	US 11,859,192 B2
	Compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants and products having altered alkaloid levels with desirable leaf quality
Marcos Fernando de Godoy Lusso, Chesterfield, VA (US); James A. Strickland, Richmond, VA (US); Jesse Frederick, Richmond, VA (US); Dongmei Xu, Glen Allen, VA (US); and Chengalrayan Kudithipudi, Midlothian, VA (US)
Assigned to Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed by Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on Jan. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/571,138.
Application 17/571,138 is a continuation of application No. 16/291,878, filed on Mar. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,220,695.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/638,928, filed on Mar. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0204981 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A24B 13/00 (2006.01)

CPC C12N 15/8225 (2013.01) [A24B 13/00 (2013.01); C12N 15/8218 (2013.01); C12N 15/8243 (2013.01); C12N 15/8261 (2013.01)]

17 Claims

1. A recombinant DNA construct comprising a topping inducible promoter operably linked to a transcribable DNA sequence encoding a non-coding RNA for suppression of an ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) gene having at least 90% identity to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28.