US 12,152,282 B2
Methods and compositions for extending shelf life of plant products
Michele Feikert, St. Louis, MO (US); Byron Froman, Davis, CA (US); Graeme S. Garvey, St. Louis, MO (US); Leo Kelly, St. Louis, MO (US); and William Waycott, San Luis Obispo, CA (US)
Assigned to SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC., St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/308,862.
Application 18/308,862 is a division of application No. 16/883,738, filed on May 26, 2020, granted, now 11,674,190.
Application 16/167,275 is a division of application No. 15/343,061, filed on Nov. 3, 2016, granted, now 10,106,859, issued on Oct. 23, 2018.
Application 15/343,061 is a division of application No. 14/035,756, filed on Sep. 24, 2013, granted, now 9,506,076, issued on Nov. 29, 2016.
Application 16/883,738 is a continuation of application No. 16/167,275, filed on Oct. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,689,714, issued on Jun. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/704,602, filed on Sep. 24, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2024/0068051 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C12Q 1/6895 (2018.01); A01N 65/12 (2009.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12Q 1/686 (2018.01)
CPC C12Q 1/6895 (2013.01) [A01N 65/12 (2013.01); C12N 15/8218 (2013.01); C12Q 1/686 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
 
1. A plant having reduced expression or lacking expression of a PPO11 gene or ortholog thereof, produced by a method comprising the steps of:
a) obtaining a plurality of plants at least one of which comprises a mutation that results in reduced expression or no detectable expression of the PPO11 gene relative to other members of the plurality of plants;
b) screening the plurality of plants to identify the mutation that results in said reduced expression or no detectable expression of the PPO11 gene;
c) selecting said plant that comprises said mutation,
wherein the PPO11 gene has at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:9.