METHODS AND MEANS FOR MODULATING CELLULOSE BIOSYNTHESIS IN FIBER PRODUCING PLANTS
Application 971/KOLNP/2005 published 2006-06-23, filed 2005-05-25
The present invention provides chimeric genes for use in modulating (i.e., enhancing or reducing) cellulose biosynthesis and/or fiber quality in a fiber-producing plant such as cotton plant, and methods of modulating cellulose biosynthesis employing the chimeric genes. The invention further provides plant cells and plants comprising the chimeric genes of the invention as well as seeds of such plants comprising the chimeric genes of the invention. The present invention also provides methods for identifying allelic variations of the genes encoding proteins involved in cellulose biosynthesis in a population comprising different genotypes or varieties of a particular plant species. (FIG.nil)
Applicant
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.,
ACTON, CANBERRA, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY 2601, AUSTRALIA.
Inventor
WILLIAMSON RICHARD; BURN JOANNE
International Info
Classification: C12N 15/29, A01H 5/00, 5/10
Publication Number: WO 04/053129
Application Date: 2003-12-12
Priority Information
60/432 US 2002-12-12