PYL1 & iSB09 - Crop Drought Protection

Tech ID: 21.683

Key Features

• Combined genetic & chemistry approach achieves conditional and efficient activation of ABA signaling to optimize crop water use efficiency
• Proprietary chemistry enables value capture of an abiotic stress tolerance trait
• Demonstrated in Arabidopsis and wheat

Description

Modifications in PYL1 ABA receptor + custom ligand.  Conditional and efficient activation of ABA signaling to optimize crop water usage.  Realizes commercial value of drought protection trait through proprietary chemistry.

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Patents

Published: WO/2023/067192

References

Lozano-Juste et al (2023).  Structure-guided engineering of a receptor-agonist pair for inducible activation of the ABA adaptive response to drought.  Sci. Adv.; 9(10): DOI:10.1126/sciadv.ade9948