US 11,939,588 B2
Elevated resistance to insects and plant pathogens without compromising seed production
Gregg A. Howe, East Lansing, MI (US); and Qiang Guo, East Lansing, MI (US)
Assigned to Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US)
Filed by Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/071,555.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/916,609, filed on Oct. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0115464 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01)
CPC C12N 15/8279 (2013.01) [C12N 15/8286 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
 
1. A plant, plant cell, or plant seed comprising at least one endogenous cdk8 loss-of-function mutation in one or more endogenous cdk8 genes and endogenous loss-of-function jaz mutations in endogenous jaz genes jaz1, jaz2, jaz5, and jaz6, wherein the endogenous cdk8 genes encode an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 53, 56, 58, 59, 61, 63, or 65 the jaz1 gene encodes an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 1, the jaz2 gene encodes an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 3, 26, 27, or 28, the jaz5 gene encodes an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 9, 37, 38, or 39, and the jaz6 gene encodes an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 11, 40, 41, or 42.