Transgenic potato overexpressing Arabidopsis cytosolic AtDHAR1 showed higher tolerance to herbicide, drought and salt stresses
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- Eltayeb Amin Elsadig
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University
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- Yamamoto Shohei
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University
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- Habora Mohamed Elsadig Eltayeb
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University
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- Yin Lina
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University
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- Tsujimoto Hisashi
- Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University
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- Tanaka Kiyoshi
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University
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Abstract
Ascorbate (vitamin C) is a powerful antioxidant and scavenger of free radicals that protects plants against oxidative damage caused by adverse environmental conditions such as drought, salt stress, and herbicide use. Dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR; EC 1.8.5.1) and monodehydroascorbate reductase (MDAR; EC 1.6.5.4) are crucial for ascorbate regeneration and the maintenance of a pool of the reduced form. In this study, we report the development of transgenic potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) that overexpresses the Arabidopsis thaliana DHAR gene (AtDHAR1) in the cytosol. The transgenic plants exhibited up to 4.5 times the DHAR activity and up to 2.8 times the level of reduced ascorbate found in the wild-type plants. When subjected to methylviologen treatment, the transgenic plants exhibited enhanced tolerance in terms of less ion leakage, greater chlorophyll contents, less accumulation of hydrogen peroxide, and less severe visual injury symptoms. Moreover, the transgenic plants exhibited faster growth under drought and salt stress. Our results demonstrate that elevating ascorbate contents by overproducing DHAR represents a viable approach for the development of herbicide-tolerant potato.<br>
Journal
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- Breeding Science
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Breeding Science 61 (1), 3-10, 2011
Japanese Society of Breeding
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282679700006144
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- NII Article ID
- 130004146285
- 10028099232
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- NII Book ID
- AA11317194
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- ISSN
- 13473735
- 13447610
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- NDL BIB ID
- 10992815
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- NDL
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- CiNii Articles
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- Disallowed