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Slater, Scott & Fowler: Plant Biotechnology 2e

Chapter 09

Plant stress-general

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Fujita, M., Fujita, Y., Noutoshi, Y., Takahashi, F., Narusaka, Y., Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, K., and Shinozaki, K. (2006) Crosstalk between abiotic and biotic stress responses: a current view from the points of convergence in the stress signaling networks. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 9, 436-442. [PubMed: 16759898] [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2006.05.014]

Pastori, G. M. and Foyer, C. H. (2002) Common components, networks, and pathways of cross-tolerance to stress. The central role of 'redox' and abscisic acid-mediated controls. Plant Physiology 129, 460-468. [PubMed: 12068093] [DOI: 10.1104/pp.011021]

Stress tolerance-general

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Wang, W., Vinocour, B., and Altman, A. (2003) Plant responses to drought, salinity and extreme temperatures: towards genetic engineering for stress tolerance. Planta 218, 1-14. [DOI: 10.1007/s00425-003-1105-5]

Zhang, J., Kueva, N. Y., Wang, Z., Wu, R., Ho, T.-H., and Nguyen, H. T. (2000) Genetic engineering for abiotic stress resistance in crop plants. In vitro Cellular and Developmental BiologyPlant 36, 108-114.

Zhang, J., Creelman, R. A., and Zhu, J.-K. (2004) From laboratory to field. Using information from Arabidopsis to engineer salt, cold, and drought tolerance in crops. Plant Physiology 135, 615-621. [PubMed: 15173567] [DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.040295]

Osmoprotectants and stress tolerance

Chen, T. H. H. and Murata, N. (2002) Enhancement of tolerance of abiotic stress by metabolic engineering of betaines and other compatible solutes. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 5, 250-257. [PubMed: 11960744] [DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(02)00255-8]

Nuccio, M. L., Rhodes, D., McNeil, S. D., and Hanson, A. D. (1999) Metabolic engineering of plants for osmotic stress resistance. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 2, 128-134. [PubMed: 10322193] [DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(99)80026-0]

Sakamoto, A. and Murata, N. (2000) Genetic engineering of glycine betaine synthesis in plants: current status and implications for enhancement of stress tolerance. Journal of Experimental Botany 51, 81-88. [PubMed: 10938798] [DOI: 10.1093/jexbot/51.342.81]

Sakamoto, A. and Murata, N. (2002) The role of glycine betaine in the protection of plants from stress: clues from transgenic plants. Plant, Cell and Environment 25, 163-171. [PubMed: 11841661] [DOI: 10.1046/j.0016-8025.2001.00790.x]

Serraj, R. and Sinclair, T. R. (2002) Osmolyte accumulation: can it really help increase crop yield under drought conditions? Plant, Cell and Environment 25, 333-341. [PubMed: 11841674] [DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2002.00754.x]

Salt tolerance

Apse, M. P., Aharon, G. S., Snedden, W. A., and Blumwald, E. (1999) Salt tolerance conferred by overexpression of a vacuolar Na+/H+ antiport in Arabidopsis. Science 285, 1256-1258. [PubMed: 10455050] [DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5431.1256]

Chinnusamy, V., Jagendorf, A., and Zhu, J.-K. (2005) Understanding and improving salt tolerance in plants. Crop Science 45, 437-448.

Flowers, T. J. (2004) Improving crop salt tolerance. Journal of Experimental Botany 55, 307-319. [PubMed: 14718494] [DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh003]

Frommer, W. B., Ludewig, U., and Rentsch, D. (1999) Taking transgenic plants with a pinch of salt. Science 285, 1222-1223. [PubMed: 10484731] [DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5431.1222]

Yamaguchi, T. and Blumwald, E. (2005) Developing salt-tolerant crop plants: challenges and opportunities. Trends in Plant Science 10, 615-620. [PubMed: 16280254] [DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2005.10.002]

Cold tolerance

Jaglo-Ottosen, K. R., Gilmour, S. J., Zarka, D. G., Schabenberger, O., and Thomashow, M. F. (1998) Arabidopsis CBF1 overexpression induces COR genes and enhances freezing tolerance. Science 280, 104-106. [PubMed: 9525853] [DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5360.104]

Kasuga, M., Liu, Q., Miura, S., Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, K., and Shinozaki, K. (1999) Improving plant drought, salt and freezing tolerance by gene transfer of a single stress-inducible transcription factor. Nature Biotechnology 17, 287-291. [PubMed: 10096298] [DOI: 10.1038/7036]

Thomashow, M. F. (1998) Role of cold-responsive genes in plant freezing tolerance. Plant Physiology 118, 1-7. [PubMed: 9733520] [DOI: 10.1104/pp.118.1.1]

Heat stress

Lee, J. H., Hubel, A., and Schoffl, F. (1995) Derepression of the activity of genetically engineered heat shock factor causes constitutive synthesis of heat-shock protein and increased thermotolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis. Plant Journal 8, 603-612. [PubMed: 7496404] [DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1995.8040603.x]

Oxidative stress

Mittler, R. (2002) Oxidative stress, antioxidants and stress tolerance. Trends in Plant Science 7, 405-410. [PubMed: 12234732] [DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(02)02312-9]

Suzuki, N. and Mittler, R. (2006) Reactive oxygen species and temperature stresses: a delicate balance between signaling and destruction. Physiologia Plantarum 126, 45-51. [DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-9317.2005.00582.x]