Ut-battelle, Inc.

University of Tennessee Research Foundation

West Virginia University

Wellington Muchero

Gerald A Tuskan

Lee E Gunter

Jin-Gui Chen

Sara S Jawdy

Jay Chieh Chen

Meng Xie

Jessy L Labbe

Dale A Pelletier

Anthony Christian Bryan

Priya Ranjan

Cyd Elizabeth Hamilton

Xiaohan Yang

Daniel M Close

Hao-Bo Guo

Juan Wang

Jianjun Guo

Olaf Czarnecki

Stephen P DiFazio

Jin Zhang

Debjani Pal

Chongle Pan

Jared Leboldus

Carly M Shanks

Kuntal De

Emily B Gee

Qiuming Yao

Stephen Difazio

The present disclosure provides methods for increasing drought resistance, salt resistance, and biomass production of a plant. The methods encompass expression of DiGeorge-Syndrome Critical Region 14 (DGCR14) gene in the plant. In comparison to a plant not manipulated in this manner, the disclosed, genetically-modified, plants display improved drought resistance and salt resistance. Also provided are plants that can be obtained by the method according to the invention, and nucleic acid vectors to be used in the described methods.

Methods of improving drought and salt resistance in a plant and genetically engineered plants with improved drought and salt resistance

The present disclosure based on the inventors' recognition that PAN domain containing proteins play important immune regulating functions. Disclosed herein are methods for modulating immune responses in plants and animals, improving in vitro fertilization efficiency, and inhibiting human cell division and cellular migration in cancer cells. Also disclosed herein are genetically modified plants that are resistant to pathogenic infections.

Methods for immunoregulation by modulating plasminogen-apple-nematode (PAN) domain-containing proteins

The present disclosure provides agricultural compositions and methods of using these compositions to increase plant growth, pathogen resistance and drought tolerance. The agricultural compositions disclosed herein comprise mixtures of mutualistic beneficial fungi such asand, and bacterial strains of

Complex of mutualistic microbes designed to increase plant productivity

This disclosure provides genetically modified plants, plant cells and plant tissues that show modified lignin content and/or sugar release as compared to a wild type control plant which was not genetically modified. In addition, the disclosure provides methods of regulating lignin content and sugar release in a plant. The disclosure also provides methods of producing bioproducts using the genetically modified plants of the instant disclosure.

Regulating lignin biosynthesis and sugar release in plants

The present disclosure provides genetically modified plants, plant cells and plant tissues that show reduced lignin content as compared to a control plant which was not genetically modified. In addition, the disclosure provides methods of regulating lignin content in a plant. The disclosure also provides methods of producing bioproducts using the genetically modified plants of the instant disclosure.

Loss of function alleles of PtEPSP-TF and its regulatory targets in rice

This disclosure provides methods of improving callus formation in plants. This disclosure further provides genetically engineered plants with improved callus formation.

Methods for improving callus formation and regeneration in plants

The present disclosure is directed to methods of improving mycorrhization in a plant or plant cell. Another aspect of this disclosure is directed to a genetically modified plant or plant cell with improved mycorrhization.

Methods of improving mycorrhization in plants and genetically modifed plants with improved mycorrhization

Pathogenic fungi from the genuscause damage to a diverse array of economically important plant species. The present disclosure provides methods of determining whether a plant is susceptible to pathogenic fungi infections. The disclosure further provides methods of engineering pathogenic fungi-resistant plants from susceptible plants using targeted genome editing techniques.

Methods of identifying and modulating pathogen resistance in plants

The invention provides plants having desirable levels of sugar release and/or lignin synthesis. The invention further provides methods of selecting plants with such desirable levels of sugar release and/or lignin synthesis; methods of genetically modifying plants to modulate lignin synthesis, sugar release, and modulating phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophan and flavonoid production; and uses of such plants.

Transcription factor which regulates flavonoid, phenylpropanoid, tyrosine, and tryptophan pathways

This disclosure provides plants having desirable levels of lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; methods of selecting plants with such desirable levels of lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; methods of genetically modifying plants to modulate lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; and uses of such plants. The inventors have determined that the expression and/or activity of POPTR_0014s08530, a gene encoding an/CtBP transcription factor, modulates lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens in plants. Plants with lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens, based on modulation of the expression or activity of the POPTR_0014s08530 gene, have divergent uses including pulp and paper production, and ethanol/biofuel production.

Key gene regulating plant cell wall recalcitrance

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Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America

Wellington Muchero