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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerard Francis Barry, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jan Willem deWeerd, Meridian, MO (US);
Ganesh Murthy Kishore, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Marcia Lee Weldon, Bonne Terre, MO (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/529 ; C12N 1/582 ; A01H 4/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/529 ; C12N 1/582 ; A01H 4/00 ;
Abstract
Introducing sucrose phosphorylase activity into plants by transformation with a gene for the enzyme increases the rate of sucrose hydrolysis, leading to increased starch, oil, and/protein levels. Sucrose phosphorylase genes from,and,have been found particularly advantageous for use in the present invention. Surprisingly, in potatoes transformed to express these genes in tubers, reduced bruise discoloration susceptibility and increased uniformity of starch deposition throughout the tuber are achieved.