TRANSGENIC CORN PLANT DEMONSTRATING AN INCREASED YIELD AND DRY RESISTANCE

摘要

The present invention relates to a transgenic corn plant or part thereof, containing as a transgene a nucleic acid capable of expressing cell wall invertase or a functional part thereof, preferably a cell wall invertase of the Chenopodium rubrum species or a functional part thereof, and characterized in that as a result of expression of cell wall invertase or a functional part thereof, a transgenic corn plant exhibits improved resistance to abiotic stress and / or increased productivity; a method for producing such a transgenic corn plant; a method of increasing the resistance of the corn plant to abiotic stress and / or increasing the potential yield of the corn plant; a nucleic acid capable of expressing a cell wall invertase or a functional part thereof, preferably a cell wall invertase of the Chenopodium rubrum species or a functional part thereof; a vector containing such nucleic acid; using a nucleic acid or vector to improve the abiotic stress resistance of the corn plant, to increase the potential yield of the corn plant and / or to protect the corn plant from abiotic stress; as well as a method for producing ethanol or methane from a transgenic corn plant or part thereof according to the invention.