Enhancement of growth in plants
AssigneeCornell Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsDewen Qiu, Zhong-Min Wei, Steven V. Beer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of enhancing growth of plants. This involves applying a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein in a non-infectious form to a plant or plant seed under conditions effective to enhance growth of the plant or plants produced from the plant seed. Alternatively, transgenic plants or transgenic plant seeds transformed with a DNA molecule encoding a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein can be provided and the transgenic plants or plants resulting from the transgenic plant seeds are grown under conditions effective to enhance plant growth.
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A method of enhancing growth in plants compared to untreated plants comprising:
- applying a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein in a non-infectious form to a plant or plant seed under conditions effective to enhance growth of the plant or plants grown from the plant seed, compared to an untreated plant or plant seed, wherein the hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide is heat stable, glycine rich, and contains no cysteine.
A method of enhancing growth in plants compared to untreated plants comprising:
- applying a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein, corresponding to that derived from a Phylophthora species, in a non-infectious form, to a plant or plant seed under conditions effective to enhance growth of the plant of plants grown from the plant seed, compared to an untreated plant or plant seed.
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