LEA — Triticum aestivum

Summary

TRAESCS5B02G018900, designated TaLEA-5B, encodes a late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) protein containing an LEA_SMP domain on bread wheat chromosome 5B. This gene is associated with biological processes including seed maturation and development, embryogenesis, cold acclimation, stomatal closure, detoxification, immune response, and ethene metabolism. It is linked to traits such as drought tolerance, heat tolerance, salinity tolerance, grain yield, grain weight, grain protein content, plant height, anthesis time, spike length, and sprouting tolerance. Additional associations include seed dormancy, seed germination, abscisic acid content and response, osmotic adjustment capacity, water use efficiency, transpiration rate, photosynthetic rate, leaf chlorophyll content, and zinc and iron concentrations.