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Wayne Snedden

Eduardo Blumwald

Maris Apse

Gilad Aharon

Gil Aharon

The subject invention includes non-naturally occurring salt tolerant plants that accumulate sodium in their tissues substantially in the vacuole. The present invention also includes methods of making such non-naturally occurring plants. One preferred method is generating a transgenic plant that has an ectopically expressed NHX related gene product.

High salt plants and uses for bioremediation

The invention is isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding Na/Hexchanger polypeptides with at least 95% homology to that offor extrusion of monovalent cations from the cytosol of cells to provide the cell with increased salt tolerance. Crop species transformed with the nucleic acid molecule are capable of surviving in soil with high salt levels that would normally inhibit growth of the crop species.

Genetic engineering salt tolerance in crop plants

The invention is isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding Na/Hexchanger polypeptides for extrusion of monovalent cations (preferably lithium ions and postassium ions, most preferably sodium ions) from the cytosol of cells to provide the cell with increased salt tolerance. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid is obtained from. Crop species transformed with the nucleic acid molecule are capable of surviving in soil with high salt levels that would normally inhibit growth of the crop species.

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Toronto, Canada

Wayne Snedden