Drought tolerant plants produced by modification of the stay-green STGX locus Patent uri icon

abstract

  • The present disclosure teaches the generation of drought tolerant plants. The present disclosure enables manipulation of a phenotypic characteristic referred to as stay-green to facilitate drought adaptation in plants by recombinant, mutagenic and/or breeding and selection methods. Plant management practice systems to increase crop yield and harvest efficiency in water-limited environments are also taught herein.

author list (cited authors)

  • Borrell, A. K., Jordan, D. R., Mullet, J., & Klein, P.

publication date

  • January 2020