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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2010
Gino Boussiengui-boussiengui, Libreville, GA;
Jens Kossmann, Somerset West, ZA;
Gino Boussiengui-Boussiengui, Libreville, GA;
Jens Kossmann, Somerset West, ZA;
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, ZA;
South African Sugarcane Research Institute, Mouth Edgecombe, ZA;
Abstract
A method of modifying at least one carbohydrate in a tissue of a plant is described. The method is typically applied to a sugarcane plant of the genusmethod and includes the steps of inserting into a plant cell a gene silencing cassette which includes nucleic acid operably linked to transcription elements such as a monocotyledonous promoter for transcribing the nucleic acid in a plant cell, wherein transcription of the nucleic acid decreases activity of UMP synthase. The method further includes the steps of regenerating a transgenic plant from the plant cell and producing the tissue with increased carbohydrate content. Vectors for use therefor, as well as a transformed plant cell and a transgenic plant or plant part containing or derived from a transformed plant cell are also described.