Swetree Technologies Ab

Göran Sandberg

Magnus Hertzberg

Leif Jönsson

Pär Jonsson

Linus Möller

David Jonsén

Johan Trygg

Jarmo Schrader

Rishikesh Bhalerao

Karin Johansson

Madhavi Latha Gandla

Brian Jones

Jiehua Wang

Carl David Jonsén

Rishikeshi Bhalerao

Björn Sundberg

Lars Wallbäcks

Ann Karlsson

Tuula Teeri

Henrik Aspeborg

The invention relates to a method for producing a genetically modified plant or woody plant with improved growth properties (in terms of biomass and wood quality) as compared to a corresponding non-genetically modified wild type plant or woody plant, said method comprising altering the level of expression of a polypeptide in a plant cell or woody plant cell; a plant or woody plant; or a part thereof.

Woody plants having improved growth properties

The invention relates to a method for producing a genetically modified woody plant with improved growth properties (in terms of biomass and/or wood density) as compared to a corresponding non-genetically modified wild type plant or woody plant, said method comprising altering the level of expression of a polypeptide in a woody plant cell; a woody plant; or a part thereof.

This invention relates to methods of increasing the growth and/or biomass of plants by partially suppressing the expression of a SHORT-ROOT (SHR) polypeptide, such as AtSHR or PtSHR1. Manipulation of SHORT-ROOT expression may be useful, for example, in accelerating growth and increasing biomass production in transgenic plants.

Methods of increasing plant growth

The present invention pertains to a novel and extensive analytical platform for selecting genes with a possible commercial phenotype from a large group of candidate genes identified using tools in bioinformatics, data from EST sequencing and DNA array. An aspect of the invention provides a method of producing a transgenic plant having an increased growth compared to its wild type. The method comprises altering in the plant the level of a gene product of at least one gene specifically expressed during different phases of wood formation. Further aspects of the invention provide a plant cell or plant progeny of a transgenic plant comprising a recombinant polynucleotide according to the invention. Other aspects pertain a DNA construct comprising a nucleotide sequence of the invention and a plant cell or plant progeny comprising the DNA construct.

Woody plants having improved growth characteristics and method for making the same

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Umeå, Sweden

Göran Sandberg