Claim · model-written summary
rd29A-driven expression significantly increased foliage biomass.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativat0 - Organ / stage
- foliagee0
- Treatment
- TPS1‐TPS2 expression driven by the rd29A promotere0
- Outcome
- plant biomasse0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“TPS1‐TPS2 expression driven by the rd29A promoter improved growth and provoked a significant increase in plant biomass at the foliage level in the different transgenic lines.”
t0“Alfalfa”
Title
Enhanced Tolerance to Multiple Abiotic Stresses in Transgenic Alfalfa Accumulating Trehalose
Ramón Suárez; Cecilia Calderón; Gabriel Iturriaga Crop Science 2009. doi:10.2135/cropsci2008.09.0573
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect 35S-driven TPS1-TPS2 expression caused stunted growth and less biomass.
- Intervention effect rd29A-driven TPS1-TPS2 expression improved growth.
- Observation Trehalose accumulated at similar levels in all lines under stress.
- Intervention effect Transgenic plants had significantly increased drought tolerance.
- Intervention effect Transgenic plants had significantly increased freezing tolerance.
- Intervention effect Transgenic plants had significantly increased salt tolerance.
- Intervention effect Transgenic plants had significantly increased heat tolerance.