METHOD FOR GENERATING MAIZE PLANTS WITH AN INCREASED LEAF STARCH CONTENT, AND THEIR USE FOR MAKING MAIZE SILAGE

Title:

METHOD FOR GENERATING MAIZE PLANTS WITH AN INCREASED LEAF STARCH CONTENT, AND THEIR USE FOR MAKING MAIZE SILAGE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO2003071860

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

There is described a method for generating transgenic maize plants with an increased leaf starch content. Such plants are suitable for making an improved silage. There are furthermore described the use of the transgenic maize plants for making silage, and suitable ensiling methods using such plants.

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Inventors:

FROHBERG CLAUS (DE)
BAEUERLEIN MICHAEL (DE)

Application Number:

PCT/EP2003/001764

Publication Date:

March 11, 2004

Filing Date:

February 20, 2003

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Assignee:

BAYER CROPSCIENCE GMBH (DE)
FROHBERG CLAUS (DE)
BAEUERLEIN MICHAEL (DE)

International Classes:

A23K3/02; C07K14/415; C12N15/29; C12N15/82; (IPC1-7): C12N15/82; A23K3/02; C12N9/12

Domestic Patent References:

WO1998027212A1

1998-06-25

Other References:

YU TIEN-SHIN ET AL: "The Arabidopsis sex1 mutant is defective in the R1 protein, a general regulator of starch degradation in plants, and not in the chloroplast hexose transporter.", PLANT CELL, vol. 13, no. 8, August 2001 (2001-08-01), pages 1907 - 1918, XP002252059, ISSN: 1040-4651
LORBERTH ET AL: "inhibiton of a starch-granule-bound protein leads to modified starch and repression of cold sweetening", NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY, NATURE PUBLISHING, US, vol. 16, May 1998 (1998-05-01), pages 473 - 477, XP002111459, ISSN: 1087-0156

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