Plants having increased tolerance to herbicides

US11365426B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Stefan Tresch · Tauberbischofsheim, DE
• Doreen Schachtschabel · Kohlhof, DE
• Mihiret Tekeste Sisay · Mannheim, DE
• Jens Lerchl · Ladenburg, DE
• Julia Major · Freinsheim, DE
• Florian Vogt · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Frederick Calo · Goldkronach, DE
• Jill Marie Paulik · Cary, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 2020
• Grant date: Jun 21, 2022
• Expiry date: Mar 20, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Y204/01012
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention refers to a plant or plant part comprising a polynucleotide encoding a wildtype or mutated cellulose synthase (CESA) polypeptide, the expression of said polynucleotide confers to the plant or plant part tolerance to CESA-inhibiting herbicides, such as azines.