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Title: Plants having increased biomass and methods for making the same

Abstract

The impact of plastid size change in both monocot and dicot plants has been examined. In both, when plastid size is increased there is an increase in biomass relative to the parental lines. Thus, provided herein are methods for increasing the biomass of a plant, comprising decreasing the expression of at least one plastid division protein in a plant. Optionally, the level of chlorophyll in the plant is also reduced.

Inventors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States); US Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, DC (United States); Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States); Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1632625
Patent Number(s):
10,577,617
Application Number:
14/995,109
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, DC); Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE); University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, FL)
DOE Contract Number:  
AR0000206
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 01/13/2016
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Grennan, Aleel K., Ort, Donald R., Moose, Stephen Patrick, Bilgin, Damla D., Clemente, Thomas, Altpeter, Fredy, and Long, Stephen P. Plants having increased biomass and methods for making the same. United States: N. p., 2020. Web.
Grennan, Aleel K., Ort, Donald R., Moose, Stephen Patrick, Bilgin, Damla D., Clemente, Thomas, Altpeter, Fredy, & Long, Stephen P. Plants having increased biomass and methods for making the same. United States.
Grennan, Aleel K., Ort, Donald R., Moose, Stephen Patrick, Bilgin, Damla D., Clemente, Thomas, Altpeter, Fredy, and Long, Stephen P. 2020. "Plants having increased biomass and methods for making the same". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1632625.
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abstractNote = {The impact of plastid size change in both monocot and dicot plants has been examined. In both, when plastid size is increased there is an increase in biomass relative to the parental lines. Thus, provided herein are methods for increasing the biomass of a plant, comprising decreasing the expression of at least one plastid division protein in a plant. Optionally, the level of chlorophyll in the plant is also reduced.},
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