Plants with useful traits and related methods

Patent · 09 July 2019

OSTI ID:1568566

Mackenzie, Sally Ann; Santamaria, Roberto De la Rosa

The present invention provides methods for obtaining plants that exhibit useful traits by transient suppression of the MSH1 gene of the plants. Methods for identifying genetic loci that provide for useful traits in plants and plants produced with those loci are also provided. In addition, plants that exhibit the useful traits, parts of the plants including seeds, and products of the plants are provided as well as methods of using the plants.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-04ER15564
• Assignee: Nutech Ventures (Lincoln, NE)
• Patent Number(s): 10,344,340
• Application Number: 15/274,097
• OSTI ID: 1568566
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English