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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
May. 23, 2003
Rudiger Hain, Frankfurt, DE;
Dieter Berg, Langenfeld, DE;
Christoph Peterhansel, Aachen, DE;
Fritz Kreuzaler, Aachen, DE;
Rafijul Bari, Memphis, TN (US);
Dagmar Weier, Aachen, DE;
Heinz-josef Hirsch, Aachen, DE;
Thomas Rademacher, Aachen, DE;
Rudiger Hain, Frankfurt, DE;
Dieter Berg, Langenfeld, DE;
Christoph Peterhansel, Aachen, DE;
Fritz Kreuzaler, Aachen, DE;
Rafijul Bari, Memphis, TN (US);
Dagmar Weier, Aachen, DE;
Heinz-Josef Hirsch, Aachen, DE;
Thomas Rademacher, Aachen, DE;
Bayer CropScience AG, Monheim, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for the production of plants with suppressed photo-respiration and improved COfixation. In particular, the invention relates to a re-use of phosphoglycolate produced in photorespiration. The reaction product will be converted to a component that may be reintegrated into the plant assimilatory metabolism inside the chloroplast. This is accomplished by the transfer of genes derived from glycolate-utilizing pathways from bacteria, algae, plants and/or animals including humans into the plant nuclear and/or plastidial genome. The method of the invention leads to a reduction of photorespiration in Cplants and by this will be of great benefit for food production especially but not exclusively under non-favourable growth conditions.