Publications by authors named "Valeria V Alekseeva"
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- A transformation protocol using dual selection (fluorescent protein and herbicide resistance) was applied to create transgenic emmer and bread wheat plants aimed at increasing the production of the stress hormone jasmonates through gene overexpression.
- The gene expression affected the growth negatively, leading to issues like reduced leaf length and fewer grains per spike in both wheat species, with a particularly severe impact on emmer wheat.
- Among the genes tested, overexpressing one specific gene significantly enhanced levels of jasmonates, particularly in emmer wheat, but also brought about detrimental effects on plant size and reproductive success.
In light of recent climate change, with its rising temperatures and precipitation changes, we are facing the need to increase the valuable crop's tolerance against unfavorable environmental conditions. Emmer wheat is a cereal crop with high nutritional value. We investigated the possibility of improving the stress tolerance of emmer wheat by activating the synthesis of the stress hormone jasmonate by overexpressing two genes of the jasmonate biosynthetic pathway from , () and ().
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