Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Limited

Joil (s) Pte Ltd.

Jing Qu

Jian Ye

Nam-Hai Chua

Nam Hai Chua

Hui Zhu Mao

Shi-Qiang Gao

Yun Feng Geng

Yun Ping Bu

The present invention relates to the field of plant molecular biology, more particularly cotton WRINKLED 1-like (WREL) genes. More specifically, the present invention relates to cotton WRIL genes whose products act as transcription factors of genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis. The present invention also relates to methods of increasing cotton fiber length in cotton. In one embodiment, the methods involve modulating the level of activity of an enzyme involved in a fatty acid biosynthesis in the host cotton cell and/or culturing the host cotton cell. In another embodiment, the methods involve the manipulation of transcription factors which can regulate an enzyme involved in fatty acid biosynthesis.

Methods for increasing cotton fiber length

The present invention relates to the field of controlling pests, such as insects, using a virus to express pest genes in hosts. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for rapidly screening for pest genes which can lead to mortality of the pest when the pest has ingested host tissues expressing virus-linked pest gene sequences. The present invention also relates to a method for controlling pests by viral expression of target pest sequences to modify endogenous expression of pest genes in cells or tissues of the pest.

Control of pests in plants

The present invention relates to the field of plant molecular biology, more particularlymicrosomal co6 oleate desaturases. The present invention also relates toplants or plants of other oil crops having seeds with altered ratios of monosaturated and polyunsaturated fats. In particular, the present invention relates toplants or plants of other oil crops where the plants exhibit elevated levels of oleic acid.

Microsomal &#x3c9;6 oleate desaturases

The present invention relates to the field of functional analysis ofgenes on a genomic scale. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for high-throughtput functional analysis ofgenes on a genomic scale using virus-induced gene silencing. The method involves use of the tobacco rattle virus (TRV).

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The invention relates to the functional analysis of genes in cotton by employing the Virus Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) method. More specifically this method induces gene silencing in cotton with the help of the Tobacco Rattle Virus (TRV) vectors RNA1 and RNA2 and phenotypic effects on the cotton plant can be analysed Moreover this invention also provides transient expression vector TRV RNA2 in order to transiently express genes in cotton plants and plant tissue under the influence of a strong subgenomic promoter.

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