Plants having increased tolerance to herbicides

US12338446B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF AGRO B.V. · NL

Inventors

• Raphael Aponte · Schifferstadt, DE
• Stefan Tresch · Tauberbischofsheim, DE
• Dario Massa · Mannheim, DE
• Tobias Seiser · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Thomas Mietzner · Annweiler am Trifels, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2022
• Grant date: Jun 24, 2025
• Expiry date: May 31, 2043

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 a wild-type or a mutated 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.