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The response of transgenic Brassica species to salt stress: a review

Biotechnology Letters volume 40, pages 1159–1165 (2018)Cite this article

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Salt stress is considered one of the main abiotic factors to limit crop growth and productivity by affecting morpho-physiological and biochemical processes. Genetically, a number of salt tolerant Brassica varieties have been developed and introduced, but breeding of such varieties is time consuming. Therefore, current focus is on transgenic technology, which plays an important role in the development of salt tolerant varieties. Various salt tolerant genes have been characterized and incorporated into Brassica. Therefore, such genetic transformation of Brassica species is a significant step for improvement of crops, as well as conferring salt stress resistance qualities to Brassica species. Complete genome sequencing has made the task of genetically transforming Brassica species easier, by identifying desired candidate genes. The present review discusses relevant information about the principles which should be employed to develop transgenic Brassica species, and also will recommend tools for improved tolerance to salinity.

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This work was supported by grant from National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFD0101702), and China Agriculture Research System (nycytx00503).

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  1. National Research Center of Rapeseed Engineering and Technology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

    Nadil Shah, Jingjing Xu, Zhaoke Hou, Akram Salah, Shahbaz Khan, Jianfang Gong, Zhengwei Shang, Li Qian & Chunyu Zhang

  2. China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, China

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Shah, N., Anwar, S., Xu, J. et al. The response of transgenic Brassica species to salt stress: a review. Biotechnol Lett 40, 1159–1165 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-018-2570-z

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Keywords

  • Abiotic factors
  • Brassica species
  • Salt stress
  • Transgenic crops