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US 11,685,927 B2Granted
Low glucosinolate pennycress meal and methods of making
AssigneesCovercress Inc., The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, Regents of the University of Minnesota
InventorsTim Ulmasov, John C. Sedbrook, Michael David Marks, Ratan Chopra
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Abstract
Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) seed, seed lots, seed meal, and compositions with reduced glucosinolate content as well as plants that yield such seed, seed lots, seed meal, and compositions are provided. Methods of making and using the pennycress plants and/or seed that provide such seed, seed lots, seed meal, and compositions are also provided.
Claims9
A pennycress seed comprising:
- (i) at least one loss-of-function mutation in an endogenous pennycress gene encoding the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
- 161 or an allelic variant thereof, wherein said loss-of-function mutation reduces expression of said polypeptide or reduces transcription factor activity of said polypeptide;
- or (ii) at least one transgene or genome rearrangement that suppresses expression of at least one endogenous pennycress gene that encodes the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
- 161 or an allelic variant thereof;
- wherein said allelic variants of SEQ ID NO:
- 161 have at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 161 and wherein said seed exhibits a reduction in sinigrin content in comparison to sinigrin content of a control seed which lacks said loss-of-function mutation, said transgene, or said genome rearrangement.
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