Cloning of novel low and high molecular weight heat shock genes in wheat

Heat tolerance is an important objective for wheat improvement in the Southern US Great Plains. It is hypothesized that heat shock proteins play a vital role in the plant's ability to survive high temperature stress. Cloning low and high molecular weight HSPs from a thermotolerant variety of wheat will provide a building block for later studies of their function. Moreover, once significance of a HSP gene in plant thermotolerance is confirmed, beneficial cloned genes from thermotolerant varieties could be used to improve other wheat germplasm.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Grantor dc:publisher

Texas Tech University

Year dc:date.issued

1998

Author dc:creator

• Campbell, Janee L.

• Heat shock proteins
• Plant molecular genetics
• Molecular cloning
• Wheat

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/2346/19824

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ttu-ir.tdl.org:2346/19824