Table 1.
The overview of abiotic stress-responsive genes or/and transcription factors of rapeseed along with their key responses under stress environment
| Genes | Key stress responses | References |
|---|---|---|
| BnICE1 | Increase cold tolerance and highly expressed in different tissues, like stem, leaf, and hypocotyls | 21 |
| BnCBFs | Increase cold tolerance via ABA-independent pathways | 22 |
| BnCOR25 | Improve cold tolerance via the ABA-dependent pathway | 23 |
| BnSOS1 | High expression of BnSOS1 cause the exclusion of harmful Na+ into the apoplast area from the cellular environment and ultimately increase the salinity tolerance | 15, 24 |
| BnaCBLs and BnaCIPKs | Overexpression and mutant analysis improves tolerance to salinity, cold, heat, drought, ABA signaling, and low potassium | 25–27 |
| BnNAC485 | Transgenic plants show resistance to salinity via ABA-mediated pathway, and it also improves the early flowering in transgenic plants | 28 |
| BnATP-A and FBP | Responsible for cold and drought tolerance | 15 |
| BnERFs and BnRAV-2 | Transcriptome analysis reveals that these genes involved in cold tolerance | 7 |
| BnERF2-like [ERF2.4] | Improve the potential of antioxidant systems which improve resistance to submergence and oxidative stresses | 5 |
| BnaABF2 | Improve drought and salinity tolerance via the ABA-dependent pathway | 29 |
| BnaMYBs | Improves tolerance to cold, heat, drought, and salinity through the regulation of ROS defense genes | 30, 31 |
| BnSIP1-1 | Overexpression improve the growth rate under salinity, osmotic, and ABA stresses; mainly involved in osmotic tolerance | 19 |
| BnNHX1, BnAB15, BnRD29A, BnERD15, and BnKIN1 | Increased salinity tolerance in transgenic plants | 19 |
|
BnbZIP13, BnbZIP28, BnbZIP41, BnbZIP2, BnbZIP53, and BnbZIP60 |
Expression analysis indicated that these genes enhance resistance to heat and salt stress | 32 |
|
BnWOX10, BnWOX50, BnWOX44, and BnWOX18 |
Increase resistance to drought, and salinity by the regulation of plant hormones | 33 |
| BnPYR1-3, BnPYL1-2, and BnPYL7-2 | Expression analysis indicated that these genes enhance resistance to drought, salinity, and elevated temperature | 4 |
| BnaPLDα1, BnaPLDδs and BnaPLDδ | Increase tolerance to salinity, cold, dehydration, and ABA response | 34 |
| BnWRI1 | Regulating the impact of heat stress on fatty acid biosynthesis | 35 |
| BnFADs | Increase resistance to Cd and salt stress | 36 |
| BnBADH1 | Increase resistance to salinity and drought stress | 37 |
| BnKCS1-1, BnKCS1-2, and BnCER1-2 | Upgrade cuticular wax in transgenic plants and increase drought tolerance | 38 |
| BnaNHXs | Differential expression of BnaNHXs improves salinity tolerance [nitrogen and low phosphate] | 39 |
| BnNRT2s and BnNRT2.5 s | Increase tolerance to nutrient deficiency [phosphorus and potassium], waterlogging, and drought stress | 40 |
| BnCOL2 | Regulating the plant response to drought stress | 41 |
| BnNF-YA3 | Regulating the plants’ response to salinity, drought, and ABA | 42 |