Improvement of drought tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.): genetics, genomic tools, and the WRKY gene family

• Main Authors: Sahebi, Mahbod, Musa, Mohamed M. Hanafi, Yusop, M. Y. Rafii, Tengku Muda Mohamed, Mahmud, Nazarali, Parisa Azizi, Osman, Mohamad, Abiri, Rambod, Taheri, Sima, Kalhori, Nahid, Shabanimofrad, Mahmoodreza, Miah, Gous, Atabaki, Narges
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74603/1/Improvement%20of%20drought%20tolerance%20in%20rice%20%28Oryza%20sativa%20L.%29%20genetics%2C%20genomic%20tools%2C%20and%20the%20WRKY%20gene%20family.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74603/; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30175125/

Drought tolerance is an important quantitative trait with multipart phenotypes that are often further complicated by plant phenology. Different types of environmental stresses, such as high irradiance, high temperatures, nutrient deficiencies, and toxicities, may challenge crops simultaneously; ther...