IBR   13079
INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR Y CELULAR DE ROSARIO
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Engineering the future. Development of transgenic plants with enhanced tolerance to adverse environments
Autor/es:
ZURBRIGGEN, M D; HAJIREZAEI, M R; CARRILLO, N
Revista:
BIOTECHNOLOGY & GENETIC ENGINEERING REVIEWS
Editorial:
INTERCEPT LTD SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL & MEDICAL PUBLISHERS
Referencias:
Año: 2010 vol. 27 p. 33 - 56
ISSN:
0264-8725
Resumen:
Environmental stresses - especially drought and salinity - and iron limitation are theprimary causes of crop yield losses. Therefore, improvement of plant stress tolerancehas paramount relevance for agriculture, and vigorous efforts are underway to designstress-tolerant crops. Three aspects of this ongoing research are reviewed here.First, attempts have been made to strengthen endogenous plant defences, which arecharacterised by intertwined, hierarchical gene networks involved in stress perception,signalling, regulation and expression of effector proteins, enzymes and metabolites.The multigenic nature of this response requires detailed knowledge of the many actors.