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- Title
Review of recent transgenic studies on abiotic stress tolerance and future molecular breeding in potato.
- Authors
Akira Kikuchi; Huu Due Huynh; Tsukasa Endo; Kazuo Watanabe
- Abstract
Global warming has become a major issue within the last decade. Traditional breeding programs for potato have focused on increasing productivity and quality and disease resistance, thus, modem cultivars have limited tolerance of abiotic stresses. The introgression of abiotic stress tolerance into modern cultivars is essential work for the future. Recently, many studies have investigated abiotic stress using transgenic techniques. This manuscript focuses on the study of abiotic stress, in particular drought, salinity and low temperature, during this century. Dividing studies into these three stress categories for this review was difficult. Thus, based on the study title and the transgene property, transgenic studies were classified into five categories in this review; oxidative scavengers, transcriptional factors, and above three abiotic categories. The review focuses on studies that investigate confer of stress tolerance and the identification of responsible factors, including wild relatives. From a practical application perspective, further evaluation of transgenic potato with abiotic stress tolerance is required. Although potato plants, including wild species, have a large potential for abiotic stress tolerance, exploration of the factors responsible for conferring this tolerance is still developing. Molecular breeding, including genetic engineering and conventional breeding using DNA markers, is expected to develop in the future.
- Subjects
TRANSGENIC plants; CULTIVATED plants; PLANT breeding; POTATOES; ROOT crops; SOLANUM
- Publication
Breeding Science, 2015, Vol 65, Issue 1, p85
- ISSN
1344-7610
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1270/jsbbs.65.85