Improving Salt Tolerance in Transgenic Sweet Potato
December 17, 2014| |
Researchers from China Agricultural University studied the gene maspardin (IbMas) in improving salt tolerance in sweetpotato. IbMas is a member of α/β superfamily isolated from a salt-tolerant sweet potato line. The study was conducted by up-regulating the expression of IbMas in sweetpotato under salt stress and ABA treatment condition.
Results showed that overexpression of IbMas in sweet potato obtain improvements in its salt tolerance, superoxide dismutase and photosynthesis activities and proline content. Presence of up-regulated salt-stress responsive genes under salt stress was also observed. These findings show the ability of IbMas in enhancing salt tolerance in transgenic sweet potato.
Read more on the study at: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0115128#authcontrib.
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