Controlling stomatal density in plants
AssigneeThe University of Sheffield
InventorsJulie Elizabeth Gray, Lee Hunt, William Paul Quick
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the modification of gene expression in plants in order to manipulate stomatal number, in particular to the modification of expression in plants of epidermal patterning factor (EPF). The invention also relates to genetically modified plants or plant parts with altered stomatal patterning compared to corresponding wild type plants or plant parts, where the plant stomatal development is altered by modification of the expression of EPF.
Claims5
A method of modifying stomatal density in a monocot plant, comprising contacting the monocot plant with a genome editing system specific to a genome sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid motif GSX1X2PDC [SEQ ID NO:
- 1], wherein X1 is one of S or R and X2 is one of L or I, thereby genetically modifying the monocot plant to reduce the presence, expression or activity in cells of the monocot plant of the polypeptide comprising the amino acid motif GSX1X2PDC [SEQ ID NO:
- 1], wherein X1 is one of S or R and X2 is one of L or I compared to the presence, expression or activity of the polypeptide in cells of an equivalent control plant not contacted with the genome editing system.
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