Isolation and Characterization of Phosphate Transporter 1 (PHT1) Gene Promoter and 5' Deletion Analysis of Transcriptional Regulation Regions under Phosphate Stress in Transgenic Tobacco.

Phosphorus deficiency highly interferes with plant growth and development. Plants respond to persistent P deficiency by coordinating the expression of genes involved in the alleviation of stress. Promoters of phosphate transporter genes are a great choice for the development of genetically modified plants with enhanced phosphate uptake abilities, which improve crop yields in phosphate-deficient soils.

RNAi-Based Gene Silencing in Sugarcane for Production of Biofuel.

RNA interference (RNAi) is an innate cellular mechanism triggered by a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecule causing selective inhibition of gene expression. Here, we demonstrated the RNAi technology for gene silencing in sugarcane for biofuel production. This chapter describes an efficient model system that established to target the caffeic acid O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene and the RNAi construct is designed and delivered through Agrobacterium mediated stable sugarcane transformation.

Isolation, characterization and expression analysis of stress responsive plant nuclear transcriptional factor subunit () from commercial hybrid and wild relative .

Plant nuclear factor () is a transcription activating factor, consisting of three subunits, and plays a key regulatory role in many stress-responsive mechanisms including drought and salinity stresses. NF-Ys function both as complex and individual subunits. Considering the importance of sugarcane as a commercial crop with high socio-economic importance and the crop being affected mostly by water deficit stress and salinity stress causing significant yield loss, nuclear transcriptional factor was focused in this study.

Differential gene expression profiling through transcriptome approach of L. under low temperature stress reveals genes potentially involved in cold acclimation.

Sugarcane ( sp.) is predominantly grown in both tropics and subtropics in India, and the subtropics alone contribute more than half of sugarcane production. Sugarcane active growth period in subtropics is restricted to 8-9 months mainly due to winter's low temperature stress prevailing during November to February every year.