37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication Notice is hereby given of the filing of an national stage application with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the signature of all the inventors. The petition has been granted. A notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The inventor whose signature is missing (Jeong Hee Lee) may join in the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/EP96/00430 and was filed on 01 February 1996, in the names of Fritz Schoffl, Anja Hubel, and Jeong Hee Lee for the invention entitled STRESS TOLERANT PLANTS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME. The national stage application number is 08/875,594 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c) date of 25 November 1997.