Methods for manufacturing plant cell walls comprising chitin

US9279130B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Marc De Block · Merelbeke, BE
• Frank Meulewaeter · Merelbeke, BE
• Vincent Bulone · Bissenkamp, SE
• Gea Guerriero · Napoli, IT

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 24, 2011
• Grant date: Mar 8, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 4, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Y204/01016
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Methods and means are provided for the modification of the reactivity of plant secondary cell walls, particularly in cotton cell walls found in cotton fibers. This can be conveniently achieved by expressing a chimeric gene encoding a Saprolegnia monoica chitin synthase in cotton plants.