Stress tolerant plants and methods thereof

Details Stress tolerant plants and methods thereof Stress tolerant plants and methods thereof

2004-12-08

2010-10-05

Collins, Cynthia (Department: 1638)

Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and

Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or...

The polynucleotide confers resistance to heat or cold

C800S298000, C800S320100, C800S312000, C800S320300, C800S314000, C800S320200, C800S306000

Reexamination Certificate

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07807874

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a method and DNA molecules that when expressed in a plant produces transgenic plants with improved abiotic stress tolerance. The invention includes plant expression vectors comprising the DNA molecules, and plants containing such DNA molecules.

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