Patent ID: 8426681

Claim:
A method for producing a plant with enhanced tolerance or resistance to osmotic stress or salt stress comprising: (a) transiently introducing into a plant cell a recombinant DNA comprising a polynucleic acid which is expressed in an amount effective to confer enhanced tolerance or resistance to osmotic stress or salt stress, wherein the polynucleic acid is selected from the group consisting of: (i) a polynucleic acid which is at least 95% identical to the polynucleic acid of SEQ ID NO: 73, wherein said polynucleic acid encodes a homeotic protein capable of conferring to a plant enhanced tolerance or resistance to osmotic stress or salt stress; (ii) a polynucleic acid encoding a polypeptide which is at least 95% identical to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 74, wherein said polypeptide is a homeotic protein capable of conferring to a plant enhanced tolerance or resistance to osmotic stress or salt stress; and (iii) a polynucleic acid sequence which is degenerated as a result of the genetic code to the polynucleic acid sequence defined in (i) and (ii); and (b) culturing the plant cell to regenerate a plant, thereby producing a plant with enhanced tolerance or resistance to osmotic stress or salt stress.