Plants having increased tolerance to herbicides

US10968462B2 · 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
• Dario Massa · Mannheim, DE
• Tobias Seiser · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Thomas Mietzner · Annweiler am Trifels, DE
• Doreen Schachtschabel · Kohlhof, DE
• Jill Marie Paulik · Cary, US
• Chad Brommer · Raleigh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 12, 2014
• Grant date: Apr 6, 2021
• Expiry date: Nov 9, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Y103/03004
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention refers to a plant or plant part comprising (i) a recombinant polynucleotide encoding a wildtype or mut-PPO polypeptide, and (ii) a recombinant polynucleotide encoding a CYP450 polypeptide, the expression of said polynucleotides (i) and (ii) confers to the plant or plant part tolerance to PPO-inhibiting herbicides.