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Plants with improved yield and stress tolerance

US7939715B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Oliver J. Ratcliffe · Oakland, US
Roderick W. Kumimoto · San Francisco, US
Cai-Zhong Jiang · Fremont, US
Jeffrey M. Libby · Cupertino, US
Robert A. Creelman · Castro Valley, US
Peter P. Repetti · Emeryville, US
T. Lynne Reuber · San Mateo, US
Neal I. Gutterson · Oakland, US
Ganesh Kumar · Chesterfield, US
Balasulojini Karunanandaa · Creve Coeur, US
Karen Gabbert · Chesterfield, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 30, 2007
Grant date	May 10, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 8, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02A40/146
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Polynucleotides incorporated into expression vectors have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. The encoded polypeptides of the invention have been shown to confer at least one regulatory activity and confer greater size, greater organ size, greater biomass, greater yield, curlier leaves, darker coloration, greater tolerance to water deprivation, delayed flowering, delayed development, delayed senescence, greater tolerance to cold, and/or greater tolerance to hyperosmotic stress as compared to a control plant.

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