Inventors:
Suleiman Bughrara - East Lansing MI, US
Zhoa Han - East Lansing MI, US
Yuexia Wang - New York NY, US
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of Michigan State University - Lansing MI
International Classification:
C07H 21/02
C07H 21/04
C12N 15/63
US Classification:
536 231, 536 236, 4353201
Abstract:
The present invention relates to genes, proteins and methods comprising or utilizing C-repeat binding factors (CBF), specifically CBF3 in the ryegrass family. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to using ryegrass CBF3 for altering cold tolerance and growth in plants, specifically in warm season grasses, turfgrasses, fodder plants and microorganisms.