US Patent:
20040216182, Oct 28, 2004
Inventors:
Nancy Federspiel - Menlo Park CA, US
Allan Lammers - Portland OR, US
Xing Liu - Tualatin OR, US
Stanley Bates - Aumsville OR, US
Christina Westerlund - Portland OR, US
Jonathan Fitch - Portland OR, US
Catherine Anderson - Durham NC, US
Stephen Lee - Durham NC, US
Kerrie Powell - Durham NC, US
Pilar Puente - Durham NC, US
Jennifer Rhein - Raleigh NC, US
Philip Timmons - Durham NC, US
Vincent Wingate - Chapel Hill NC, US
International Classification:
C12N015/82
C12N015/87
A01H005/00
US Classification:
800/278000, 435/468000, 800/279000
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to plants that display a pathogen resistance and increased drought tolerance phenotype due to altered expression of a PRDT1 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with a pathogen resistance and increased drought tolerance phenotype.