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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2001
Applicants:
Salim M. Hakimi, West Des Moines, IA (US);
Bradley M. Krohn, Ballwin, MO (US);
David M. Stark, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Inventors:
Salim M. Hakimi, West Des Moines, IA (US);
Bradley M. Krohn, Ballwin, MO (US);
David M. Stark, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/09 (2006.01); C12N 15/29 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2006.01); A01H 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for enhancing a plant's resistance to diseases and/or bruising by transforming the plant with sense and antisense polyphenol oxidase encoding sequences from potato. The invention also relates to transgenic plants and progeny thereof with reduced polyphenol oxidase activity.