›› 2020, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (10): 1910-1920.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2020.10.21

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Progress on application of MYB transcription factor in plant salt tolerance genetic engineering

LI Junxia, WANG Chunyi, DING Yutao, DAI Shutao, ZHU Cancan, SONG Yinghui, QIN Na, CHEN Yuxiang   

  1. Cereal Crops Institute, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450002, China
  • Received:2020-04-24 Online:2020-10-25 Published:2020-11-16

Abstract: Salt stress is a major environmental factor that affects plant growth, development and crop yields. Salt tolerance breeding is an important measure to ensure agricultural production. It is an effective way to improve plant salt tolerance through genetic engineering technology compared with the conventional breeding methods.MYB family is one of the largest transcription factor families in plants, which plays an important role in regulation on plant tolerance to abiotic stresses including salt stress. This paper systematically and comprehensively elaborated the application of MYB transcription factors in salt tolerance genetic engineering of Arabidopsis thaliana, tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), rice (Oryza sativa), soybean (Glycine max) and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum),etc, so as to provide some references for the utilization of MYB transcription factors and salt tolerance genetic improvement and breeding.

Key words: plant, MYB transcription factor, salt tolerance, genetic engineering

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