Table 1.
Construct used for transformation |
Type of transgenic engineering | Performance |
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Gene function | Gene name | Gene source | Promoter | Stress tolerance | Field trial | Growth trait | Reference | |
Transcription factor | ||||||||
bHLH | OsbHLHU8 | Rice | Cytochrome c | COE*1 | D↑*5 | – | Not mentioned | Seo et al. (2011) |
bZIP | OsbZIP23 | Rice | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑, S↑*6 | – | Hypersensitive to shoot growth inhibition by exogenous ABA | Xiang et al. (2008) |
bZIP | OsbZIP46 | Rice | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑, O↑*7 | – | Hypersensitive to shoot growth inhibition by exogenous ABA | Tang et al. (2012) |
bZIP | OsbZIP71 | Rice | 35S | COE | D↑, S↑,O↑ | – | Not mentioned | Liu et al. (2014) |
bZIP | OsbZIP71 | Rice | RD29A | SIE*2 | O↑ | – | Not mentioned | Liu et al. (2014) |
bZIP | OsbZIP16 | Rice | Actin | COE | D↑ | – | Hypersensitive to shoot growth inhibition by exogenous ABA | Chen et al. (2012) |
bZIP | ABF3 | Arabidopsis | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑ | – | Normal shoot growth and seed production under control conditions | Oh et al. (2005) |
AP2/ERF | OSDERF1 | Rice | Actin | CRNAi*3 | D↑ | – | Not mentioned | Wan et al. (2011) |
AP2/ERF | OsERF4a | Rice | Cytochrome c | COE | D↑ | – | Increase in shoot growth under control conditions | Joo et al. (2013) |
AP2/ERF | OsERF4a | Rice | Ai | AIE*4 | D↑ | – | Increase in shoot growth under control conditions | Joo et al. (2013) |
AP2/ERF | OsERF10a | Rice | Cytochrome c | COE | D↑ | – | Not mentioned | Joo et al. (2013) |
AP2/ERF | TSRF1 | Tomato | 35S | COE | D↑, O↑ | – | Increases in seedling weight and root length under drought conditions | Quan et al. (2010) |
AP2/ERF | JERF3 | Tomato | 35S | COE | D↑, O↑ | – | Normal shoot growth under control conditions | Zhang et al. (2010) |
AP2/ERF | OsDREB2A | Rice | 4ABRC | SIE | D↑, S↑ | – | Increases in plant height and effective tillers under drought conditions | Cui et al. (2011) |
AP2/ERF | OsDREB2B | Rice | 4ABRC | SIE | D↑, S↑ | – | Increases in plant height and effective tillers | Cui et al. (2011) |
AP2/ERF | HARDY | Arabidopsis | 35S | COE | D↑ | – | Increases in shoot growth under control conditions and in root growth under drought conditions | Karaba et al. (2007) |
AP2/ERF | ZmCBF3 | Maize | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑, S↑, C↑*8 | – | Normal yield under control conditions, hypersensitive to root growth inhibition by exogenous ABA | Xu et al. (2011) |
AP2/ERF | CBF3/DREB1A | Arabidopsis | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑, S↑ | – | Normal shoot growth and seed production under non-stressed conditions | Oh et al. (2005) |
AP2/ERF | CBF3/DREB1A | Arabidopsis | RD29A | SIE | D↑ | – | Increase in yield under drought conditions | Datta et al. (2012) |
AP2/ERF | CBF3/DREB1A | Arabidopsis | HVA22 | SIE | D↑ | Done | Increase in yield under drought conditions | Xiao et al. (2009) |
AP2/ERF | OsDREBIA | Rice | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑, S↑, C↑ | – | Shoot growth retardation under control conditions | Ito et al. (2006) |
AP2/ERF | OsDREBIB | Rice | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑, S↑, C↑ | – | Shoot growth retardation under control conditions | Ito et al. (2006) |
AP2/ERF | CBF3/DREB1A | Arabidopsis | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑, S↑, C↑ | – | Shoot growth retardation under control conditions | Ito et al. (2006) |
AP2/ERF | CBF1/DREB1B | Arabidopsis | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑, S↑, C↑ | – | Shoot growth retardation under control conditions | Ito et al. (2006) |
AP2/ERF | CBF2/DREB1C | Arabidopsis | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑, S↑, C↑ | – | Shoot growth retardation under control conditions | Ito et al. (2006) |
AP2/ERF | HvCBF4 | Barley | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑, S↑, C↑ | – | Normal shoot growth under control conditions | Oh et al. (2007) |
AP2/ERF | CBF2/DREB1C | Arabidopsis | Lip9 | SIE | D↑ | – | Increase in dry weight under drought conditions | Ishizaki et al. (2012) |
AP2/ERF | AP37 | Rice | OsCcI | COE | D↑, S↑, C↑ | Done | Normal shoot growth under control conditions | Oh et al. (2009) |
Homeodomain | EDT1/HDG11 | Arabidopsis | Actin | COE | D↑ | Done | Increases in shoot, root, and seed production under drought conditions | Yu et al. (2013) |
Homeodomain | Zmhdz10 | Maize | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑, S↑ | – | Hypersensitive to shoot growth inhibition by exogenous ABA | Zhao et al. (2014) |
MYB | OsMYB2 | Rice | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑, S↑, C↑ | – | Hypersensitive to shoot growth inhibition by exogenous ABA | Yang et al. (2012) |
NAC | OsNAC5 | Rice | RCc3 | RSE*10 | D↑ | Done | Increases in yield and root diameter under drought conditions | Jeong et al. (2013) |
NAC | OsNAC9/SNAC1 | Rice | RCc3 | RSE | D↑ | Done | Increases in yield and root diameter under drought conditions | Redillas et al. (2012) |
NAC | OsNAC10 | Rice | RCc3 | RSE | D↑ | Done | Increases in yield and root diameter under drought conditions | Jeong et al. (2010) |
NAC | OsNAC6 | Rice | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑ | – | Shoot growth retardation under control conditions | Nakashima et al. (2007) |
NAC | SNAC1 | Rice | 35S | COE | D↑, S↑ | Done | Hypersensitive to shoot growth inhibition by exogenous ABA, increase in yield under drought conditions, normal shoot growth under control conditions | Hu et al. (2006) |
WRKY | OsWRKY30 | Rice | 35S | COE | D↑ | – | Not mentioned | Shen et al. (2012) |
Zinc finger | ZFP182 | Rice | 35S | COE | D↑, S↑, C↑ | – | Similar morphological traits under control conditions | Huang et al. (2012) |
Zinc finger | ZFP245 | Rice | 35S | COE | D↑, C↑ | – | Hypersensitive to shoot growth inhibition by exogenous ABA, normal shoot growth under control conditions | Huang et al. (2009) |
Zinc finger | ZFP252 | Rice | 35S | COE | D↑, S↑ | – | Not mentioned | Xu et al. (2008) |
Zinc finger | ZAT10 | Arabidopsis | Actin | COE | D↑ | Done | Increases in yield under drought conditions | Xiao et al. (2009) |
Zinc finger | ZAT10 | Arabidopsis | HVA22 | SIE | D↑ | Done | Increases in yield under drought conditions | Xiao et al. (2009) |
Kinases | ||||||||
Calcium-dependent protein kinase | OsCPK4 | Rice | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑, S↑ | – | Not mentioned | Campo et al. (2014) |
Calcium-dependent protein kinase | OsCDPK1 | Rice | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑ | – | Decreases in plant height and grain size under control conditions | Ho et al. (2013) |
Calcium-dependent protein kinase | OsCDPK7 | Rice | 35S | COE | D↑, S↑, C↑ | – | Normal growth under control conditions | Saijo et al. (2000) |
Calcineurin B-like protein interacting protein kinase | OsCIPK12 | Rice | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑ | – | Normal growth under control conditions | Xiang et al. (2007) |
Recetor-like kinase | OsSIKI | Rice | 35S | COE | D↑, S↑ | – | Normal growth under control conditions | Ouyang et al. (2010) |
Recetor-like kinase | OsSIK2 | Rice | 35S | COE | D↑, S↑ | – | Decrease in shoot growth under control conditions | Chen et al. (2013) |
MAP kinase kinase kinase | NPK1 | Arabidopsis | Actin | COE | D↑ | Done | Increases in yield under drought conditions | Xiao et al. (2009) |
MAP kinase kinase kinase | NPK1 | Arabidopsis | HVA22 | SIE | D↑ | Done | Increases in yield under drought conditions | Xiao et al. (2009) |
Phytohormones | ||||||||
ABA receptor | OsPYL/RCA R5 | Rice | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑, S↑ | – | Hypersensitive to shoot growth inhibition by exogenous ABA, decrease in yield under control conditions | Kim et al. (2014) |
Molybdenum cofactor sulfurase | LOS5/ABA3 | Arabidopsis | Actin | COE | D↑ | Done | Increases in yield under drought conditions | Xiao et al. (2009) |
Molybdenum cofactor sulfurase | LOS5/ABA3 | Arabidopsis | HVA22 | SIE | D↑ | Done | Increases in yield under drought conditions | Xiao et al. (2009) |
Auxin efflux carrier | OsPIN3t | Rice | 35S | COE | O↑ | – | Increase in root growth under control conditions | Zhang et al. (2012) |
Isopentenyl-transferase | IPT | Agrobacterium | SAPK | SMIE*11 | D↑ | – | Normal growth under control conditions | Peleg et al. (2011) |
β-catotene Hydroxylase | DSM2 | Rice | 35S | COE | D↑ | – | Increases in spikelet fertility under drought conditions | Du et al. (2010) |
LEA proteins | ||||||||
Group 3 LEA protein | HVA1 | Barley | Actin | COE | D↑, S↑ | – | Normal growth under control conditions | Xu et al. (1996) |
Group 3 LEA protein | OsLEA3-2 | Rice | 2X35S | COE | D↑, S↑ | – | Normal growth under control conditions | Duan and Cai (2012) |
Group 3 LEA protein | OsLEA3-1 | Rice | 35S | COE | D↑ | Done | Normal grain yield under control conditions | Xiao et al. (2007) |
Group 3 LEA protein | OsLEA3-1 | Rice | HVA1-like | SIE | D↑ | Done | Normal grain yield under control conditions | Xiao et al. (2007) |
Others | ||||||||
Lipid transfer protein | OsDIL | Rice | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑ | – | Increases in shoot growth under osmotic stress | Guo et al. (2013) |
Heat shock protein | OsHsp17.0 | Rice | 35S | COE | D↑, S↑ | – | Increases in shoot and root growth under osmotic stress | Zou et al. (2012) |
Heat shock protein | OsHsp23.7 | Rice | 35S | COE | D↑, S↑ | – | Increases in shoot and root growth under osmotic stress | Zou et al. (2012) |
myo-lnositol oxygenase | OsMlOX | Rice | 35S | COE | O↑ | – | Increases in shoot growth under osmotic stress | Duan et al. (2012) |
Ornithine δ-amino-transferase | OsOAT | Rice | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑, O↑ | Done | Increases in shoot growth under osmotic stress | You et al. (2012) |
His phosphotransfer protein | OsAHP | Rice | Ubiquitin | CRNAi | O↑ | – | Decrease in internode length and increase in root growth under control conditions | Sun et al. (2014) |
RING domain-containing protein | OsRDCPl | Rice | 35S | COE | D↑ | – | Not mentioned | Bae et al. (2011) |
Ribosome-inactivating protein | OsRIP18 | Rice | 35S | COE | D↑, S↑ | – | Not mentioned | Jiang et al. (2012) |
RING-finger containing E3 ligase | OsSDIRI | Rice | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑ | – | Normal growth at an adult stage under control conditions | Gao et al. (2011) |
DNA and RNA helicase and ATPase | OsSUV3 | Rice | 35S | COE | O↑, S↑ | – | Increases in shoot and root growth under high salinity | Tuteja et al. (2013) |
Trehalose-6-phosphate synthase | OsTPSI | Rice | Actin | COE | D↑,S↑,C↑ | – | Not mentioned | Li et al. (2011) |
RNA binding protein | GRP2 | Arabidopsis | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑ | – | Normal shoot growth under control conditions | Yang et al. (2014) |
RNA binding protein | GRP7 | Arabidopsis | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑ | – | Normal shoot growth under control conditions | Yang et al. (2014) |
Harpin | hrf1 | Xanthomonas | 35S | COE | D↑ | – | Not mentioned | Zhang et al. (2011) |
Farnesyltransferase/squalene synthase | SQS | Maize | Ubiquitin | CRNAi | D↑ | – | Normal growth under control conditions and no inhibition of seedling growth by ABA treatment | Manavalan et al. (2012) |
14-3-3 protein | ZmGF14-6 | Maize | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑ | – | Decreases in shoot growth and seed production under control conditions | Campo et al. (2012) |
14-3-3 protein | GF14c | Rice | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑ | – | Not mentioned | Ho et al. (2013) |
Arginine decarboxylase | Dadc | Datura | Ubiquitin | COE | D↑ | – | Normal growth under control conditions | Capell et al. (2004) |
Manganese superoxide dimutase | MnSOD | Pea | SWPA2 | SIE | O↑ | – | Not mentioned | Wang et al. (2005) |
Ski-interacting protein | OsSKlPa | Rice | Actin | COE | O↑ | – | Normal growth under control conditions, less growth inhibition under ABA, salinity and osmotic stress condition; | Hou et al. (2009) |
*1COE, constitutively overexpression; *2SIE, stress-inducible expression; *3CRNAi, constitutively triggering RNA interference; *4AIE, ABA-inducible expression; *5D↑, enhanced drought stress tolerance; *6S↑, enhanced salinity stress tolerance; *7O↑, enhanced osmotice stress tolerance; *8C↑, enhanced cold stress tolerance; *10RSE, root specific expression; *11SMIE, stress-and maturation-induced promoter.