Osmotin-like proteins (OLPs), of PR-5 family, mediate defense against abiotic, and biotic stresses in plants. Overexpression in sesame of an OLP gene (SindOLP), enhanced tolerance against drought, salinity, oxidative stress, and the charcoal rot pathogen. SindOLP was expressed in all parts and localized to the cytosol. The transgenic plants recovered after prolonged drought and salinity stress,...

Grain width (GW) and grain length (GL) are crucial components affecting weight. Dissection of their genetic control is essential for improving yield potential in wheat breeding. Yangmai 12 (YM12) Yanzhan 1 (YZ1) two elite cultivars released the Middle Lower Yangtze Valleys Wheat Zone (MLYVWZ) Yellow-Huai River (YRVWZ), respectively. One biparental population derived from YM12/YZ1 cross was empl...

The expression of many different genes is regulated by ABA and osmotic stress (Skriver and Mundy, 1990). These genes and their products have been characterized in severa1 plants, and they include dehydrins in barley, corn (Close et al., 1989), and Arabidopsis thaliana (Rouse et al., 1992); proteins responsive to ABA (RAB) in rice (Mundy and Chua, 1988; Yamaguchi-Shinozaki et al., 1989); TAS and...

Regarding the possible multiple functions of a specific gene, finding the alternative roles of genes is a major challenge. Huge amount of available expression data and the central role of the promoter and its regulatory elements provide unique opportunely to address this issue. The question is that how the expression data and promoter analysis can be applied to uncover the different functions o...