Journal
PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE
Volume 127, Issue 1, Pages 35-46Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-016-1027-0
Keywords
Bentgrass; Drought Stress; Oryza sativa; PR10 (pathogenesis-related PR protein 10); RSOsPR10; Root growth; Salt stress
Funding
- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries of Japan [GMA0008]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15K07111] Funding Source: KAKEN
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RSOsPR10 was originally identified as a rice root-specific pathogenesis-related protein whose production was induced by drought and salinity stresses, but not by low temperature or abscisic acid. Our previous studies revealed that RSOsPR10 expression is up-regulated by jasmonic acid, and strongly inhibited by salicylic acid. Immunohistochemical experiments indicated RSOsPR10 is expressed in the root cortical cells. In the present study, we generated RSOsPR10-overexpressing lines of rice and bentgrass to examine the physiological roles of RSOsPR10 in plants. RSOsPR10-overexpressing rice plants were highly tolerant against drought stress, but not against salinity. In contrast, RSOsPR10-overexpressing bentgrass plants were tolerant against drought and salinity stresses. There was little difference between transgenic and wild-type plants regarding phenotype or above-ground growth rates. However, the root mass of the transgenic rice and bentgrass plants was significantly greater than that of the wild-type plants. Therefore, RSOsPR10 is likely involved in mediating environmental stress tolerance through an increase in root growth and development.
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