Vialactia Biosciences (nz) Limited

Insight Genomics Limited

Shivendra Bajaj

Sathish Puthigae

Catherine Jane Bryant

Kerry Robert Templeton

Jonathan Robert Phillips

Claudia Jeannette Smith-Espinoza

Nimali Piyushika Withana

Margaret Biswas

The invention provides an isolated polynucleotide comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a variant thereof, wherein the variant encodes a polypeptide capable of modulating in a plant tolerance to at least one environmental stress selected from drought, cold, freezing, heat and salinity. The invention also provides construct, vectors, host cells, plant cells and plants genetically modified to comprise the polynucleotide. The invention also provides methods for producing and selecting plants that are tolerant to at least one environmental stress selected from drought, cold, freezing, heat and salinity, making use of the polynucleotides of the invention.

Methods and compositions for plant improvement

The invention provides the isolated promoter polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 from perennial ryegrass (L.), and fragments and variants thereof. The invention also provides constructs, plant cells and plant genetically modified to contain the promoter polynucleotide. The invention also provides methods for producing plants with altered gene expression and traits via genetic transformation of plants with the promoter polynucleotide.

Control of gene expression in plants

The invention provides the isolated promoter polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, and fragments and variants thereof. The invention also provides constructs, plant cells and plants genetically modified to contain the promoter polynucleotide. The invention also provides methods for producing plants with altered gene expression and traits via genetic transformation of plants with the promoter polynucleotides.

Gene expression control in plants

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Auckland, New Zealand

Shivendra Bajaj