Methods and compositions for the control of rust fungi by inhibiting expression of the HXT1 gene

US10920240B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• BASF Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLC · US
• Universität Hohenheim · DE

Inventors

• Pierrick Gautier · Villefranche-sur-Saône, FR
• Tobias Link · Stuttgart, DE
• Manuel M. Mueller · Princeton, US
• Stephane Peyrard · L'Essart Mador, FR
• Ralf Voegele · Vaterstetten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 21, 2016
• Grant date: Feb 16, 2021
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N15/8282
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the control of plant fungal pathogens, particularly rusts, by inhibiting one or more biological functions of such plant fungal pathogens, particularly by inhibiting a fungal HXT1 gene using RNA interference (RNAi).