Stress tolerance in plants

US10597667B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Peter P. Repetti · Emeryville, US
• T. Lynne Reuber · San Mateo, US
• Oliver J. Ratcliffe · Oakland, US
• Karen S. Century · Chapel Hill, US
• Katherine Krolikowski · Oakland, US
• Robert A. Creelman · Castro Valley, US
• Frederick D. Hempel · Hayward, US
• Roderick W. Kumimoto · San Francisco, US
• Luc Adam · Hayward, US
• Neal I. Gutterson · Oakland, US
• Roger Canales · Redwood City, US
• Emily L. Queen · San Bruno, US
• Jennifer M. Costa · Union City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2016
• Grant date: Mar 24, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 9, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A40/146
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Transcription factor polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into nucleic acid constructs, including expression vectors, have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. Transgenic plants transformed with many of these constructs have been shown to be more resistant to disease (in some cases, to more than one pathogen), or more tolerant to an abiotic stress (in some cases, to more than one abiotic stress). The abiotic stress may include, for example, salt, hyperosmotic stress, water deficit, heat, cold, drought, or low nutrient conditions.