What is it about?
Aegilops cylindrica, a salt-tolerant gene pool of wheat, is a useful plant model for the understanding mechanisms of salt tolerance. A salt-tolerant USL26 and a salt-sensitive K44 genotypes of A. cylindrica were used. The expression profiles of HKT1;5 (AecHKT1;5), SOS1 (AecSOS1), NHX1 (AecNHX1) and VP1 (AecVP1) genes were studied.
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Why is it important?
The involvement of AecHKT1;5 in the shoot-to-root handover of Na+ in possible combination with the exclusion of excessive Na+ from the root in the salt-tolerant genotype are suggested.
Perspectives
This article provides interesting findings of the most important salt-tolerance genes in the Aegilops cylindrica. This species is the most beneficial salt tolerance germplasm in improving wheat production under saline conditions and can be used in further work on introgression or transformation of these genes into wheat. Thus, I hope you find this article thought-provoking.
Prof. Ahmad Arzani
Isfahan University of Technology
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This page is a summary of: Expression pattern of salt tolerance-related genes in Aegilops cylindrica
, Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s12298-017-0483-2.
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