Improved Salinity Tolerance in Carrizo Citrange Rootstock through Overexpression of Glyoxalase System Genes

Citrus plants are widely cultivated around the world and, however, are one of the most salt stress sensitive crops. To improve salinity tolerance, transgenic Carrizo citrange rootstocks that overexpress glyoxalase I and glyoxalase II genes were obtained and their salt stress tolerance was evaluated....

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Main Authors: Ximena Alvarez-Gerding, Rowena Cortés-Bullemore, Consuelo Medina, Jesús L. Romero-Romero, Claudio Inostroza-Blancheteau, Felipe Aquea, Patricio Arce-Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/827951