Drought resistance multigene construct

• Main Authors: Ellick, Tamaryn Lorean, Iyer, Kershini, Thomson, Jennifer Ann, Rafudeen, Mohamed Suhail, Arendze-Bailey, Bronwyn Lynn, Iyer, Revel
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.10.2023
• 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 relates to a polygenic DNA construct consisting of three abiotic stress tolerance genes, separated by nucleic acids encoding FMDV 2A peptides under the control of a stress inducible promoter. The stable insertion of the construct into plants confers drought tolerance to the pla...