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Table 3 List of transgenic lines produced in rice for drought tolerance
Transgene
Source organism
Transformation method Trait improved
Reference
HVA1
Barley (
Hordeum vulgare
L.)
Particle gun
Transgenic plants showed
improved tolerance to
drought conditions
Xu et al., 1996;
Babu et al., 2004
CBF3/ DREB 1A
A. thaliana
Drought and salinity
tolerance
Oh et al., 2005
SNAC 1
Oryza sativa
L.
Agrobacterium
Transgenic plants showed
improved tolerance to
drought conditions
Hu et al., 2006
HvCBF4
Hordeum vulgare
L.
Agrobacterium
Improved drought and
salinity tolerance
Oh et al., 2007
Os LEA-3–1
Oryza sativa
L.
Agrobacterium
Transgenic plants showed
increased growth under
drought conditions
Xiao et al., 2007
Transcription factor
(AP37) encoding
Oryza sativa cytochrome
c gene (
OsCc1
)
Oryza sativa
L.
Transgenic plants showed
increased growth under
drought conditions
Oh et al., 2009
Triticum aestivum salt
tolerance-related gene
(
TaSTRG
)
Triticum aestivum
L
.
Transgenic rice plants
over expressing TaSTRG
gene showed higher salt
and drought tolerance
Zhou et al., 2009
Tomato ethylene
response factor (ERF)
protein TSRF1
Tomato
(Lycopersicon
esculentum
L.
)
Agrobacterium
TSRF1 improved the
osmotic and drought
tolerance of rice seedlings
without growth retardation
Quan et al., 2010
Tomato ethylene
response factor (ERF)
protein JERF1
Tomato
(Lycopersicon
esculentum
L.
)
Agrobacterium
Over expression of JERF1
significantly enhanced
drought tolerance of
transgenic rice
Zhang et al., 2010
Tomato ethylene
response factor (ERF)
protein JERF3
Tomato
(Lycopersicon
esculentum
L.
)
Agrobacterium
Over expression of JERF3
significantly enhanced
drought tolerance of
transgenic rice
Zhang et al., 2010
Rice
OsDREB2A
gene
with stress-inducible
promoter (4ABRC)
Rice (
Oryza sativa
L.)
Agrobacterium
Over expression of
OsDREB2A significantly
enhanced drought and salt
tolerance of transgenic rice
Cui et al., 2011
Rice
OsDREB2A
gene
with stress-inducible
promoter rd29A
Rice (
Oryza sativa
L
.
)
Agrobacterium
Over expression of
OsDREB2A significantly
enhanced drought and salt
tolerance of transgenic rice
Mallikarjuna
et al., 2011
Sorghum
SbDREB
gene with stress
induced promoter
CaMV35S or rd29A
Sorghum bicolor
L
Agrobacterium
Over expression of SbDREB2
significantly enhanced drought
tolerance and yield
improvement in transgenic
rice
Bihani et al., 2011
Rice
OsSDIR1
gene
Rice (
Oryza sativa
L
.
)
Agrobacterium
Over expression of OsSDIR1
gene significantly enhanced
drought and salt tolerance
Gao et al., 2011