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BESC - Gene for Enhancing Salt and Drought Tolerance in Plants

Invention Reference Number

201804140

Technology Summary

The invention provides a gene that plays an important role in CO2 fixation in Agave. Overexpression of the gene significantly improved photosynthetic performance, water-use efficiency and root growth in model plant Nicotiana sylvestris (tobacco). The transgenic tobacco plants exhibited significantly higher salt and drought tolerance compared with wild-type plants. Our technology based will facilitate the engineering of the gene into non-gene containing plants, and has the great potential to address the negative impact of drought and salinity on crop production.

Inventors

Degao Liu
Biosciences Division
Gerald Tuskan
Biosciences Division
Rongbin Hu
Biosciences Division
Xiaohan Yang
Biosciences Division

Licensing Contact

JENNIFER T CALDWELL
caldwelljt@ornl.gov
(865) 574-4180