This invention relates generally to transformed plant cells and plants
comprising an inactivated or down-regulated gene resulting in increased
tolerance and/or resistance to environmental stress as compared to
non-transformed wild type cells and methods of producing such plant cells
or plants. This invention further relates generally to transformed plant
cells with increased tolerance and/or resistance to an environmental
stress as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type plant
cell, methods of producing, screening for and breeding such plant cells
or plants and method of detecting stress in plants cells or plants.