Methods and means for determining and conferring stress tolerance in plants

M.F. van Wordragen (Inventor), P.A. Balk (Inventor), A.H.M. van der Geest (Inventor)

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Abstract

The current invention provides a method for rapid testing of stress tolerance in a plant and a method of producing plants with enhanced stress tolerance, in particular cold and/or drought tolerance. Such a method may be applied in breeding and selection programs for this trait, or for determining the timing of induction of stress and cold tolerance or hardening of a plant, for instance for agricultural purposes. The current invention exploits a difference in the temperature and light regimen induced transcriptional regulation of several types of dehydrins, in order to determine a ratio of dehydrin types that is indicative of cold and/or drought tolerance, induction of hardening and dormancy in a plant.
Original languageEnglish
Patent numberWO2006085769
Priority date9/02/05
Publication statusPublished - 17 Aug 2006

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