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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
Raju Datla, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA;
Tim Dumonceaux, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA;
Prakash Venglat, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA;
Vivijan Babic, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA;
Wilf Keller, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA;
Gopalan Selvaraj, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA;
Raju Datla, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA;
Tim Dumonceaux, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA;
Prakash Venglat, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA;
Vivijan Babic, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA;
Wilf Keller, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA;
Gopalan Selvaraj, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA;
Other;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for the use of the'BREVIPEDICELLUS' (BP) gene for alteration of plant architecture, in particular alteration of the morphology of the inflorescence of a flowering plant. The methods of the present invention provide a means to alter the development of the peduncle, notably the inflorescence branches, and the pedicels that subtend the individual flowers as well as aspects of flower structure such as the style, and subsequent seed pods, of a flowering plant. The invention also relates to methods to identify and isolate polynucleotides encoding genes with BP-related functions from other plant species and methods for utilizing said polynucleotides to alter the inflorescence of said plant species. Furthermore, the invention encompasses transgenic plants generated by the methods disclosed, and nucleotide sequences for use in generating the transgenic plants.