Transgenic alfalfa plants expressing the sweetpotato Orange gene exhibit enhanced abiotic stress tolerance.

Transgenic alfalfa plants expressing the sweetpotato Orange gene exhibit enhanced abiotic stress tolerance.

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), a perennial forage crop with high nutritional content, is widely distributed in various environments worldwide. We recently demonstrated that the sweetpotato Orange gene (IbOr) is involved in increasing carotenoid accumulation and enhancing resistance to multiple abioti...

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Main Authors: Zhi Wang, Qingbo Ke, Myoung Duck Kim, Sun Ha Kim, Chang Yoon Ji, Jae Cheol Jeong, Haeng-Soon Lee, Woo Sung Park, Mi-Jeong Ahn, Hongbing Li, Bingcheng Xu, Xiping Deng, Sang-Hoon Lee, Yong Pyo Lim, Sang-Soo Kwak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4422619?pdf=render

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