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AssigneeFonterra Co-Operative Group Limited
InventorsSathish Puthigae, Jonathan Robert Phillips, Claudia Jeannette Smith-Espinoza, Catherine Jane Bryant, Kieran Michael Elborough, Margaret Biswas
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The invention provides methods and compositions for producing plant with altered biomass, the methods comprising the step of altering the expression and/or activity of the polypeptide comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, or a variant thereof, in a plant cell or plant. The invention also provides a polypeptide comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, and fragments of variants thereof the sequence. The invention also provides polynucleotides encoding such polypeptide sequences. The invention also provides constructs, cells and plants comprising such polynucleotides.
A method of producing a plant with increased biomass the method comprising the step of reducing the expression, in a plant cell or plant, of a polypeptide comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:
A method for selecting a plant with altered biomass, the method comprising testing of a plant for reduced expression of a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:20, wherein the reduced expression is indicative of increased biomass.
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