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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2016
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (US);
The University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated, Gainesville, FL (US);
Aleel K. Grennan, Urbana, IL (US);
Donald R. Ort, Champaign, IL (US);
Stephen Patrick Moose, Urbana, IL (US);
Damla D. Bilgin, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas Clemente, Lincoln, NE (US);
Fredy Altpeter, Gainesville, FL (US);
Stephen P. Long, Champaign, IL (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (US);
The University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated, Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
The impact of plastid size change in both monocot and dicot plants has been examined. In both, when plastid size is increased there is an increase in biomass relative to the parental lines. Thus, provided herein are methods for increasing the biomass of a plant, comprising decreasing the expression of at least one plastid division protein in a plant. Optionally, the level of chlorophyll in the plant is also reduced.