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mechanism’s performance in plants (Lim et al., 2016). The expression of

sodium ion/hydrogen ion antiporter genes in transgenic chili and tomato

plants has improved salt defense pathways via accumulation of proline and

glycine betaine and increased water amount to tackle salinity in the plant

(Buller et al., 2016) (Tables 6.1 and 6.2).

TABLE 6.1 Different Gene Function Against Different Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

Gene

Organism

Function

References

OsERF922

Oryza sativa

Rice blast resistance

Wang et al. (2014)

PIMP1

Triticum aestivum Drought stress resistance

Liu et al. (2011)

NAC4

Triticum aestivum Salt stress resistance and

Xia et al. (2010)

biotic stress

BIERF1-4

Oryza sativa

Cold, drought stress tolerance Cao et al. (2006)

AREB1

Lycopersicon

Resistance against salt and

Orellana et al.

esculantum

water scarcity

(2010)

Cystatin gene

Potato

M. incognita resistance

Lilley et al. (2004)

(OC-IDD86)

MAPK1

B. napus

Drought tolerance

Weng et al. (2014)

TTG2

B. napus

Salt tolerance

Li et al. (2015)

ACC-deaminase B. napus

Improve excessive salt

Sergeeva et al.

bearing capacity

(2006)

YHem1

Yeast

Improve excessive salt

Sun et al. (2015)

bearing capacity

TaMLO-A1

Triticum aestivum Powdery mildew resistance

Wang et al. (2014)

OsSWEET11

Oryza sativa

Bacterial blight resistance

Jiang et al. (2013)

OsALS

Oryza sativa

Herbicide-resistant

Li et al. (2016)

Os SAPK2

Oryza sativa

Drought tolerance

Lou et al. (2017)

TABLE 6.2 Transgene Against Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

Gene

AREB1

Source Organism

Lycopersicon

esculantum

Function

Tolerant to salt and low water

stress

Reference

Orellana et al. (2010)

ERF3

Glycine max

Tolerant to salt and low water

stress

Zhang et al. (2009)

MYB4

Oryza sativa

Tolerant to low temperature

stress

Vannini et al. (2004, 2007)

PIMP1

Triticum aestivum

Tolerant to salt and low water

stress

Liu et al. (2011)