stress-response-in-plants

Thailand-RIS

October 21, 2023
glutamate-cysteine-ligase, glutathione-production, stress-response-in-plants
high-school

Thailand-RIS # Powering Up Plant Defense # A growing issue that farmers are facing is the degradation of their crop harvest as a result of extreme environmental conditions that cause stress to their plants—posing a threat to their livelihoods and causing adverse economic consequences. Team Thailand-RIS aims to alleviate this issue by modifying the Glutamate-cysteine ligase (GCL) gene which plays an important role in stress response via regulating the production of Glutathione (GSH). ...