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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2017
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US);
The University of Nottingham, East Midlands, GB;
Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Oregon, WI (US);
Patompong Saengwilai, Bangkok, TH;
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Boalsburg, PA (US);
Malcolm John Bennett, Nottingham, GB;
James Johnson, Whitestown, IN (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to crop breeding. More particularly, the present invention relates to targeted modification of root to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in maize. In one aspect, the invention provides recombinant maize exhibiting increased root cortical aerenchyma (RCA). Methods of making the recombinant maize and various methods of plant selection and breeding are further provided.