Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek

Centrum Voor Plantenver-delings-en Reproduktie-onderzoek

Centrum Voor Plantenveredelings En Reproduktieonderzoek (cpro-dlo)

Stiching Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek

Andy Pereira

Asaph Aharoni

Shital Anilkumar Dixit

Willem Johannes Stiekema

Martinus Gerardus Maria Aarts

Kurniawan Rudi Trijatmiko

Jelle Hiemstra

Chital Dixit

Wilhelmus Johannes Stiekema

Mark Gerardus Aarts

Shital Dixit

Transgenic plants with novel phenotypes, especially plants with enhanced drought and pathogen resistance. Provided are transgenic crop plants having integrated in their genome a chimeric gene, wherein the chimeric gene includes a transcription regulatory sequence active in plant cells operably linked to a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3 or a protein at least 70% identical to SEQ ID NO: 3 or an ortholog or a functional fragment thereof. In addition to enhanced drought tolerance the transgenic plants may show enhanced disease resistance and enhanced root structure. Also, a method for generating a transgenic plant by insertion of the chimeric gene.

Plant transformed with hardy (HRD) gene having enhanced drought tolerance

The present invention relates to the field of transgenic plants with given phenotypes, especially plants with enhanced drought tolerance. Provided are SHINE proteins and nucleic acid sequences encoding these, which are useful in conferring these phenotypes to plants.

Shine clade of transcription factors and their use

This invention discloses a DNA fragment encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence depicted in FIG. (SEQ ID NO:5), or a protein substantially homologous therewith and involved in fatty aldehyde decarbonylase activity. Said DNA fragment may have the nucleotide sequence depicted in FIG. (SEQ ID NO:2) or a homologous nucleotide sequence. Further this invention discloses a promoter of said DNA fragment having the nucleotide sequence depicted in FIG. (SEQ ID NO:4). Using said fragments transformed organisms can be produced showing an altered epicuticular wax composition.

DNA fragment encoding a protein involved in fatty aldehyde decarbonylase activity, recombinant molecules comprising said fragment and a method for obtaining transformed bacterial cells and plants

Method for obtaining male-sterile plants

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Ede, Netherlands

Andy Pereira