US 12,264,320 B2
Methods of improving drought and salt resistance in a plant and genetically engineered plants with improved drought and salt resistance
Meng Xie, Oak Ridge, TN (US); Jin-Gui Chen, Oak Ridge, TN (US); Wellington Muchero, Oak Ridge, TN (US); Chongle Pan, Norman, OK (US); Daniel M. Close, Knoxville, TN (US); Emily B. Gee, Oak Ridge, TN (US); and Qiuming Yao, Lincoln, NE (US)
Assigned to UT-BATTELLE, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US)
Filed by UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/003,053.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/891,537, filed on Aug. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0062213 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01)
CPC C12N 15/8273 (2013.01) 10 Claims
 
1. A genetically modified plant, plant cell or plant tissue, wherein an exogenous nucleic acid comprising a DiGeorge-Syndrome Critical Region 14 (DGCR14) gene is expressed in the plant, plant cell or plant tissue;
wherein the DGCR14 gene encodes a protein comprising a TWG amino acid motif and an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 16, and SEQ ID NO: 18;
wherein the DGCR14 gene is under the control of a heterologous promoter; and
wherein the expression of the DGCR14 gene improves drought and salt resistance in the plant, plant cell or plant tissue.