The invention belongs to the technical field of
plant breeding in
molecular biology, and provides a cotton GhVIP1
gene and application thereof in
drought resistance and salt tolerance of plants. The
nucleotide sequence of the GhVIP1
gene is as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, and the
amino acid sequence of the GhVIP1
gene is as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2. The gene is obviously up-regulated under the induction of salt and
drought stress. An
arabidopsis thaliana homozygous line overexpressed with the GhVIP1 gene is obtained through a
transgenic technology, under the stress of drought and salt, the seed
germination rate of the
arabidopsis thaliana overexpressed with the gene is higher than that of a
wild type, the growth condition of a transgenic line in the
seedling stage is better than that of the
wild type, the
stem length, the
total antioxidant capacity and the
chlorophyll content are all superior to those of the
wild type, and the MDA content is lower than that of the wild type; further, the
drought resistance and the
salt resistance of the
arabidopsis thaliana are improved. When the gene is applied to drought-resistant and salt-resistant breeding of plants, the
drought resistance and
salt resistance of the plants can be improved, and an effective alternative scheme is provided for
molecular breeding of drought-resistant and salt-resistant crops.