G748 transcription facter for improving plant growth

US9676831B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• SweTREE Technologies AB · SE
• Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• T. Lynne Reuber · San Mateo, US
• Oliver J. Ratcliffe · Oakland, US
• Frederick D. Hempel · Hayward, US
• Luc Adam · Hayward, US
• Cai-Zhong Jiang · Fremont, US
• Robert A. Creelman · Castro Valley, US
• Jose Luis Riechmann · Barcelona, ES
• Jacqueline E. Heard · Webster Groves, US
• Raymond Samaha · Soquel, US
• Pierre Broun · Westfield, GB
• Magnus Hertzberg · Umeå, SE
• Torgny NÄSHOLM · Holmsund, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2017
• Expiry date: Nov 1, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A40/146
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Transcription factor polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into nucleic acid constructs, including expression vectors, have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. Transgenic plants transformed with many of these constructs have been shown to have increased tolerance to an abiotic stress (in some cases, to more than one abiotic stress), increased growth, and/or increased biomass. The abiotic stress may include, for example, salt, hyperosmotic stress, water deficit, heat, cold, drought, and/or low nutrient conditions.