Method of imparting disease resistance to plants by reducing polyphenol oxidase activities
US7122719B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 2, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 3, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/8282
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for enhancing a plant's resistance to diseases and/or bruising by transforming the plant with sense and antisense polyphenol oxidase encoding sequences from potato. The invention also relates to transgenic plants and progeny thereof with reduced polyphenol oxidase activity.
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