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Method for increasing sucrose yield in agricultural production of sugar beet and sugar cane

US9029635B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

KWS SAAT AG · DE
SUEDZUCKER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT · DE

Inventors

Karsten Harms · Worms, DE
Britta Schulz · Einbeck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 18, 2009
Grant date	May 12, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 5, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02A40/146
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A nucleic acid suitable for reducing the enzymatic activity of an invertase for configuring a sucrose storage organ of a plant, wherein the sucrose concentration is increased relative to the sucrose concentration of an unchanged control sucrose storage organ of the same genotype at a comparable stage of development. The increase in sucrose concentration by X percentage points can thereby lead to a changed or unchanged sucrose storage organ yield, wherein, in the case of a reduction in the sucrose storage organ yield, the reduction is a maximum of 5X percent. The invention further relates to a method for increasing the sucrose yield in agricultural production of sugar beet or sugar cane plants, wherein sugar beet or sugar cane plants are used, the genetic makeup thereof being set up for reducing the enzymatic activity of an invertase.

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