Scarecrow-like stress-related polypeptides and methods of use in plants

US7608759B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF Plant Science Company GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Damian Allen · Bristol, GB
• Lori V. Mills · Willow Springs, US
• Nocha van Thielen · Durham, US
• Oswaldo da Costa e Silva · Neustadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 2008
• Grant date: Oct 27, 2009
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K14/415
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A transgenic plant transformed with an SLSRP coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased growth under water-limited conditions and/or increased tolerance to an environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by the transgenic plants. Also provided are isolated SLSRPs, and isolated SLSRP coding nucleic acids, and vectors and host cells containing the latter.