DMSP: stress tolerant crops

Tech ID: 24.710

Key Features

• Production of DMSP in transgenic plants confers tolerance to a range of abiotic stresses
• Pioneering breakthroughs to achieve DMSP production in plants
• Tested in monocots and dicots

Description

The inventors have identified the 3 plant genes necessary to produce meaningful levels of DMSP in plants. Production of DMSP in transgenic plants confers tolerance to a range of abiotic stresses.

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Patents

Published: WO 2026/027888

References

Payet RD, Bilham LJ, Kabir SMT et al. (2024). Elucidation of Spartina dimethylsulfoniopropionate synthesis genes enables engineering of stress tolerant plants. Nat Commun; 15: 8568. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51758-z