Overexpression of JcWRKY2 confers increased resistance towards in transgenic tobacco.

WRKY proteins are plant-specific transcription factors (TFs), and form one of the largest families and are involved in plant development and responses to stress. The salicylic acid (SA) responsive WRKY family auto or cross-regulate the defence stress signalling pathways. In this study, we functionally validated the role of gene from biofuel crop towards improving resistance to tobacco transgenic against charcoal rot causing necrotrophic fungus, .

Functional Validation of , a Group III Transcription Factor Toward Mitigating Salinity Stress in Transgenic Tobacco.

The plants being sessile cannot escape from the adverse environmental stresses, hence get negatively affected in terms of their growth and yield. Transcriptional control simultaneously regulate different cellular processes, minimizing the deleterious effects of these stresses. The salicylic acid (SA)-inducible WRKY family of transcription factors auto or crossregulate the stress signaling in response to abiotic and biotic stresses, facilitating enhanced stress tolerance.

Ectopic Expression of JcWRKY Transcription Factor Confers Salinity Tolerance via Salicylic Acid Signaling.

Plants, being sessile, have developed intricate signaling network to specifically respond to the diverse environmental stress. The plant-specific WRKY TFs form one of the largest TF family and are involved in diverse plant processes, involving growth, development and stress signaling through auto and cross regulation with different genes and TFs. Here, we report the functional characterization of a salicylic acid -inducible JcWRKY TF.

Improved Shoot Regeneration, Salinity Tolerance and Reduced Fungal Susceptibility in Transgenic Tobacco Constitutively Expressing PR-10a Gene.

Plants in ecosystems are simultaneously exposed to abiotic and biotic stresses, which restrict plant growth and development. The complex responses to these stresses are largely regulated by plant hormones, which in turn, orchestrate the different biochemical and molecular pathways to maneuver stress tolerance. The PR-10 protein family is reported to be involved in defense regulation, stress response and plant growth and development.

Molecular cloning and characterization of a group II WRKY transcription factor from Jatropha curcas, an important biofuel crop.

The WRKY family of transcription factors (TFs) play an intricate role in regulating the stress signaling pathways by autoregulation or may be by cross regulation through interaction with other proteins. Although WRKY TFs are considered to be plant specific, however, their presence has been reported from unicellular algae, slime mould, and gymnosperms. We have isolated the JcWRKY cDNA from an important biofuel crop Jatropha curcas growing in the wastelands of India.