BRASSICA PLANTS WITH ALTERED PROPERTIES IN SEED PRODUCTION

The present invention relates to plants having increased number of flowers, pod and increased thousand seed weight (TSW). More specifically, the invention relates to Brassica plants in which expression of Cytokinin oxidase 5 or Cytokinin oxidase 5 and 3 is functionally reduced. Provided are Brassica...

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Main Authors BOTS, Marc, LAGA, Benjamin, MOUCHEL, Celine, SCHMIDT, Julia, LAMMERTYN, Freya, SCHMIDT, Ralf-Christian
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 23.05.2019
Subjects
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
BEER
BIOCHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
COMPOSITIONS THEREOF
CULTURE MEDIA
ENZYMOLOGY
FISHING
FORESTRY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
METALLURGY
MICROBIOLOGY
MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES
MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM
PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES
PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS
SPIRITS
TRAPPING
VINEGAR
WINE
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Summary:The present invention relates to plants having increased number of flowers, pod and increased thousand seed weight (TSW). More specifically, the invention relates to Brassica plants in which expression of Cytokinin oxidase 5 or Cytokinin oxidase 5 and 3 is functionally reduced. Provided are Brassica plants comprising mutant CKX alleles, and Brassica plants in which expression of CKX is reduced. Also provided are methods and means to produce Brassica plants with increased number of flowers, pod or TSW.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201615768273