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Type: | Patent |
Title: | Expression of phytase in plants as a method of modifying plant productivity |
Author: | Richardson, A. Hayes, J. Simpson, R. |
Issue Date: | 2001 |
Assignee: | Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG) |
Organisation: | Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG) |
Abstract: | The present invention provides a method of modifying plant productivity comprising expressing in a plant cell, tissue or organ one or more genes capable of facilitating a plant's ability to utilise soil phosphorus, and, in particular, a phytase gene, wherein said phytase gene expresses a phytase polypeptide in secretable form. More particularly, the present invention provides a method of increasing plant productivity comprising expressing in the root of a plant an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a phytase polypeptide for a time and under conditions sufficient for said phytase to be secreted from the root. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the chemistry of the soil around the root is modified by the application of an organic acid. The invention also provides novel phytase-encoding genes; genetic constructs which are useful for performing the inventive method; and transgenic plants produced therewith having improved productivity compared to their otherwise isogenic counterparts. |
Description: | Pub. No.: WO/2001/022806 International Application No.: PCT/AU2000/001183 Publication Date: 05.04.2001 International Filing Date: 22.09.2000 Chapter 2 Demand Filed: 19.04.2001 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 6 Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics publications |
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