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Generation of plants with improved drought tolerance

US7968768B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC · US

Inventors

Catherine Anderson · Durham, US
Stephen Aaron Lee · Durham, US
Kerrie Powell · Durham, US
Pilar Puente · Speyer, DE
Jennifer Lee Almond · Eden Prairie, US
Philip Reid Timmons · Durham, US
Vincent Paul Mary Wingate · Chapel Hill, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 23, 2004
Grant date	Jun 28, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 26, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N15/8273
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention is directed to plants that display a drought tolerance phenotype due to altered expression of a DR05 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with a drought tolerance phenotype.

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