Overexpression of StBIN2 Improves Salt Stress Tolerance in Potato
Shifeng Liu, Yichen Wang, Juqin Wang, Rui Peng, Chengcheng Cai, Lang Yan, Xianjun Lai · 2026
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Description
Shifeng Liu and co-authors show that extra copies of one gene help potatoes withstand salt in this 2026 study. Salty soil is a growing brake on crops worldwide, and potato, the world's fourth food crop, suffers badly. The gene belongs to a family known to steer stress responses, but its role in potato was untested.
The team cloned the gene from a Chinese cultivar and found its protein sits in the cell nucleus, mostly active in leaves and tubers. Plants with boosted gene levels thrived under strong salt, while silenced plants wilted. Boosted plants also ran their protective enzymes hotter and carried less cell damage. The gene joins the toolkit for breeding salt-hardy potatoes.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shifeng Liu, Yichen Wang, Juqin Wang, Rui Peng, Chengcheng Cai, Lang Yan, Xianjun Lai |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |