African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Expression of a SK2-type dehydrin gene from Populus euphratica in a Populus tremula × Populus alba hybrid increased drought tolerance

Yanzhen Wang1#, Hongzhi Wang1#, Ruifen Li1, Yan Ma2* and Jianhua Wei1*   #These  authors contributed equally to the work.
1Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing 100097, China.   2Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao 066004, China.
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 22 June 2011
  •  Published: 22 August 2011