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Metabolic engineering: Towards water deficiency adapted crop plants
Takuya Yoshida1, Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki2
1Max-Planck-Institut Für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany; Centre of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology, 4000, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Abstract:
Water deficiency caused by drought is one of the severe environmental conditions limiting plant growth, development, and yield. In this review article, we will summarize the changes in transcription, metabolism, and phytohormones under drought stress conditions and show the key transcription factors in these processes. We will also highlight the recent attempts to enhance stress tolerance without growth retardation and discuss the perspective on the development of stress adapted crops by engineering transcription factors.
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