The effects of stress on plant cuticular waxes

T Shepherd, D Wynne Griffiths - New Phytologist, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Plants are subject to a wide range of abiotic stresses, and their cuticular wax layer provides
a protective barrier, which consists predominantly of long‐chain hydrocarbon compounds …

Understanding regulatory networks and engineering for enhanced drought tolerance in plants

B Valliyodan, HT Nguyen - Current opinion in plant biology, 2006 - Elsevier
Drought stress is one of the major limitations to crop productivity. To develop crop plants with
enhanced tolerance of drought stress, a basic understanding of physiological, biochemical …

Genome-wide analysis of the ERF gene family in Arabidopsis and rice

T Nakano, K Suzuki, T Fujimura, H Shinshi - Plant physiology, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Genes in the ERF family encode transcriptional regulators with a variety of functions
involved in the developmental and physiological processes in plants. In this study, a …

Engineering drought tolerance in plants: discovering and tailoring genes to unlock the future

T Umezawa, M Fujita, Y Fujita… - Current opinion in …, 2006 - Elsevier
The ability of plants to tolerate drought conditions is crucial for agricultural production
worldwide. Recent progress has been made in our understanding of gene expression …

Increased accumulation of cuticular wax and expression of lipid transfer protein in response to periodic drying events in leaves of tree tobacco

KD Cameron, MA Teece, LB Smart - Plant physiology, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Cuticular wax deposition and composition affects drought tolerance and yield in plants. We
examined the relationship between wax and dehydration stress by characterizing the leaf …

Whole-Genome Analysis of Oryza sativa Reveals Similar Architecture of Two-Component Signaling Machinery with Arabidopsis

A Pareek, A Singh, M Kumar, HR Kushwaha… - Plant …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The two-component system (TCS), which works on the principle of histidine-aspartate
phosphorelay signaling, is known to play an important role in diverse physiological …

Alfalfa winter hardiness: a research retrospective and integrated perspective

Y Castonguay, S Laberge, EC Brummer… - Advances in agronomy, 2006 - Elsevier
Insufficient cold hardiness is a major impediment to reliable alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)
production in northern regions experiencing harsh winter conditions. Numerous studies …

Recent advances in genetic transformation of forage and turf grasses

ZY Wang, Y Ge - In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant, 2006 - Springer
Forage and turf grasses are critical to sustainable agriculture and contribute extensively to
the world economy. Tremendous progress has been made in genetic transformation of …

[PDF][PDF] 植物表皮蜡质与抗旱及其分子生物学

李魏强, 张正斌, 李景娟 - 2006 - researchgate.net
植物表皮蜡质是覆盖在植物最外层的一类有机混合物总称, 它是植物自我防护的最后一道屏障,
在植物生长发育过程中起重要作用. 文章就植物表皮蜡质的成分, 转运, 晶体的形成和发育 …

Quantification of cuticular permeability in genetically modified plants

G Kerstiens, L Schreiber… - Journal of Experimental …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
More and more studies on genetically modified plants are identifying parts of the genetic
code with putative involvement in creating the cuticular barrier. Unfortunately, many of these …