TITLE:
Research progress in physiological and molecular biology mechanism of drought resistance in rice
AUTHORS:
Qiang Chen, Siyuan Tao, Xiaohua Bi, Xin Xu, Lanlan Wang, Xuemei Li
KEYWORDS:
Rice; Drought Resistance; Physiology and Biochemistry; Methylation; Epigenetics
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Molecular Biology,
Vol.3 No.2,
April
30,
2013
ABSTRACT: Rice is one
of the most important crops, providing staple food for about half population
of the world. Drought stress affects plant
growth and development seriously. This article reviewed the research progress
of the physiological and molecular biology mechanism including osmotic
adjustment, scavenging oxidative radicals, endogenous hormones, drought-resistance
genes and epigenetic modification, it may be afford interrelated reference for
increasing rice drought resistance and breeding drought
resistance rice varieties.