Trehalose Accumulation Triggers Autophagy during Plant Desiccation.

ABSTRACT: Global climate change, increasingly erratic weather and a burgeoning global population are significant threats to the sustainability of future crop production. There is an urgent need for the development of robust measures that enable crops to withstand the uncertainty of climate change whilst still producing maximum yields. Resurrection plants possess the unique ability to withstand desiccation for prolonged periods, can be restored upon watering and represent great potential for the development of stress tolerant crops. Here, we describe the remarkable stress characteristics of Tripogon loliiformis, an uncharacterised resurrection grass and close relative of the economically important cereals, rice, sorghum, and maize. We show that T. loliiformis survives extreme environmental stress by

SUBMITTER: Williams B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4669190 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature