Method of improving the quality of stored potatoes
US5648249A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 20, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/8245
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of improving the quality of potatoes stored at reduced temperatures and a method of prolonging dormancy of stored potato tubers, by increasing the level of ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase enzyme activity within the potato tuber during storage at ambient or reduced temperatures. Novel DNA molecules, plant cells, and potato plants are provided which contain the gene for the ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase enzyme.
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