Production of trehalose in plants

摘要

The present invention provides for the production of trehalose in a plant host due to the presence in said plant host of a plant expressible gene which comprises in sequence: (a) a transcriptional initiation region that is functional in said plant host; (b) a DNA sequence encoding a trehalose phosphate synthase activity; and optionally, (c) a transcriptional termination sequence that is functional in said plant host.