Methods and compositions for improving plant traits
AssigneePivot Bio, Inc.
InventorsKarsten Temme, Alvin Tamsir, Sarah Bloch, Rosemary Clark, Emily Tung
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods of increasing nitrogen fixation in a non-leguminous plant. The methods can comprise exposing the plant to a plurality of bacteria. Each member of the plurality comprises one or more genetic variations introduced into one or more genes or non-coding polynucleotides of the bacteria's nitrogen fixation or assimilation genetic regulatory network, such that the bacteria are capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen in the presence of exogenous nitrogen. The bacteria are not intergeneric microorganisms. Additionally, the bacteria, in planta, produce 1% or more of the fixed nitrogen in the plant.
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A method of increasing nitrogen fixation in a plant, said method comprising exposing said plant to a plurality of engineered, non-intergeneric diazotrophs, wherein said engineered, non-intergeneric diazotrophs comprise at least one genetic variation within one or more genes for regulating nitrogen fixation or assimilation, said genetic variation comprising genetic material that originates from an organism of the same genus as said engineered, non-intergeneric diazotrophs, and wherein said diazotrophs, in planta, produce 1% or more of the fixed nitrogen in the plant.
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