Genetic engineering salt tolerance in crop plants

Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Plant – seedling – plant seed – or plant part – per se – Higher plant – seedling – plant seed – or plant part

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C800S278000, C536S023600, C435S320100, C435S468000, C424S093200

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ABSTRACT:
The invention is isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding Na+/H+exchanger polypeptides with at least 95% homology to that ofArabidopsis thalianafor extrusion of monovalent cations from the cytosol of cells to provide the cell with increased salt tolerance. Crop species transformed with the nucleic acid molecule are capable of surviving in soil with high salt levels that would normally inhibit growth of the crop species.

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