Recombinant plants mimicking the activity of the hp-1 mutant from tomato
CA 2429686 A1 · Owner: Syngenta Limited · Inventors: Shipton, Catherine Ann
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A method for increasing the phytonutrient and/or chlorophyll content and/or yield of a crop, said method comprising transforming a plant cell from which viable plants may be recovered, with a DNA construct comprising a sequence which encodes phytochrome A or a moiety which interacts with the phytochrome A pathway so as to mimic the activity of the hp-1 mutant of tomato said , sequence being under the control of a tissue specific promoter which is specific for a crop tissue of the plant and thereafter generating viable , plants from said cell. Various means of achieving this are described.
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- Filed November 30, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 30, 2021.
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