Abstract
Salinity, sodicity, drought and water logging are serious problems of agriculture in Pakistan that add
to poverty in the country. Pakistan, in spite of being a large agricultural country, imports huge
amounts of edible oil. Brassica species in general, have good agronomic characteristics and under
favorable conditions can give reasonable yields; however, under stress conditions their productivity is
severely compromised. The main focus of this study is to develop salt and drought tolerant germplasm
of Brassica napus var. wester by incorporating DREB gene that induces expression of stress tolerance
genes which ultimately result in salt and drought tolerance of the variety. The paper describes the
successful incorporation of DREB factor into Brassica napus var. wester genome that does seem to
have regulated the expression of stress inducible genes as evidenced by increased content of proline in
transformed plants when subjected to high salt level.
Syeda Qamarunnisa, Ishrat Jamil, Saboohi Raza, Abid Azhar, S. H. Mujtaba Naqvi. (2015) GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF CANOLA AGAINST ABIOTIC STRESS THROUGH INCORPORATION OF DREB GENE, Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology, Volume 3, Issue 3.
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