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. 2015 Feb 18;6:84. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00084

Table 1.

Selective transgenic rice plants with improved drought stress tolerance.

Construct used for transformation
 Type of transgenic engineering Performance
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.