PLANTS WITH INCREASED WATER USE EFFICIENCY

Organization Name

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Inventor(s)

Stephen P. Long of Champaign IL (US)

Katarzyna Glowacka of Urbana IL (US)

Johannes Kromdijk of Cambridge (GB)

Krishna K. Niyogi of Oakland CA (US)

Laurie Beth Leonelli of Oakland CA (US)

PLANTS WITH INCREASED WATER USE EFFICIENCY

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18755523 titled 'PLANTS WITH INCREASED WATER USE EFFICIENCY

Original Abstract Submitted

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods of cultivating genetically altered plants with increased activity of the PsbS protein. These genetically altered plants have increased water use efficiency and substantially similar photosynthetic efficiency as compared to WT plants grown under the same conditions.