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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2013
Basf Agro B.v., EA Arnheim, NL;
Jens Lerchl, Golm, DE;
Stefan Tresch, Kirchheim, DE;
Dario Massa, Mannheim, DE;
Tobias Seiser, Mannheim, DE;
Matthias Witschel, Bad Duerkheim, DE;
Raphael Aponte, Mannheim, DE;
Jill Marie Paulik, Cary, NC (US);
Chad Brommer, Raleigh, NC (US);
BASF AGRO B.V., EA Arnheim, NL;
Abstract
The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising mutated PPO enzymes having a substitution at a position corresponding to position Leu397 of SEQ ID NO:2 and an amino acid substitution at a position corresponding to position Phe420 of SEQ ID NO:2, and methods of obtaining such plants.