Salt tolerance

Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of salt-tolerant tobacco mutants generated by gamma radiation

Ö. Çelik and Atak, Ç., Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of salt-tolerant tobacco mutants generated by gamma radiation, vol. 14, pp. 1324-1337, 2015.

Salinity is one of the major problems limiting the yield of agricultural products. Radiation mutagenesis is used to improve salt-tolerant mutant plants. In this study, we aimed to improve salt-tolerant mutants of two oriental tobacco varieties. One thousand seeds of each variety (M0) were irradiated with 100, 200, 300, and 400 Gy gamma rays by Cs-137 gamma. In the M1 generation, 2999 single plants were harvested. The next season, these seeds were bulked and planted to obtain M2 progeny. The seeds of 1900 M2 plants were picked separately.

Salicornia europaea L. Na+/H+ antiporter gene improves salt tolerance in transgenic alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

L. Q. Zhang, Niu, Y. D., Huridu, H., Hao, J. F., Qi, Z., and Hasi, A., Salicornia europaea L. Na+/H+ antiporter gene improves salt tolerance in transgenic alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), vol. 13, pp. 5350-5360, 2014.

In order to obtain a salt-tolerant perennial alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), we transferred the halophyte Salicornia europaea L. Na+/H+ antiporter gene, SeNHX1, to alfalfa by using the Agrobacterium-mediated transformation method. The transformants were confirmed by both PCR and RT-PCR analyses. Of 197 plants that were obtained after transformation, 36 were positive by PCR analysis using 2 primer pairs for the CaMV35S-SeNHX1 and SeNHX1-Nos fragments; 6 plants survived in a greenhouse.

Cloning and characterization of a SnRK2 gene from Jatropha curcas L.

J. Chun, Li, F. - S., Ma, Y., Wang, S. - H., and Chen, F., Cloning and characterization of a SnRK2 gene from Jatropha curcas L., vol. 13, pp. 10958-10975, 2014.

Although the SnRK2 class of Ser/Thr protein kinases is critical for signal transduction and abiotic stress resistance in plants, there have been no studies to examine SnRK2 in Jatropha curcas L. In the present study, JcSnRK2 was cloned from J. curcas using the rapid amplification of cDNA end technique and characterized. The JcSnRK2 genomic sequence is 2578 base pairs (bp), includes 10 exons and 9 introns, and the 1017-bp open reading frame encodes 338 amino acids.

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