METHOD FOR IMPROVING CROP PRODUCTIVITY

• Main Authors: BLOMSTEDT, CECILIA KARSTIN MARIA, LE, NGOC TUAN, GAFF, DONALD FREDERICK, ISLAM, SHARMIN, HAMILL, JOHN DIARMUID, MEALE, ALAN DONALD, GRIFFITHS, CARA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 12.03.2015
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMES; ENZYMOLOGY; FISHING; FORESTRY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention relates to the production of plants having one or more improved or introduced desirable traits such as increased plant biomass including both increased shoot and root growth and increased seed yield. The present invention also relates to the production of plants with increased cold tolerance, salt tolerance, drought tolerance, and resistance to parasitic plants, tn a particular application of the invention, plants are produced which comprise an exogenous polynucleotide molecu!e encoding a glycosyltransferase (UGT) and /or an exogenous polynucleotide molecule which increases transcription of an endogenous UGT. La présente invention concerne la production de plantes ayant un ou plusieurs caractères souhaitables améliorés ou introduits telles qu'une biomasse végétale accrue comprenant à la fois une croissance de turions et de racines accrue et un rendement en grains accru. La présente invention concerne également la production de plantes ayant une tolérance au froid accrue, une halotolérance accrue, une tolérance à la sécheresse accrue et une résistance aux plantes parasites, dans une application particulière de l'invention, des plantes sont produites qui comprennent une molécule polynucléotidique exogène codant pour une glycosyltransférase (UGT) et/ou une molécule polynucléotidique exogène qui augmente la transcription d'une UGT endogène.