Methods of increasing abiotic stress tolerance and/or biomass in plants and plants generated thereby
AssigneeEvogene Ltd.
InventorsHagai KARCHI, Gil RONEN, Rodrigo YELIN, Larisa RABINOVICH
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Abstract
Isolated polynucleotides having a nucleic acid sequence at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NO:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162-204, 206-211, 214-287 and/or encoding polypeptides having an amino acid sequence at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13-56, 58-63, 66-121, 141-156 or 157 are provided. Also provided are methods of utilizing same for increasing the tolerance of a plant to abiotic stresses and/or increasing the biomass, vigor and/or yield of a plant.
Claims20
A method of producing a crop plant comprising growing a crop plant over-expressing a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 80% identical to the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:
- 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13-39, 41-113, 115-119, 127-131, and 139-155, wherein the crop plant is obtained from plants over-expressing said polypeptide and which have been selected for increased biomass, increased vigor, increased yield, increased fertilizer use efficiency and/or increased abiotic stress tolerance as compared to a wild type plant of the same species which is grown under the same growth conditions, and the crop plant having the increased biomass, increased vigor, increased yield, increased fertilizer use efficiency and/or increased abiotic stress tolerance thereby producing the crop.
A method of increasing biomass, vigor, yield, fertilizer use efficiency and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant as compared to a control plant of the same species which is grown under the same conditions, comprising over-expressing within the plant a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least 80% identical to the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:
- 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13-39, 41-113, 115-119, 127-131, and 139-155, wherein said polypeptide is capable of increasing biomass, vigor, yield, fertilizer use efficiency and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant, thereby increasing the biomass, vigor, yield, fertilizer use efficiency and/or an abiotic stress tolerance of a plant as compared to a control plant of the same species which is grown under the same conditions.
A nucleic acid construct, comprising a polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence at least 80% identical to the polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:
- 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 122-126, 158, 160-186, 188-262, 264-285, and a non-native promoter capable of directing transcription of said nucleic acid sequence in a host cell.
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