Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v.

Bayer Intellectual Property Gmbh

Basf Se Corporation

Greta Noelke

Stefan Schillberg

Rainer Fischer

Fritz Kreuzaler

Mirna Barsoum

Christoph Peterhaensel

Fritz Kreutzaler

The technology provided herein generally relates relates to genetically modified higher plants, for example C3 and C4 plants, and subsequent generations thereof, comprising stable and/or transient expression of at least one gene-product (e.g. mRNA or protein) of the 'CO2 concentrating mechanism' (CCM), wherein the expression takes place in the intermembrane space and/or one or more subcellular compartments of the chloroplasts of the higher plant, and wherein this expression increases one or more of the characteristics selected from the group of photosynthetic rate, photosynthetic carbon fixation, chlorophyll level and/or biomass of the genetically modified higher plant (T0) and/or of the T1 and/or T2 generation or any subsequent plant generation of said genetically modified higher plant.

Genetically modified higher plants with increased photosynthesis and/or biomass production, methods and uses thereof

The invention relates to a method for stimulating the growth of the plants and/or improving the biomass production and/or increasing the carbon fixation by the plant comprising introducing into a plant cell, plant tissue or plant one or more nucleic acids, wherein the introduction of the nucleic acid(s) results inside the chloroplast of a de novo expression of one or more polypeptides having the enzymatic activity of a glycolate dehydrogenase made up from translationally fused subunits of bacterial multi-subunit glycolate dehydrogenase enzymes.

Method for increasing photosynthetic carbon fixation using glycolate dehydrogenase multi-subunit fusion protein

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