Improved thermotolerance in transgenic barley by overexpressing a heat shock factor gene (TaHsfA6b) from wheat

Anuj Kumar Poonia^#1, Sumit Kumar Mishra^#1, Parul Sirohi^{1, 2}, Reeku Chaudhary¹, Hugo Germain², Harsh Chauhan^1*

1= Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee India

2= Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5H7, Canada

* Author for correspondence:

Harsh Chauhan

Department of Biotechnology

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India 247667

Phone: +91-1332- 284214

Email: harsh.chauhan@bt.iitr.ac.in