Transgenic plants comprising polynucleotides encoding transcription factors that confer disease tolerance
AssigneeMendel Biotechnology, Inc.
InventorsJacqueline Heard, Pierre Broun, Jose Luis Riechmann, James Keddie, Omaira Pineda, Luc Adam, Raymond Samaha, James Zhang, Guo-Liang Yu, Oliver Ratcliffe, Marsha Pilgrim, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Lynne Reuber
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Abstract
Plants transformed with a plant APZ transcription factor encoding polynucleotide, isolated from Arabidopsis, that enhances tolerance to fungal diseases, especially fungal diseases caused by Fusarium, Erysiphe, Sclerotinia and Botrytis.
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A transgenic plant comprising a recombinant polynucleotide encoding SEQ ID NO:
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A method for enhancing the disease tolerance or resistance of a plant comprising transforming a plant with a recombinant polynucleotide encoding SEQ ID NO:
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A method for altering the expression levels of at least one gene in a plant comprising transforming the plant with a recombinant polynucleotide encoding SEQ ID NO:
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