Overexpression of Rice BSR2 Confers Disease Resistance and Induces Enlarged Flowers in Torenia fournieri Lind.

ABSTRACT: Plant pathogens evade basal defense systems and attack different organs and tissues of plants. Genetic engineering of plants with genes that confer resistance against pathogens is very effective in pathogen control. Conventional breeding for disease resistance in ornamental crops is difficult and lagging relative to that in non-ornamental crops due to an inadequate number of disease-resistant genes. Therefore, genetic engineering of these plants with defense-conferring genes is a practical approach. We used rice BSR2 encoding CYP78A15 for developing transgenic Torenia fournieri Lind. lines. The overexpression of BSR2 conferred resistance against two devastating fungal pathogens, Rhizoctonia solani and Botrytis cinerea. In addition, BSR2 overexpress

SUBMITTER: Maeda S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9102792 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature