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METHOD FOR ACCELERATING PLANT GROWTH AND TRANSGENIC PLANTS
| Office | USPTO |
| Document type: | Patent |
| Inventor(s): | Marcelo Menossi Teixeira; Anthony O'Connell; Prakash Lakshmanan; Rafael Garcia Tavares |
| Applicant: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas Unicamp |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Application Number: | US 62/440,207 |
| IPC: | A01H 1/00 A01H 5/00 C12N 15/29 C12N 15/82 |
Abstract
This invention describes a method for accelerating plant growth through silencing of DELLA gene, as well as the transgenic plants obtained from the method described, particularly sugarcane. Said DELLA gene is responsible for the control of plant development, and therefore, the sugarcane that comprises this gene silenced or with reduced expression feature a faster development without compromised sucrose levels.
| FAPESP's process: | 13/15576-5 - Molecular approaches to study the relationship between ethylene and sugarcane ripening |
| Grantee: | Marcelo Menossi Teixeira |
| Principal Investigator: | Marcelo Menossi Teixeira |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Biologia (IB) |
| Support Opportunities: | Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Thematic Grants |