Identification of drought related and drought responsive genes in cassava
Abstract
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Conventional cassava breeding has yielded a lot of progress
for many traits including pest and disease resistance and high
yields but little progress has been made with respect to drought
tolerance. It is believed that molecular breeding offers a
possibility of efficiency and precision in introgression of drought
tolerant genes. Several studies show that several genes respond
to drought stress and some of them have been used to improve
stress tolerance of plants through gene transformation.
Unfortunately such studies have not been carried out in cassava.
This research is aimed at identifying genes responsive to drought
stress in cassava using Real-Time PCR. Identification of drought
tolerance genes will help in understanding the mechanisms of
drought tolerance in cassava and may be useful in
developmental of drought tolerant crops through genetic
transformation. The research has only just started by first
observing response of 53 cassava genotypes under water stress
conditions.
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