Salt Tolerance of Transgenic Plants With BADH cDNA

Abstract

triplex hortansis BADH (bataine aldehyde dehydrogenase) cDNA was transferred into strawberry and tobacco by agrobacterium-mediated transformationThe salt-tolerance of transgenic plants was much higher than their controlThe expression of BADH gene was detected in the transformed plants by Northern blot and BADH enzyme-assayThe relative electronic conductivity and membrane permeability demonstrated that the damage of membrane structure of the transgenic plant was lower than their controlsThis may be one of the reasons for their higher salt-tolerance