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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Paulo Arruda, Campinas, BR;
Isabel Rodrigues Gerhardt, Campinas, BR;
Inventors:
Paulo Arruda, Campinas, BR;
Isabel Rodrigues Gerhardt, Campinas, BR;
Assignee:
FIBRIA CELULOSE S.A., Sao Paulo, BR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 15/63 (2006.01); C12N 15/09 (2006.01); C12N 9/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/8261 (2013.01); C12N 9/1205 (2013.01); C12N 15/09 (2013.01); C12N 15/63 (2013.01); C12N 15/8226 (2013.01); C12N 15/8241 (2013.01);
Abstract
Nucleic acid constructs and methods are disclosed for modifying fiber length, plant height, and/or plant biomass in plant tissues. Plants are genetically engineered with constructs encoding anwall-associated kinase gene, which alters fiber length and/or plant height when overexpressed under the control of a cambium/xylem preferred promoter. Plant transformants harboring a wall-associated kinase gene show increased fiber length, a trait that is thought to improve woody trees for pulping and papermaking.