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AssigneeWayne State University
InventorsEdward M. GOLENBERG, D. Carl FREEMAN
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The invention provides methods for controlling invasive plants, comprising treating one or more populations of invasive plant species with a composition comprising an effective amount of nucleic acids, wherein the nucleic acids have been produced using gene silencing techniques to target specific plant species, and specific aspects of plant development. In the methods of the invention, the compositions applied to the plants adversely affect only the targeted invasive plants, as compared to any non-invasive plants living in the same environmental setting. Further provided are methods for restoring native plant flora to an environment, by treating a natural environment using the methods provided herein to reduce or eliminate a species of invasive plant in an environment, then reintroducing a native plant species to the environment, such that the native plant population is reestablished in an environment and the invasive species is eliminated or reduced.
A method for controlling a population of an invasive plant, comprising treating a population of an invasive plant species in an environmental setting with a composition comprising an effective amount of polynucleotides, said polynucleotides having been modified with a gene-silencing vector, and wherein the composition adversely affects the invasive plant species, as compared to non-invasive plant species living in the same environmental setting.
A method of inhibiting the expression of a target gene in an invasive plant species, comprising treating a population of an invasive plant species in an environmental setting with an effective amount of a composition comprising polynucleotides, wherein the polynucleotides have been modified with a vector that silences the target gene, and wherein the polynucleotides inhibit the expression of said target gene in said invasive plant species, wherein expression of said target gene is essential to growth, seed production, vegetative reproduction, photosynthesis, flower organ development, pollen production, or a combination thereof, of said invasive plant species, and wherein the composition does not affect non-invasive plant species in the same environmental setting.
A composition for controlling the population of an invasive plant species, comprising an effective amount of polynucleotides, said polynucleotides having been modified with a gene-silencing vector, and an agriculturally or a horticulturally acceptable carrier.
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