Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.

Monsanto Technology LLC

Katherine Krolikowski

Oliver J Ratcliffe

T Lynne Reuber

Robert A Creelman

Roderick W Kumimoto

Jacqueline E Heard

Cai-Zhong Jiang

Omaira Pineda

Jose Luis Riechmann

Paul S Chomet

Neal I Gutterson

Luc Adam

Karen S Century

Peter P Repetti

Roger D Canales

Frederick D Hempel

Emily L Queen

Jennifer M Costa

Peter Repetti

Polynucleotides incorporated into nucleic acid constructs 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 earlier flowering, longer floral organ retention, increased cold tolerance, greater tolerance to water deprivation, altered carbon-nitrogen balance sensing, increased low nitrogen tolerance, and/or increased tolerance to hyperosmotic stress as compared to a control plant.

Plant tolerance to low water, low nitrogen and cold II

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 be more resistant to disease (in some cases, to more than one pathogen), or more tolerant to an abiotic stress (in some cases, to more than one abiotic stress). The abiotic stress may include, for example, salt, hyperosmotic stress, water deficit, heat, cold, drought, or low nutrient conditions.

Stress tolerance in plants

The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.

Polynucleotides and polypeptides in plants

Plant tolerance to low water, low nitrogen and cold

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Oakland, CA, United States of America

Katherine Krolikowski