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Genetic Improvement of Drought Resistance in Rice

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Among multiple abiotic stresses, drought or water deficit is considered the most important constraint in rice production in many rice-growing areas. Therefore, development of drought-resistant rice varieties is urgently needed. Through identification of drought-resistant germplasms, numerous genetic resources with drought resistance traits have been introduced to commercialized paddy rice cultivars through conventional breeding. Many drought resistance quantitative trait loci (QTLs) were also identified based on root-, leaf-, and yield-related traits. Especially, some QTLs that showed a large and consistent effect in a wide range of environments are of special interest for improving drought resistance of elite rice cultivars following marker-assisted breeding. Using transgenic techniques, many drought-resistance transgenic rice lines have been produced by changing the expression of endogenous drought-responsive genes or by introducing exogenous genes. Some transgenic rice plants that harbored the drought-responsive genes driven by appropriate promoters showed significantly improved drought resistance without phenotypic changes or yield penalty in the field conditions, suggesting of potential promise of genetic engineering in genetic improvement of drought resistance in rice. All these genetic resources, combined with the development of new strategies and drought screening methods, provide great opportunities to improve drought resistance in rice. This article provides an overview and perspective of the strategies, resources, progresses, and challenges toward the improvement of drought resistance in rice.

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This work was supported by grants from the National Program for Basic Research of China (2012CB114305) and the National Program on High Technology Development (2012AA10A303).

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You, J., Xiong, L. (2015). Genetic Improvement of Drought Resistance in Rice. In: Jaiwal, P., Singh, R., Dhankher, O. (eds) Genetic Manipulation in Plants for Mitigation of Climate Change. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2662-8_4

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