Patent ID: 11946060
Assignee: CERES, INC.
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  Y | IPC C

Claim 3:
4. A method of increasing heat tolerance in a plant, said method comprising
introducing into a plant cell an exogenous nucleic acid, said exogenous nucleic acid comprising a regulatory region operably linked to a nucleotide sequence comprising a polynucleotide sequence having 90 percent or greater identity to the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:363, or wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequences having 90 percent or greater sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:364,
producing a plant from said plant cell,
exposing the plant produced from said plant cell to a heat shock comprising 42° C. for 5 hours,
selecting the plant exposed to said heat shock for having an increased heat tolerance as compared to a control plant that does not comprise said nucleic acid.