Method to alleviate abiotic stress in plants by expression of mitochondrial-targeted purple acid phosphatase

摘要

Methods to alleviate abiotic stress by modifying plants or plant cells to contain a heterologous nucleic acid that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding the purple acid phosphatase activity of soybean GmPAP3 fused to a mitochondrion-targeting transit peptide are disclosed. Such abiotic stress can include enhanced salinity, dehydration and oxidative stress.