摘要:
The present invention is concerned with the improvement of agricobiological traits in plants. More specifically, the present invention pertains to a method for increasing drought-stress and/or salt stress tolerance of a plant comprising expressing in a plant a polynucleotide encoding for a polypeptide having ferulate 5-hydroxylase activity, wherein said polynucleotide is operably linked to a promoter which is active in endodermis cells. The present invention also deals with plants obtainable by the method of the present invention as well as with expression cassettes comprising a polynucleotide encoding for a polypeptide having ferulate 5-hydroxylase activity.