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Improving water-use efficiency and drought tolerance 


January 2016 

Source: ISB News Report
By Lai-Sheng Meng

Globally, water deficiency increasingly contributes to a significant decline in plant production. improving water-use efficiency and drought tolerance are effective strategies for addressing this problem. In many cases, a key strategy is to genetically engineer genes involved in regulating the stomata number or density or the root systems. Regulatory genes that activate or deactivate suites of drought-responsive genes or relative gene cascades are of particular interest to biotechnologists

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Published: January 31, 2016


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