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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Pat J. Unkefer, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Penelope S. Anderson, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Thomas J. Knight, Raymond, ME (US);
Pat J. Unkefer, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Penelope S. Anderson, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Thomas J. Knight, Raymond, ME (US);
Los Alamos National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US);
University of Maine System Board of Trustees, Bangor, ME (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for increasing the leaf-to-root ratio of the signal metabolite 2-oxoglutaramate and related proline molecules in plants by modulating levels of ω-amidase to increase nitrogen use efficiency, resulting in enhanced growth, faster growth rates, greater seed and fruit/pod yields, earlier and more productive flowering, increased tolerance to high salt conditions, and increased biomass yields.