Plants having increased tolerance to herbicides

US12123010B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Raphael Aponte · Schifferstadt, DE
• Tobias Seiser · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Stefan Tresch · Tauberbischofsheim, DE
• Peter Alexander Bowerman · Durham, US
• Liliana Parra Rapado · Kohlhof, DE
• Matthias Witschel · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Laetitia Souillart · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Manuel Johannes · Dressendorf, DE
• Thomas Mietzner · Annweiler am Trifels, DE
• Jill Marie Paulik · Cary, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 24, 2022
• Grant date: Oct 22, 2024
• Expiry date: Oct 24, 2042

Classification

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

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 protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting 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.