Patent ID: 9018445
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: C07K,C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method of increasing nitrogen use efficiency, and/or tolerance to nitrogen deficiency of a plant, comprising: (a) expressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 2557, 248, 2349, 2350, 2351, 2352 and 2353, and; (b) selecting plants resulting from step (a) for an increased nitrogen use efficiency, and/or increased tolerance to nitrogen deficiency as compared to a native plant of the same species, which is grown under the same growth conditions, thereby increasing the nitrogen use efficiency, and/or tolerance to nitrogen deficiency of the plant as compared to the native plant of the same species, which is grown under the same growth conditions.