Method of generating plants having white foliage

US11369068B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KLEMM + SOHN GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Vinicius VILPERTE · Hannöver, DE
• Thomas Debener · Wunstorf, DE
• Robert Thomas Boehm · Winnenden, DE
• Andrea Dohm · Pforzheim, DE
• Guido von Tubeuf · Stuttgart, DE
• Ulrich Sander · Rebstein, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2021
• Grant date: Jun 28, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 30, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Y205/01018
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method for the generation of plants, such as Euphorbia pulcherrima, having a dysfunctional glutathione S-transferase (GST), and the seeds, plant parts or plant cells derived therefrom. The disclosure further relates to a molecular marker capable of identifying a dysfunctional GST gene, to isolated DNA encoding such a dysfunctional GST gene and to the use of such DNA for the preparation of a molecular marker and for use in methods of targeted mutagenesis to inactivate the GST gene to generate plants with a white foliage phenotype.