Nucleic acid constructs, plants with increased tuber yield, and methods for increasing tuber yield in a plant
AssigneesIowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)
InventorsDavid J. Hannapel, Anjan K. Banerjee
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a nucleic acid construct. The nucleic acid construct includes a nucleic acid molecule configured to silence or reduce the expression of StBEL11 and/or StBEL29 and variants thereof, a 5′ DNA promoter sequence, and a 3′ terminator sequence, where the first nucleic acid molecule, the promoter sequence, and the terminator sequence are operatively coupled to permit transcription of the first nucleic acid molecule. The present invention is also directed to vectors, host cells, transgenic plants, and transgenic plant seeds, as well as non-transgenic mutant plants, and methods for altering tuber yield in a plant.
Claims15
A nucleic acid construct comprising:
- a first nucleic acid molecule comprising SEQ ID NO:6 in the antisense orientation or a nucleotide sequence that has at least 95% sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:6 in the antisense orientation to silence or reduce the expression of SEQ ID NO:4 or a nucleotide sequence that has at least 95% sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:4;
- a 5′ DNA promoter sequence;
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- a 3′ terminator sequence, wherein the first nucleic acid molecule, the promoter sequence, and the terminator sequence are operatively linked to permit transcription of the first nucleic acid molecule.
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