Title:
METHODS FOR IMPROVING TREE GROWTH AND WOOD PROPERTIES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006040685
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
This invention relates to the modulation of growth and wood quality in trees by co-expression of a growth promoting polypeptide, for example a plant hormone biosynthesis polypeptide, for example a GA20 oxidase, and a wood quality polypeptide, for example a pectin methyl esterase, expansin or sucrose phosphate synthase.
Inventors:
HERTZBERG MAGNUS (SE)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2005/003424
Publication Date:
December 28, 2006
Filing Date:
October 14, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SWETREE TECHNOLOGIES AB (SE)
HERTZBERG MAGNUS (SE)
HERTZBERG MAGNUS (SE)
International Classes:
C12N15/82; A01H5/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2001066777A1 | 2001-09-13 |
Foreign References:
| US20020138870A1 | 2002-09-26 |
Other References:
TUOMINEN HANNELE ET AL: "Altered growth and wood characteristics in transgenic hybrid aspen expressing Agrobacterium tumefaciens T-DNA indoleacetic acid-biosynthetic genes", PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (ROCKVILLE), vol. 109, no. 4, 1995, pages 1179 - 1189, XP002366614, ISSN: 0032-0889
TZFIRA TZVI ET AL: "rol-Gene expression in transgenic aspen (Populus tremula) plants results in accelerated growth and improved stem production index", TREES (BERLIN), vol. 14, no. 2, September 1999 (1999-09-01), pages 49 - 54, XP002366616, ISSN: 0931-1890
ISRAELSSON MARIA ET AL: "Changes in gene expression in the wood-forming tissue of transgenic hybrid aspen with increased secondary growth.", PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, vol. 52, no. 4, July 2003 (2003-07-01), pages 893 - 903, XP002366603, ISSN: 0167-4412
PILLING JENS ET AL: "Expression of a Petunia inflata pectin methyl esterase in Solanum tuberosum L. enhances stem elongation and modifies cation distribution", PLANTA (BERLIN), vol. 210, no. 3, February 2000 (2000-02-01), pages 391 - 399, XP002366604, ISSN: 0032-0935
HALPIN CLAIRE ET AL: "Stacking transgenes in forest trees.", TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE, vol. 8, no. 8, August 2003 (2003-08-01), pages 363 - 365, XP002366286, ISSN: 1360-1385
HERSCHBACH CORNELIA ET AL: "Transgenic trees as tools in tree and plant physiology", TREES (BERLIN), vol. 16, no. 4-5, May 2002 (2002-05-01), pages 250 - 261, XP002366617, ISSN: 0931-1890
MELLEROWICZ EWA J ET AL: "Unravelling cell wall formation in the woody dicot stem", PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, vol. 47, no. 1-2, September 2001 (2001-09-01), pages 239 - 274, XP002366655, ISSN: 0167-4412
BRUMMELL DAVID A ET AL: "Cell wall metabolism in fruit softening and quality and its manipulation in transgenic plants", PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, vol. 47, no. 1-2, September 2001 (2001-09-01), pages 311 - 340, XP002366736, ISSN: 0167-4412
TZFIRA TZVI ET AL: "rol-Gene expression in transgenic aspen (Populus tremula) plants results in accelerated growth and improved stem production index", TREES (BERLIN), vol. 14, no. 2, September 1999 (1999-09-01), pages 49 - 54, XP002366616, ISSN: 0931-1890
ISRAELSSON MARIA ET AL: "Changes in gene expression in the wood-forming tissue of transgenic hybrid aspen with increased secondary growth.", PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, vol. 52, no. 4, July 2003 (2003-07-01), pages 893 - 903, XP002366603, ISSN: 0167-4412
PILLING JENS ET AL: "Expression of a Petunia inflata pectin methyl esterase in Solanum tuberosum L. enhances stem elongation and modifies cation distribution", PLANTA (BERLIN), vol. 210, no. 3, February 2000 (2000-02-01), pages 391 - 399, XP002366604, ISSN: 0032-0935
HALPIN CLAIRE ET AL: "Stacking transgenes in forest trees.", TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE, vol. 8, no. 8, August 2003 (2003-08-01), pages 363 - 365, XP002366286, ISSN: 1360-1385
HERSCHBACH CORNELIA ET AL: "Transgenic trees as tools in tree and plant physiology", TREES (BERLIN), vol. 16, no. 4-5, May 2002 (2002-05-01), pages 250 - 261, XP002366617, ISSN: 0931-1890
MELLEROWICZ EWA J ET AL: "Unravelling cell wall formation in the woody dicot stem", PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, vol. 47, no. 1-2, September 2001 (2001-09-01), pages 239 - 274, XP002366655, ISSN: 0167-4412
BRUMMELL DAVID A ET AL: "Cell wall metabolism in fruit softening and quality and its manipulation in transgenic plants", PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, vol. 47, no. 1-2, September 2001 (2001-09-01), pages 311 - 340, XP002366736, ISSN: 0167-4412
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