ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2006, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (S1): 6-11. doi: 10.3321/j.issn:1000-7091.2006.z1.002

Special Issue: Drought and water saving Biotechnology

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The Effect of Fructan on the Ability of Plants Resisting Stress and Correlative Gene Engineering

YANG Xiao-hong1,2, CHEN Xiao-yang1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement in Trees and Ornamental Plants, MOE, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China;
    2. Landscape Department, Beijing Agricultural College, Beijing 102206, China
  • Received:2006-09-20 Published:2006-12-31

Abstract: Fructan is a very important water soluble carbohydrate. The fructan accumulation in plants can improve stress resistance. This paper introduced some knowledge of fructan and reviewed the effect of fructan on plants' stress tolerance. Some mechanism of freezing tolerance or drought tolerance were expatiated at fructan and osmotic adjustment, fructan and membrane and fructosyltansferase activity. In addition, the gene engineering of improving fructan accumulation and correlated quest ion were reviewed.

Key words: Fructan, Stress resistance, Fructosyltansferase, Adjustment, Gene engineering

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YANG Xiao-hong, CHEN Xiao-yang. The Effect of Fructan on the Ability of Plants Resisting Stress and Correlative Gene Engineering[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2006, 21(S1): 6-11. doi: 10.3321/j.issn:1000-7091.2006.z1.002.

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