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US 12,152,282 B2Granted
Methods and compositions for extending shelf life of plant products
AssigneeSeminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
InventorsMichele Feikert, Byron Froman, Graeme S. Garvey, Leo Kelly, William Waycott
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Abstract
The invention provides compositions and methods related to selective inhibition of PPO11 and use for improving shelf life of a plant or parts thereof. In accordance with the invention, for example, compositions for topical application to a plant or part thereof, are provided that can reduce browning of the plant or part thereof to extend shelf life.
Claims8
A plant having reduced expression or lacking expression of a PPO11 gene or ortholog thereof, produced by a method comprising the steps of:
- a) obtaining a plurality of plants at least one of which comprises a mutation that results in reduced expression or no detectable expression of the PPO11 gene relative to other members of the plurality of plants;
- b) screening the plurality of plants to identify the mutation that results in said reduced expression or no detectable expression of the PPO11 gene;
- c) selecting said plant that comprises said mutation,
- wherein the PPO11 gene has at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:9.
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