Modulating Plant Calcium for Better Nutrition and Stress Tolerance

Table 1

Ectopic expression of CIPK/CBL members; the effect on abiotic stress.

Gene	Source of gene	Target organism	Impact	Reference
AtCBL1	Arabidopsis	Arabidopsis	Reduces transpiration, increases abiotic stress tolerance	[38]
AtCBL1	Arabidopsis	Arabidopsis	Increased salt and drought tolerance, reduced freezing tolerance	[39]
AtCBL2	Arabidopsis	Arabidopsis	Enhanced susceptibility to low K^+	[40]
AtCBL3	Arabidopsis	Arabidopsis	Enhanced susceptibility to low K^+	[40]
ZmCBL4	Zea mays	Arabidopsis	Increased salt tolerance	[41]
AtCBL5	Arabidopsis	Arabidopsis	Increased drought tolerance	[42]
OsCBL8	Rice	Rice	Increased salt tolerance	[43]
CaCIPK6	Chickpea	Tobacco	Increased salt tolerance, enhanced root development	[44]
MdCIPK6L	Apple	Apple, Arabidopsis, tomato	Enhanced tolerance to salt, osmotic, drought and chilling stress; no effect on root growth	[45]
OsCIPK03	Rice	Rice	Enhanced tolerance to cold by increased proline and soluble sugars	[46]
AtCIPK9	Arabidopsis	Arabidopsis	Enhanced susceptibility to low K^+	[40]
OsCIPK12	Rice	Rice	Enhanced tolerance to drought by increased proline and soluble sugars	[46]
OsCIPK15	Rice	Rice	Enhanced tolerance to salt	[46]
OsCIPK23	Rice	Rice	Increased drought tolerance	[47]