University of California

University of Illinois

Laurie Beth Leonelli

Krishna K Niyogi

Stephen P Long

Katarzyna Glowacka

Stephane T Gabilly

Johannes Kromdijk

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods of cultivating genetically altered plants with increased activity of the PsbS protein. These genetically altered plants have increased water use efficiency and substantially similar photosynthetic efficiency as compared to WT plants grown under the same conditions.

Plants with increased water use efficiency

The present disclosure provides a transgenic plant comprising one or more nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides selected from photosystem II subunit S (PsbS), zeaxanthin epoxidase (ZEP), and violaxanthin de-epoxidase (VDE), operably linked to at least one expression control sequence. Expression vectors for making transgenic plants, and methods for increasing biomass production and/or carbon fixation and/or growth in a plant comprising increasing expression of at least one of PsbS, ZEP and VDE polypeptides are also provided.

Transgenic plants with increased photosynthesis efficiency and growth

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Oakland, CA, United States of America

Laurie Beth Leonelli