Cotton plants with improved cotton fiber characteristics and method for producing cotton fibers from these cotton plants
US6563022B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 16, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 13, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 16, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A40/146
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Cotton plants of the genus Gossypium with improved cotton fiber characteristics are disclosed. The cotton plant has an expression cassette containing a gene coding for an enzyme selected from the group consisting of endoxyloglucan transferase, catalase and peroxidase so that the gene is expressed in cotton fiber cells to improve the cotton fiber characteristics. Also disclosed is a method for producing cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics from these cotton plants.
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