TRANSGENIC MAIZE WITH INCREASED MANNITOL CONTENT

• Main Authors: ANDERSON, PAUL C, ADAMS, THOMAS R, WARNER, DAVID C, ORR, PETER M, MANN, MICHAEL T, DAINES, RICHARD J, KAUSCH, ALBERT P, GORDON-KAMM, WILLIAM
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 24.07.1997
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention provides a method for conferring tolerance or resistance to water or salt stress in a monocot plant, and/or altering the osmoprotectant content of a monocot plant, by introducing a preselected DNA segment into the plant. This invention also relates to the transformed cells and...