Methods and means for determining and conferring stress tolerance in plants
The current invention provides a method for rapid testing of stress tolerance in a plant and a method of producing plants with enhanced stress tolerance, in particular cold and/or drought tolerance. Such a method may be applied in breeding and selection programs for this trait, or for determining the timing of induction of stress and cold tolerance or hardening of a plant, for instance for agricultural purposes. The current invention exploits a difference in the temperature and light regimen induced transcriptional regulation of several types of dehydrins, in order to determine a ratio of dehydrin types that is indicative of cold and/or drought tolerance, induction of hardening and dormancy in a plant.
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| Format: | Patent biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Life Science, |
| Online Access: | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/methods-and-means-for-determining-and-conferring-stress-tolerance |
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