Monsanto Technology LLC

Mary Fernandes

Stanton B Dotson

Zhidong Xie

Edwards M Allen

Barry S Goldman

Balasulojini Karunanandaa

Linda L Lutfiyya

Tyamagondlu V Venkatesh

Robert J Meister

Paul J Loida

Huai Wang

Elena A Rice

Stephen M Duff

Monnanda Somaiah Rajani

Anagha M Sant

Rebecca L Thompson

Cara L Griffith

Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra

Bettina Darveaux

Qin Zeng

Jianmin Zhao

Saritha V Kuriakose

Srikanth Babu Venkatachalayya

Daniel Ruzicka

Jon J Schmuke

Xiao Yang

This disclosure provides recombinant DNA constructs and transgenic plants having enhanced traits such as increased yield, increased nitrogen use efficiency, and enhanced drought tolerance or water use efficiency. Transgenic plants may include field crops as well as plant propagules and progeny of such transgenic plants. Methods of making and using such transgenic plants are also provided. This disclosure also provides methods of producing seed from such transgenic plants, growing such seed, and selecting progeny plants with enhanced traits. Also disclosed are transgenic plants with altered phenotypes which are useful for screening and selecting transgenic events for the desired enhanced trait.

Transgenic plants with enhanced traits

Increased tolerance to abiotic stress in a plant is provided by introducing DNA expressing a cold shock protein, e.g. bacterial cold shock protein.

Methods for enhancing stress tolerance in plants and compositions thereof

The present invention provides methods and DNA molecules useful for producing transgenic plants with agronomically desired traits based on altered sizes of plant organs and tissues.

Method of increasing plant organ and seed size in a plant

Increased tolerance to drought in a plant is provided by introducing DNA expressing a bacterial cold shock protein.

Methods for enhancing drought tolerance in plants and compositions thereof

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St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Mary Fernandes