US 11,926,837 B2
Compositions and methods for controlling plant growth
Dror Shalitin, Raanana (IL); and Noam Grimberg, Kibutz Lehavot Haviva (IL)
Assigned to PLANTARC BIO LTD., Raanana (IL)
Filed by PLANTARC BIO LTD., Raanana (IL)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/683,747.
Application 17/683,747 is a continuation of application No. PCT/IL2020/050967, filed on Sep. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/896,312, filed on Sep. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0186246 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01)
CPC C12N 15/8274 (2013.01) [C12Y 113/11027 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
 
1. A method for selectively controlling weeds at a locus comprising a crop plant and said weeds, said method comprising applying to the locus one or more HPPD inhibitors, wherein the crop plant comprises a nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide comprising any one of the amino acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, or SEQ ID NO: 5, wherein the crop plant is resistant to pre- and post-emergence application of said one or more HPPD inhibitors at a concentration sufficient to kill said weeds.