Keygene N.v.

Stiching Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek

Shital Anilkumar Dixit

Martin De Vos

Matthew Vitabile Dileo

Jesse David Munkvold

Anne Deslattes Mays

Marieke Helena Adriana Van Hulten

Marieke Helena Van Hulten

Asaph Aharoni

Andy Pereira

Kurniawan Rudi Trijatmiko

Jelle Hiemstra

Evert-Jan Blom

The present invention relates to a new method for increasing drought resistance of a plant. The method encompasses the impairment of the expression of a gene or genes in said plant. In comparison to a plant not manipulated to impair the expression of said gene(s), the plants display improved drought resistance. Also provided are plants and plant product that can be obtained by the method according to the invention.

Drought resistance in plants: UPL4

The present invention relates to a new method for increasing drought resistance of a plant. The method encompasses the impairment of the expression of a gene or genes in said plant. In comparison to a plant not manipulated to impair the expression of said gene(s), the plants display improved drought resistance. Also provided are plants and plant products that can be obtained by the method according to the invention.

Drought resistance in plants: pectinesterase

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

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Wageningen, Netherlands

Shital Anilkumar Dixit