Plants having increased tolerance to herbicides

US10041087B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF AGRO B.V. · NL

Inventors

• Raphael Aponte · Schifferstadt, DE
• Stefan Tresch · Tauberbischofsheim, DE
• Matthias Witschel · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Jens Lerchl · Ladenburg, DE
• Jill Marie Paulik · Cary, US
• Chad Brommer · Raleigh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 2013
• Grant date: Aug 7, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 11, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2333/90206
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a benzoxazinone-derivative herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.