Tissue specific reduction of lignin

Patent · 17 September 2019

OSTI ID:1576301

Loque, Dominique; Eudes, Aymerick

The present invention provides an expression cassette comprising a polynucleotide that encodes a protein that diverts a monolignol precursor from a lignin biosynthesis pathway in the plant, which is operably linked to a heterologous promoter. Also provided are methods of engineering a plant having reduced lignin content, as well as plant cells, plant parts, and plant tissues from such engineered plants.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• Assignee: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
• Patent Number(s): 10,415,052
• Application Number: 14/774,614
• OSTI ID: 1576301
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English