Transgenic plants having increased biomass

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025171797-A1
Application number	US-202519018701-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 13, 2025
Priority date	Jul 20, 2009
Publication date	May 29, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods and materials for modulating biomass levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding biomass-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased biomass levels and plant products produced from plants having increased biomass levels.

First claim

1 . (canceled)

2 . A method of producing a plant, said method comprising growing a plant cell comprising an exogenous nucleic acid, said exogenous nucleic acid comprising a regulatory region operably linked to a nucleotide sequence,
wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises a polynucleotide sequence that has 85 percent or greater sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:594, or a fragment thereof, or wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 85 percent or greater sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:595 wherein a plant produced from said plant cell has a difference in the level of biomass as compared to the corresponding level of a control plant that does not comprise said nucleic acid.

3 - 15 . (canceled)

16 . The method of claim 3 , wherein said polypeptide comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 595.

17 - 18 . (canceled)

19 . A plant cell comprising an exogenous nucleic acid said exogenous nucleic acid comprising a regulatory region operably linked to a nucleotide sequence,
wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises a polynucleotide sequence that has 85 percent or greater sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 594, or a fragment thereof, or wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 85 percent or greater sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 595 wherein a plant produced from said plant cell has a difference in the level of biomass as compared to the corresponding level of a control plant that does not comprise said nucleic acid.

20 . (canceled)

21 . A transgenic plant comprising the plant cell of claim 19 .

22 . The transgenic plant of claim 21 , wherein said plant is a member of a species selected from the group consisting of Panicum virgatum (switchgrass), Sorghum bicolor (sorghum, sudangrass), Miscanthus giganteus ( miscanthus ), Saccharum sp. (energycane), Populus balsamifera (poplar), Zea mays (corn), Glycine max (soybean), Brassica napus (canola), Triticum aestivum (wheat), Gossypium hirsutum (cotton), Oryza sativa (rice), Helianthus annuus (sunflower), Medicago sativa (alfalfa), Beta vulgaris (sugarbeet), or Pennisetum glaucum (pearl millet).

23 . A transgenic plant comprising the plant cell of claim 19 , wherein said polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence that has 90% identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 595.

24 . A seed product comprising embryonic tissue from a transgenic plant according to claim 23 .

25 - 42 . (canceled)

Assignees

• Ceres Inc

Inventors

• Wu Chuan-Yin
• Kim Han-Suk
• Magpantay Gerard
• Zhou Fasong
• Sosa Julissa
• Nadzan Gregory
• Pennell Roger I
• Achiriloaie Mircea
• Wang Wuyi

Classifications

• Y02A40/146

  Genetically Modified [GMO] plants, e.g. transgenic plants · CPC title

• C12N15/8261 Primary

  with agronomic (input) traits, e.g. crop yield · CPC title

• C12N15/82

  for plant cells {, e.g. plant artificial chromosomes (PACs)} · CPC title

• C07K14/415 Primary

  from plants · CPC title

• A01H5/10

  Seeds · CPC title