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Transgenic expression of sorghum DREB2 in rice improves tolerance and yield under water limitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2010

P. BIHANI ,
B. CHAR  and
S. BHARGAVA
P. BIHANI
Affiliation:
Mahyco Research Centre, Jalna, India
B. CHAR
Affiliation:
Mahyco Research Centre, Jalna, India
S. BHARGAVA*
Affiliation:
Botany Department, University of Pune, Pune, India
*
*To whom all correspondence should be addressed. Email: sujata@unipune.ernet.in
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Summary

Plant-specific transcription factors belonging to the dehydration response element binding (DREB)/C-repeat binding factor (CBF) subfamily of the AP2/EREBP family specifically interact with dehydration-responsive elements (DRE)/C-repeat (CRT) and control the expression of many stress-inducible genes in plants. Two major subgroups of DREB proteins are represented by DREB1 and DREB2, which are induced specifically under cold and drought/salt stress, respectively. A DREB2 transcription factor gene from sorghum, SbDREB2 was identified and cloned in binary vectors, such that it was driven either by a constitutive CaMV35S promoter or a stress-inducible rd29A promoter. These gene constructs were transferred into rice through Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. Expression patterns of the native DREB gene (OsDREB2) and the transgene (SbDREB2) were similar. Both genes showed induction at 1 h exposure to drought, after which expression gradually dropped to basal levels by 24 h. Constitutive expression of SbDREB2 led to pleiotropic effects in rice and these transgenics did not set seed. The rd29A: SbDREB2 rice plants set seed and the grains collected from primary transformants were sown to raise T1 plants. The drought-stressed rd29A: SbDREB2 transgenics showed a significantly higher number of panicles as compared to the wild-type rice plants. Other phenological and agronomic traits were not affected in wild-type and rd29A: SbDREB2 transgenic rice.

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Crops and Soils
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 149 , Issue 1 , February 2011 , pp. 95 - 101
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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