Identification of drought resistance of two transgenic wheat lines with W23 gene
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DOI:10.7606/j.issn.1000-7601.2014.01.043
Key Words: drought stress  W23  transgenic wheat  root  drought resistance
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SONG Bing-bing1, MIN Dong-hong1, XU Zhao-shi2, CHEN Ming2, LI Lian-cheng2, MA You-zhi2 (1.旱区作物逆境生物学国家重点实验室,西北农林科技大学农学院 陕西 杨凌 712100 2.中国农业科学院作物科学研究所,农作物基因资源与基因改良国家重大科学工程,农业部麦类生物学与作物遗传育种重点实验室 北京 100081) 
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Abstract:
      Two T5 transgenic wheat lines G19-X59 and G19-X61 with W23 gene were used as materials, 15% PEG-6000 was used to simulate the drought stress in hydroponic culture, the root development characteristics of transgenic wheat lines and photosynthetic physiology indexes related to drought resistance were investigated. The results indicated that photosynthetic rate (Pn) and transpiration rate (Tr) of all the wheat materials decreased under drought stress, whereas those of the transgenic wheat lines were not significantly changed. The Pn and Tr values of transgenic wheat lines were extremely significantly higher than that of the control Jimai 19. The transgenic lines were also found to have more developed root system than the control under both normal water supply and drought stress treatments. There were also extremely significant difference in total root length, root surface area and root volume between transgenic lines and the control. The results showed that the transgenic lines G19-X59 and G19-X61 could maintain high level of photosynthesis and thereby have strong resistance to drought stress.