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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Hiroshi Takatsuji, Ibaraki, JP;
Shoji Sugano, Ibaraki, JP;
Hironori Kaminaka, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Ibaraki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To investigate the function of ZPT2-3, petunia transformants overexpressing the ZPT2-3 gene under the control of the CamV 35S promoter were generated to investigate the presence or absence of tolerance against desiccation stress treatment. Surprisingly, petunia plant transformants showed significant tolerance against desiccation as compared to the wild type plants. In addition, neither growth abnormality nor morphological abnormality was observed in petunia plants, and thus overexpression of the ZPT2-3 gene was revealed to have no adverse effects on plant growth.