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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Keygene N.v., Wageningen, NL;
Inventors:
Anne Deslattes Mays, Wageningen, NL;
Marieke Helena Adriana Van Hulten, Wageningen, NL;
Shital Anilkumar Dixit, Wageningen, NL;
Martin De Vos, Wageningen, NL;
Jesse David Munkvold, Rockville, MD (US);
Matthew Vitabile Dileo, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
Keygene N.V., Wageningen, NL;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/82 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/8273 (2013.01); C12N 15/8218 (2013.01); C12Y 301/01011 (2013.01); G01N 33/0098 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a new method for increasing drought resistance of a plant. The method encompasses the impairment of the expression of a gene or genes in said plant. In comparison to a plant not manipulated to impair the expression of said gene(s), the plants display improved drought resistance. Also provided are plants and plant products that can be obtained by the method according to the invention.