Patent ID: 9322031
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A01H,C12N

Claim Text:
1. A method of producing a plant having enhanced tolerance to water deficit stress comprising: (i) introducing a recombinant DNA into one or more plants to obtain one or more transgenic plant lines, wherein said recombinant DNA comprises a heterologous promoter functional in a plant cell operably linked to a polynucleotide encoding a plant HAP3 transcription factor protein comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity over the full length of the SEQ ID NO: 1765 amino acid sequence; (ii) screening for said enhanced tolerance to water deficit stress in a trial wherein said transgenic plant lines are exposed to water deficit stress; and, (iii) selecting from the screened transgenic plant line(s) of (ii) a transgenic plant or progeny thereof that exhibits enhanced tolerance to water deficit stress, wherein said tolerance to water deficit stress is enhanced in comparison to a control plant that does not have said recombinant DNA and wherein expression of said plant HAP3 transcription factor protein imparts said enhanced trait; and wherein said selected transgenic plant or progeny thereof comprise said recombinant DNA.