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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2017
Basf Agro B.v., EA Arnhem, NL;
Raphael Aponte, Limburgerhoff, DE;
Stefan Tresch, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Liliana Parra Rapado, Limburgerhof, DE;
Tobias Seiser, Limburgerhoff, DE;
Jill Marie Paulik, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Matthias Witschel, Ludwigshafen, DE;
BASF AGRO B.V., Arnhem, 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 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 wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.