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SUBMITTER: Joshi R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6946002 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Joshi Rohit R Sahoo Khirod Kumar KK Singh Anil Kumar AK Anwar Khalid K Pundir Preeti P Gautam Raj Kumar RK Krishnamurthy S L SL Sopory S K SK Pareek Ashwani A Singla-Pareek Sneh Lata SL
Journal of experimental botany 20200101 2
Edaphic factors such as salinity, sodicity, and drought adversely affect crop productivity, either alone or in combination. Despite soil sodicity being reported as an increasing problem worldwide, limited efforts have been made to address this issue. In the present study, we aimed to generate rice with tolerance to sodicity in conjunction with tolerance to salinity and drought. Using a fusion gene from E. coli coding for trehalose-6-phosphate synthase/phosphatase (TPSP) under the control of an A ...[more]