Salinity tolerance mechanisms and their breeding implications

Singh, Mandeep; Nara, Usha; Kumar, Antul; Choudhary, Anuj; Singh, Hardeep; Thapa, Sittal

doi:10.1186/s43141-021-00274-4

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Table 3 Involvement of genes obtained from different crops and their role in stress tolerance

From: Salinity tolerance mechanisms and their breeding implications

Sr. no.	Gene	Source of gene	Product of gene	Target plant	Effects	References
1	ABP9	Zea mays	Transcription factor	Arabidopsis	Salt, cold and drought tolerance	[164]
2	TaMYB2A	Triticum aestivum	Transcription factor	Arabidopsis	Salt, cold and drought tolerance	[165]
3	TaSRG	Triticum aestivum	Transcription factor	Arabidopsis	Salt tolerance	[166]
4	ThNHX1	Thellungiella halophila	Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter	Arabidopsis	Salt tolerance	[167]
5	SsNHX2	Suaeda salsa	Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter	Arabidopsis	Salt tolerance	[168]
6	PutHKT2,1	Puccinellia tenuiflora	K⁺ transporter	Arabidopsis	Salt tolerance	[169]
7	ZmSIMK1	Zea Mays	Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)	Arabidopsis	Salt tolerance	[170]
8	HvCBF4	Hordeum vulgare	CBF transcription factor	Rice	Increased drought, cold and salinity tolerance	[171]
9	OSNAC5	Oryza sativa	Transcription factor	Rice	Salt tolerance	[172]
10	CgNHX1	Chenopodium glaucum	Vacuolar Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger	Rice	Increased salt tolerance	[173]
11	PgNHX1	Pennisetum glaucum	Vacuolar Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter	Rice	Enhanced salt tolerance	[174]
12	OsKAT1	Oryza sativa	Shaker family K⁺ channel	Rice	Salt tolerance	[175]
13	OsBADH	Oryza sativa (Indica)	Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase	Rice (Japonica)	Enhanced salt tolerance	[176]
14	PcINO1	Porteresia coarctata	Myo-inositol 1-phosphate synthase	Rice, brassica	Salt tolerance	[177]
15	MIPS	Spartina alterniflora	Myo-inositol 1-phosphate synthase	Rice, tobacco	Improved salt tolerance	[178]
16	AtNHX1	Arabidopsis thaliana	Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter	Maize	Salt tolerance	[179]
17	BADH	Suaeda liaotungensis	Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase	Maize	Salinity tolerance	[175]
18	H⁺-PPase	Thellungiella halophila	H(+)-pyrophosphatase	Cotton	Salt tolerance	[180]
19	SbGSTU	Salicornia brachiata	Glutathione S-transferase	Tobacco	Increased salt tolerance	[181]
20	AtNHX1	Arabidopsis	Vacuolar Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter	Groundnut	Enhanced drought and salt tolerance	[182]
21	ThIPK2	Thellungiella halophila	Inositol poly-phosphate kinase	Brassica napus	Increased abiotic stress tolerance	[183]
22	PcSrp	Porteresia coarctata	Serine-rich-protein	Finger millet	Improved salt tolerance	[184]

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