Monsanto Company

Monsanto Technology LLC

Monsato Company

Gerard Francis Barry

Ganesh M Kishore

Stephen Rogers Padgette

William Carlton Stallings

David M Stark

Marcia Lee Weldon

Jan Willem De Weerd

Nordine Cheikh

Janice W Edwards

James Conrad Zalewski

Bradley Martin Krohn

Jan Willem deWeerd

Ganesh Murthy Kishore

Jan Willem Deweerd

The invention relates in general to plants, plant cells, methods of making, and methods of using plants and plant cells transformed to express an acetyltransferase that transfers an acyl group to the terminal amine of AMPA, and to plants and plant cells exhibiting resistance to AMPA in an amount which inhibits the growth of a plant or plant cell lacking a sequence encoding the acetyltransferase.

Plants and plant cells exhibiting resistance to AMPA, and methods for making the same

Genes encoding Class II EPSPS enzymes are disclosed. The genes are useful in producing transformed bacteria and plants which are tolerant to glyphosate herbicide. Class II EPSPS genes share little homology with known, Class I EPSPS genes, and do not hybridize to probes from Class I EPSPS's. The Class II EPSPS enzymes are characterized by being more kinetically efficient than Class I EPSPS's in the presence of glyphosate. Plants transformed with Class II EPSPS genes are also disclosed as well as a method for selectively controlling weeds in a planted transgenic crop field.

Antibody immunoreactive with a 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase

Glyphosate-tolerant 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthases

Introducing sucrose phosphorylase activity into plants by transformation with a gene for the enzyme increases the rate of sucrose hydrolysis, leading to increased starch, oil, and/protein levels. Sucrose phosphorylase genes from Streptococcus mutans and Leuconostoc mesenteroides have been found particularly advantageous for use in the present invention. Surprisingly, in potatoes transformed to express these genes in tubers, reduced bruise discoloration susceptibility and increased uniformity of starch deposition throughout the tuber are achieved.

Expression of sucrose phosphorylase in plants

Genes encoding a glyphosate oxidoreductase enzyme are disclosed. The genes are useful in producing transformed bacteria and plants which degrade glyphosate herbicide as well as crop plants which are tolerant to glyphosate herbicide.

Glyphosate tolerant plants

Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (FDA) is an enzyme reversibly catalyzing the reaction converting triosephosphate into fructose-1,6-bisphosphate. In the leaf, this enzyme is located in the chloroplast (starch synthesis) and the cytosol (sucrose biosynthesis). Transgenic plants were generated that express the fda gene in the chloroplast to improve plant yield by increasing leaf starch biosynthetic ability in particular and sucrose production in general. Leaves from plants expressing the fda transgene showed a significantly higher starch accumulation, as compared to control plants expressing the null vector, particularly early in the photoperiod, but had lower leaf sucrose. Transgenic plants also had a significantly higher root mass. Furthermore, transgenic potatoes expressing fda exhibited improved uniformity of solids.

Expression of fructose 1,6 bisphosphate aldolase in transgenic plants

Promoters for enhanced expression of ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase in potato tubers and fruits such as tomato; methods of using them; DNA molecules, plant cells and plants containing them. A method of decreasing the oil content of seeds by expression of ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase.

Enhanced starch biosynthesis in seeds

Introducing sucrose phosphorylase activity into plants by transformation with a gene for the enzyme increases the rate of sucrose hydrolysis, leading to increased starch, oil, and protein levels. The preferred gene is from . Surprisingly, in potatoes transformed to express this gene in tubers, reduced bruise discoloration susceptibility and increased uniformity of starch deposition throughout the tuber are achieved.

The invention relates in general to plants, plant cells, methods of making, and methods of using plants and plant cells transformed to contain a DNA sequence encoding an AMPA-N-acetyltransferase, and to plants and plant cells exhibiting resistance to AMPA in an amount which inhibits the growth of a plant or plant cell lacking a sequence encoding an AMPA-N-acetyltransferase.

Plants and plant cells transformation to express an AMPA-N-acetyltransferase

Introducing sucrose phosphorylase activity into plants by transformation with a gene for the enzyme increases the rate of sucrose hydrolysis, leading to increased starch, oil, and/protein levels. Sucrose phosphorylase genes from,and,have been found particularly advantageous for use in the present invention. Surprisingly, in potatoes transformed to express these genes in tubers, reduced bruise discoloration susceptibility and increased uniformity of starch deposition throughout the tuber are achieved.

Expression of sucrose phoshorylase in plants

Introducing sucrose phosphorylase activity into plants by transformation with a gene for the enzyme increases the rate of sucrose hydrolysis, leading to increased starch, oil, and protein levels. The preferred gene is from,Surprisingly, in potatoes transformed to express this gene in tubers, reduced bruise discoloration susceptibility and increased uniformity of starch deposition throughout the tuber are achieved.

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St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Gerard Francis Barry