Brassinosteroid : a biotechnological target for enhancing crop yield and stress tolerance

Uday K. Divi; Priti Krishna

doi:10.1016/j.nbt.2009.07.006

Brassinosteroid : a biotechnological target for enhancing crop yield and stress tolerance

Uday K. Divi, Priti Krishna

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Brassinosteroids (BRs) are a group of naturally occurring plant steroidal compounds with wide ranging biological activity. Because BRs control several important agronomic traits such as flowering time, plant architecture, seed yield and stress tolerance, the genetic manipulation of BR biosynthesis, conversion or perception offers a unique possibility of significantly increasing crop yields through both changing plant metabolism and protecting plants from environmental stresses. Genetic manipulation of BR activity has indeed led to increases in crop yield by 20–60%, confirming the value of further research on BRs to improve productivity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	131-136
Number of pages	6
Journal	New Biotechnology
Volume	26
Issue number	45385
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2009.07.006
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

abiotic stress
brassinosteroids
crop yields
plant biotechnology

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