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SUBMITTER: Wang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4422619 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Zhi Z Ke Qingbo Q Kim Myoung Duck MD Kim Sun Ha SH Ji Chang Yoon CY Jeong Jae Cheol JC Lee Haeng-Soon HS Park Woo Sung WS Ahn Mi-Jeong MJ Li Hongbing H Xu Bingcheng B Deng Xiping X Lee Sang-Hoon SH Lim Yong Pyo YP Kwak Sang-Soo SS
PloS one 20150506 5
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), a perennial forage crop with high nutritional content, is widely distributed in various environments worldwide. We recently demonstrated that the sweetpotato Orange gene (IbOr) is involved in increasing carotenoid accumulation and enhancing resistance to multiple abiotic stresses. In this study, in an effort to improve the nutritional quality and environmental stress tolerance of alfalfa, we transferred the IbOr gene into alfalfa (cv. Xinjiang Daye) under the contro ...[more]