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Title: Using corngrass1 to engineer poplar as a bioenergy crop

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to new bioenergy crops and methods of creating new bioenergy crops. For example, genes encoding microRNAs (miRNAs) are used to create transgenic crops. In some embodiments, over-expression of miRNA is used to produce transgenic perennials, such as trees, with altered lignin content or composition. In some embodiments, the transgenic perennials are Populus spp. In some embodiments, the miRNA is a member of the miR156 family. In some embodiments, the gene is Zea mays Cg1.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1252451
Patent Number(s):
9334505
Application Number:
13/571,900
Assignee:
Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, IN); the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, DC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02A - TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
DOE Contract Number:  
FG02-06ER64301
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Aug 10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Meilan, Richard, Rubinelli, Peter Marius, and Chuck, George. Using corngrass1 to engineer poplar as a bioenergy crop. United States: N. p., 2016. Web.
Meilan, Richard, Rubinelli, Peter Marius, & Chuck, George. Using corngrass1 to engineer poplar as a bioenergy crop. United States.
Meilan, Richard, Rubinelli, Peter Marius, and Chuck, George. Tue . "Using corngrass1 to engineer poplar as a bioenergy crop". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1252451.
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