman et al., 2002). These genes can be divided in three classes; firstly, genes where very strong evidence already has been published demonstrating their significant role under abiotic stresses conditions; secondly, genes that have been identified as of interest but still require further evaluation (Liu et al., 1998); and thirdly, those genes that have not been evaluated in a plant, and therefore still need to be confirmed under experimental conditions. Of particular interest are the DREB genes, identified in Arabidopsis and rice, which have been reported to increase the level of tolerance to abiotic stresses in Arabidopsis
T2  - Plant Biotechnology 2002 and Beyond: Proceedings of the 10th IAPTC&B Congress June 23–28, 2002 Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
ER  -