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US008022274B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,022,274 B2 Riechmann et al. (45) Date of Patent: Sep. 20, 2011 (54) PLANT TOLERANCE TO LOW WATER, LOW filed on Aug. 9, 2002, now Pat. No. 7,238,860, and a NITROGEN AND COLD continuation-in-part of application No. 09/837,944, and a continuation-in-part of application No. (75) Inventors: Jose Luis Riechmann, Pasadena, CA 10/171.468, filed on Jun. 14, 2002, now abandoned, (US); Oliver J. Ratcliffe, Oakland, CA application No. 1 1/981,667, which is a (US); T. Lynne Reuber, San Mateo, CA continuation-in-part of application No. 1 1/642,814, (US); Katherine Krolikowski, filed on Dec. 20, 2006, now Pat. No. 7,825,296, which Richmond, CA (US); Jacqueline E. is a division of application No. 10/666,642, filed on Heard, Stonington, CT (US); Omaira Sep. 18, 2003, now Pat. No. 7,196,245. Pineda, Vero Beach, FL (US); (60) Provisional application No. 60/961,403, filed on Jul. Cai-Zhong Jiang, Fremont, CA (US); 20, 2007, provisional application No. 60/227,439, Robert A. Creelman, Castro Valley, CA filed on Aug. 22, 2000, provisional application No. (US); Roderick W. Kumimoto, Norman, 60/310,847, filed on Aug. 9, 2001, provisional OK (US); Paul Chomet, Groton, CT application No. 60/336,049, filed on Nov. 19, 2001, (US) provisional application No. 60/338,692, filed on Dec. 11, 2001, provisional application No. 60/101.349, (73) Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc., Hayward, filed on Sep. 22, 1998, provisional application No. CA (US) 60/465,809, filed on Apr. 24, 2003. (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this (51) Int. Cl. patent is extended or adjusted under 35 AOIH 5/00 (2006.01) U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. AOIH 5/10 (2006.01) CI2N 5/14 (2006.01) (21) Appl. No.: 11/981,667 (52) U.S. Cl. ......................... 800/295: 800/298; 435/419 (58) Field of Classification Search ........................ None (22) Filed: Mar. 7, 2008 See application file for complete search history. (65) Prior Publication Data (56) References Cited US 2008/O1557O6A1 Jun. 26, 2008 U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS Related U.S. Application Data 5.990,387 A * 1 1/1999 Tomes et al. .................. 800,293 6,121,513 A 9/2000 Zhang et al. (60) Continuation-in-part of application No. 1 1/479,226, 6,664,446 B2 12/2003 Heard et al. filed on Jun. 30, 2006, now Pat. No. 7,858,848, which (Continued) is a continuation-in-part of application No. 09/713,994, filed on Nov. 16, 2000, now abandoned, FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS application No. 1 1/981,667, which is a EP O659766 6, 1995 continuation-in-part of application No. 1 1/728,567, filed on Mar. 26, 2007, now Pat. No. 7,635,800, which (Continued) is a division of application No. 10/225,066, filed on OTHER PUBLICATIONS Aug. 9, 2002, now Pat. No. 7,238,860, which is a Doerks et al., (TIG, 14:248-250, 1998).* continuation-in-part of application No. 09/837,944, Smith et al. 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No. 7,345,217, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. (Continued) 10/295,403, filed on Nov. 15, 2002, now abandoned, Primary Examiner — Vinod Kumar which is a division of application No. 09/394,519, filed (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Cooley LLP on Sep. 13, 1999, now abandoned, said application N (57) ABSTRACT 10/412,699 is a continuation-in-part of application N 09/713,994, filed on Nov. 16, 2000, now abandone Polynucleotides incorporated into nucleic acid constructs and a continuation-in-part of application N have been introduced into plants and were ectopically 09/819,142, filed on Mar. 27, 2001, now abandone expressed. The encoded polypeptides of the invention have and a continuation-in-part of application N been shown to confer at least one regulatory activity and 09/934,455, filed on Aug. 22, 2001, now abandone confer earlier flowering, longer floral organ retention, which is a continuation-in-part of application N increased cold tolerance, greater tolerance to water depriva 09/713,994, filed on Nov. 16, 2000, now abandone tion, altered carbon-nitrogen balance sensing, increased low and a continuation-in-part of application N nitrogen tolerance, and/or increased tolerance to hyperos 09/837,944, said application No. 10/412,699 is a motic stress as compared to a control plant. continuation-in-part of application No. 10/225,066, 11 Claims, 10 Drawing Sheets US 8,022,274 B2 Page 2 U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS AAK83920 Haung, et al. “MADS-box protein Ipomoea batatas.” 6,717,034 B2 4/2004 Jiang Aug. 5, 2001. 6,835,540 B2 12/2004 Broun CAA57445 Angenent, G. “fbp11 Petunia hybrida.” Jun. 14, 1996. 6,946,586 B1 9, 2005 Fromm et al. 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