Stress resistant plants

US7851675B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayer Bioscience N.V. · BE

Inventors

• Marc De Block · Merelbeke, BE
• Michael Metzlaff · Tervuren, BE
• Veronique Gossele · Evergem, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 16, 2005
• Grant date: Dec 14, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 27, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Y305/01019
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Stress tolerance in plants and plant cells is achieved by using nucleotide sequences encoding enzymes involved in the NAD salvage synthesis pathway and/or the NAD de novo synthesis pathway e.g. for overexpression in plants.