Stress resistant plants

US8802927B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayer CropScience N.V. · BE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 29, 2010
• Grant date: Aug 12, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 12, 2033

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.