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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2002
Applicants:
Nordine Cheikh, Davis, CA (US);
Molian Deng, Grover, MO (US);
Philip W. Miller, Ballwin, MO (US);
Nanfei Xu, Wildwood, MO (US);
Inventors:
Nordine Cheikh, Davis, CA (US);
Molian Deng, Grover, MO (US);
Philip W. Miller, Ballwin, MO (US);
Nanfei Xu, Wildwood, MO (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/29 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 5/04 (2006.01); A01H 1/00 (2006.01); A01H 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an isolated COP1 nucleic acid sequence from a maize plant and the isolated COP1 nucleic acid sequence is named as ZmCOP1. The present invention also relates to a method of using the ZmCOP1 nucleic acid sequence to control the shade avoidance response of a crop plant for high density farming and yield enhancement.