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US 12,241,074 · App. 16/472,140 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Genome editing-based crop engineering and production of brachytic plants

Inventors: Ty J. Barten (Ankeny, IA); Edward J. Cargill (Chesterfield, MO); Jonathan C. Lamb (Wildwood, MO); Bryce Lemke (Nevada, IA); Linda A. Rymarquis (High Ridge, MO); Dennis H. Yang (Ballwin, MO)
Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
C12N15/8262A01H1/06A01H5/10A01H6/4684C07K14/415C12N15/8213C12N15/8261
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Patent No.
US 12,241,074
App. No.
16/472,140
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are plants exhibiting a semi-dwarf phenotype with reduced plant height compared to control wildtype plants. Some of the disclosed semi-dwarf plants comprise at least one non-natural brachytic mutation in which the activity of a BR2 gene is reduced. Also disclosed are methods for producing a semi-dwarf corn plant using a CRISPR based genome editing system.

Claims (17)

1. A method for producing a semi-dwarf corn plant with reduced ear height and increased stalk diameter, the method comprising:

a. providing to a corn cell a guide RNA that recognizes a target site in a BR2 gene in the corn cell, wherein the guide RNA comprises a target site sequence operably linked to a scaffold sequence comprising SEQ ID NO: 5, wherein the guide RNA acts in association with a CRISPR-based RNA-guided nuclease that creates a strand break at the target site which results in an edited br2 mutant allele, wherein the CRISPR-based RNA-guided nuclease is capable of binding to a protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) for Cas9 or Cpf1, and wherein the target site sequence is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 7-17;

b. generating a corn plant from the corn cell; and

c. selecting the corn plant exhibiting semi-dwarf phenotype, reduced ear height, and increased stalk diameter relative to a non-edited control corn plant.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising integrating into the strand break a sequence, wherein the strand break is a double-stranded break.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the sequence is a single thymine nucleobase inserted between nucleotide number 5420 and 5421 according to the BR2 open reading frame.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the guide RNA comprises a sequence at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO: 6.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the corn plant exhibiting semi-dwarf phenotype, reduced ear height, and increased stalk diameter is heterozygous for the edited br2 mutant allele.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the corn plant exhibiting semi-dwarf phenotype, reduced ear height, and increased stalk diameter comprises a native BR2 mutant allele.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the native BR2 mutant allele is br2-MX.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said target site is in a BR2 gene region selected from the group consisting of Exon 1, Exon 2, Exon 3, Exon 4, Exon 5, 3′UTR, 5′UTR, Intron 1, Intron 2, Intron 3, and Intron 4.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein said CRISPR based RNA-guided nuclease is Cas9.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein said CRISPR based RNA-guided nuclease is Cpf1.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the corn plant exhibiting semi-dwarf phenotype, reduced ear height, and increased stalk diameter comprises one or more insertions, deletions, substitutions, or inversions in said BR2 gene.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PAM has the DNA sequence of NGG, NAG, or AGAA.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the corn plant exhibiting semi-dwarf phenotype, reduced ear height, and increased stalk diameter is homozygous for the edited br2 mutant allele.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the guide RNA further comprises the target site sequence operably linked to a promoter sequence comprising SEQ ID NO: 4.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2019
From: BARTEN, TY J.; CARGILL, EDWARD J.; LAMB, JONATHAN C.; LEMKE, BRYCE; RYMARQUIS, LINDA A.; YANG, DENNIS H.
To: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 049553/0626 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62438370 · Dec 22, 2016
Related Publication 20200140874A1 · May 7, 2020
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