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US 12,286,637 · App. 18/537,046 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants and products having reduced or eliminated suckers

Inventors: Dongmei Xu (Glen Allen, VA); Jesse Frederick (Richmond, VA); Chengalrayan Kudithipudi (Midlothian, VA); Yanxin Shen (Glen Allen, VA); James Strickland (Richmond, VA); Jaemo Yang (Richmond, VA)
Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
C12N15/8265C07K14/415C12N15/8213C12N15/8218C12N15/8225C12N15/8229C12N15/8261C12N15/8262C12N15/8294C12N2310/20
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Patent No.
US 12,286,637
App. No.
18/537,046
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides the identification of genes involved in sucker growth in tobacco. Also provided are promoters that are preferentially active in tobacco axillary buds. Also provided are modified tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing modified tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth.

Claims (20)

1. A modified tobacco plant comprising reduced suckers compared to a control tobacco plant of the same variety when grown under comparable conditions, wherein the modified tobacco plant comprises a transgene encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical or similar to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 80 operably linked to a promoter comprising a nucleic acid sequence at least 90% identical to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 148 and 157.

2. The modified tobacco plant of claim 1 , wherein nucleic acid sequence is at least 95% identical to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 148 and 157.

3. The modified tobacco plant of claim 1 , wherein nucleic acid sequence is 100% identical to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 148 and 157.

4. The modified tobacco plant of claim 1 , wherein the reduced suckers comprises at least 10% fewer suckers.

5. The modified tobacco plant of claim 1 , wherein the reduced suckers comprises reduced mass, reduced length, or both.

6. The modified tobacco plant of claim 1 , wherein the modified tobacco plant requires reduced management for controlling suckers compared to a control tobacco plant when grown under comparable conditions.

7. The modified tobacco plant of claim 6 , wherein the reduced management comprises reduced manual removal frequency to control suckers, reduced chemical application frequency to control suckers, reduced quantities of chemical application to control suckers, or any combination thereof.

8. The modified tobacco plant of claim 1 , wherein the suckers are topping-induced suckers.

9. The modified tobacco plant of claim 8 , wherein the reduced topping-induced suckers comprises fewer total suckers, smaller suckers, or both when compared to topping-induced suckers of a control tobacco plant when grown under comparable conditions.

10. A tobacco leaf of the modified tobacco plant of claim 1 .

11. A tobacco product comprising cured tobacco material from the modified tobacco plant of claim 1 .

12. The tobacco product of claim 11 , wherein the tobacco product is selected from the group consisting of a cigarette, a kretek, a bidi cigarette, a cigar, a cigarillo, a non-ventilated cigarette, a vented recess filter cigarette, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, moist smokeless tobacco, fine cut chewing tobacco, long cut chewing tobacco, pouched chewing tobacco product, gum, a tablet, a lozenge, and a dissolving strip.

13. The tobacco product of claim 11 , wherein the tobacco product is a smokeless tobacco product.

14. Cured tobacco material comprising a plant component from the modified tobacco plant of claim 1 .

15. The cured tobacco material of claim 14 , wherein the plant component is selected from the group consisting of a stem and a leaf.

16. The cured tobacco material of claim 14 , wherein the cured tobacco material is cured by a method selected from the group consisting of flue-cured, sun-cured, air-cured, and fire-cured.

17. The modified tobacco plant of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical or similar to SEQ ID NO: 80.

18. The modified tobacco plant of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence 100% identical or similar to SEQ ID NO: 80.

19. The modified tobacco plant of claim 1 , wherein the modified tobacco plant is of a tobacco variety selected from the group consisting of a Burley tobacco variety, a Maryland tobacco variety, a bright tobacco variety, a Virginia tobacco variety, an Oriental tobacco variety, and a Turkish tobacco variety.

20. The modified tobacco plant of claim 1 , wherein the modified tobacco plant is of a tobacco variety selected from the group consisting of BU 64, CC 101, CC 200, CC 13, CC 27, CC 33, CC 35, CC 37, CC 65, CC 67, CC 301, CC 400, CC 500, CC 600, CC 700, CC 800, CC 900, CC 1063, Coker 176, Coker 319, Coker 371 Gold, Coker 48, CU 263, DF911, Galpão, GL 26H, GL 338, GL 350, GL 395, GL 600, GL 737, GL 939, GL 973, GF 157, GF 318, RJR 901, HB 04P, K 149, K 326, K 346, K 358, K394, K 399, K 730, NC 196, NC 37NF, NC 471, NC 55, NC 92, NC2326, NC 95, NC 925, PVH 1118, PVH 1452, PVH 2110, PVH 2254, PVH 2275, VA 116, VA 119, KDH 959, KT 200, KT204LC, KY 10, KY 14, KY 160, KY 17, KY 171, KY 907, KY 907LC, KTY14×L8 LC, Little Crittenden, McNair 373, McNair 944, male sterile KY 14×L8, Narrow Leaf Madole, MS KY171, Narrow Leaf Madole (phph), MS Narrow Leaf Madole, MS TND950, PD 7302LC, PD 7305LC, PD 7309LC, PD 7312LC, PD 7318LC, PD 7319LC, MSTKS 2002, TKF 2002, TKF 6400, TKF 4028, TKF 4024, KT206LC, KT209LC, KT210LC, KT212LC, NC 100, NC 102, NC 2000, NC 291, NC 297, NC 299, NC 3, NC 4, NC 5, NC 6, NC7, NC 606, NC 71, NC 72, NC 810, NC BH 129, NC 2002, Neal Smith Madole, OXFORD 207, ‘Perique’, PVH03, PVH09, PVH19, PVH50, PVH51, R 610, R 630, R 7-11, R 7-12, RG 17, RG 81, RG H51, RGH 4, RGH 51, RS 1410, Speight 168, Speight 172, Speight 179, Speight 210, Speight 220, Speight 225, Speight 227, Speight 234, Speight G-28, Speight G-70, Speight H-6, Speight H20, Speight NF3, TI 1406, TI 1269, TN 86, TN86LC, TN 90, TN90LC, TN 97, TN97LC, TN D94, TN D950, a Tom Rosson (TR) Madole, VA 309, and VA 359.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2025
From: XU, DONGMEI; FREDERICK, JESSE; KUDITHIPUDI, CHENGALRAYAN; SHEN, YANXIN; STRICKLAND, JAMES; YANG, JAEMO
To: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 069731/0187 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17406829 · Aug 19, 2021
Continuation 16124941 · Sep 7, 2018
Provisional Application 62556804 · Sep 11, 2017
Related Publication 20240102038A1 · Mar 28, 2024
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