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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2019
Kws Saat SE & Co. Kgaa, Einbeck, DE;
Monika Kloiber-Maitz, Einbeck, DE;
Therese Bolduan, Einbeck, DE;
Milena Ouzunova, Göttingen, DE;
Nina Meyer, Einbeck, DE;
Carolina Lopez-Duran, Einbeck, DE;
KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA, Einbeck, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to plants, such as maize, sorghum or sugar cane, having improved digestibility, in particular improved stover digestibility. The present invention relates to a QTL allele associated with improved digestibility and specific marker alleles associated with the QTL allele. The present invention further relates to such plants, wherein the F35H gene is mutated or wherein F35H expression is altered. The invention also relates to methods for identifying plants having improved digestibility and methods for obtaining such plants.