Cotton plants with improved cotton fiber characteristics and method for producing cotton fibers from these cotton plants
AssigneeToyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRandy Dale Allen, Yoshihisa Kasukabe, Izumi Ihara, Yoshihiko Maekawa
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Abstract
Cotton plants of the genus Gossypium with improved cotton fiber characteristics are disclosed. The cotton plant has an expression cassette containing a gene coding for an enzyme selected from the group consisting of endoxyloglucan transferase, catalase and peroxidase so that the gene is expressed in cotton fiber cells to improve the cotton fiber characteristics. Also disclosed is a method for producing cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics from these cotton plants.
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A cotton plant of the genus Gossypium with improved cotton fiber characteristics, comprising an expression cassette containing a gene coding for an enzyme selected from the group consisting of endoxyloglucan transferase, catalase and peroxidase so that the gene is expressed in cotton fiber cells to improve the cotton fiber characteristics.
A method for producing cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics, which comprises the steps of:
- transforming into a cotton plant of the genus Gossypium, an expression cassette containing a gene coding for an enzyme selected from the group consisting of endoxyloglucan transferase, catalase and peroxidase so that the gene is expressed in cotton fiber cells to improve the cotton fiber characteristics;
- growing the cotton plant transformant to form cotton bolls;
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- collecting cotton fibers from the cotton bolls of the plant.
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