Alfalfa with reduced lignin composition
AssigneeCellectis
InventorsSong Luo, Nicholas J. Baltes
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Abstract
Materials and methods for creating plants (e.g., alfalfa lines) with reduced lignin content and composition are provided herein, as are plants, plant parts, and plant cells generated by the methods provided herein.
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A method for producing an alfalfa plant, the method comprising:
- providing a population of alfalfa cells that each comprise four COMT alleles,
- contacting the population of alfalfa cells with one or more rare-cutting endonucleases targeted to one or more of the four COMT alleles,
- regenerating alfalfa plants from the population of alfalfa cells, and
- selecting an alfalfa plant with an induced mutation in one or more of the four COMT alleles.
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An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of any of SEQ ID NOS:32526 to 32537.
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An alfalfa plant, a plant part of said alfalfa plant, or a plant cell of said alfalfa plant, wherein the genome of said alfalfa plant, said plant part, or said plant cell comprises an induced mutation in one or more of four COMT alleles of said genome.
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