Morpho-Physiology and Antioxidant Enzyme Activities of Transgenic Rice Plant Overexpressing ABP57 under Reproductive Stage Drought Condition

Autor: Zarifth Shafika Kamarudin, Noraziyah Abd Aziz Shamsudin, Muhamad Hafiz Che Othman, Tasneem Shakri, Lay-Wen Tan, Noor Liyana Sukiran, Nurulhikma Md Isa, Zuraida Ab Rahman, Zamri Zainal
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Agronomy, Vol 10, Iss 10, p 1530 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2073-4395
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10101530
Popis: MR219 transgenic rice line which overexpressed an auxin-binding protein (ABP57) and its wild-type cultivar, MR219, were screened under well-watered (WW) and drought stress (DS) conditions at the early reproductive stage. This study was conducted with the standard planting distance and under a normal environment to assess the yield advantages based on the field conditions. The aim of this study was to understand the response of these rice genotypes towards DS at morpho-physiological, biochemical, and agronomical levels. It was found that the DS had affected all these levels of the genotypes studied; however, the transgenic plant showed a higher number of tillers, flag leaf area, biomass, relative water content, total chlorophyll content, and antioxidative defense mechanism than the MR219 under DS. Compared to its wild-type, the transgenic plant showed an increased leaf photosynthetic rate by 7% under WW and 11% under DS. The transgenic plant also showed higher yields than MR219 under the WW (10%) and DS (59%). The results propose that drought tolerance is significantly improved in the MR219 transgenic rice line. It may develop a new opportunity for the drought-tolerant rice breeding programme via overexpression of ABP57.
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