METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING PLANT FLAVONOID COMPOSITION AND DISEASE RESISTANCE

• Main Authors: BUTELLI, EUGENIO, MARTIN, CATHERINE, ROSEMARY, LUO, JIE, JONES, JONATHAN, TOMLINSON, LAURENCE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 27.08.2009
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

The invention provides methods, compositions and transformation systems for modifying the levels of transcription factors in plants such as Solanaceous plants, and introducing disease resistance genes into plants, to produce products with elevated levels of antioxidant compounds, including but not l...