Overexpression of a DUF740 family gene ( imparts enhanced climate resilience through multiple stress tolerance in rice.

Functional characterization of stress-responsive genes through the analysis of transgenic plants is a standard approach to comprehend their role in climate resilience and subsequently exploit them for sustainable crop improvement. In this study, we investigated the function of , a gene of DUF740 family (- Stress Responsive DUF740 Protein) from rice, which showed upregulation in response to abiotic stress in the available global expression data, but is yet to be functionally characterized. Transgenic plants of the rice gene, driven by a stress-inducible promoter , were developed in the background of cv.