MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202418059623 A) filed by The Board Of Trustees Of The University; and The Regents Of The University Of on August 07, 2024, for Transgenic Plants With Increased Photosynthesis Efficiency And Growth.
Inventors include Long, Stephen, P. Number; Kromdijk, Johannes; Glowacka, Katarzyna; Niyogi, Krishna, K. Filed On; Leonelli, Laurie; and Gabilly, Stephane, T..
The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transgenic plant comprising one or more nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides selected from photosystem II subunit S (PsbS), zeaxanthin epoxidase (ZEP), and violaxanthin de-epoxidase (VDE), operably linked to at least one expression control sequence. Expression vectors for making transgenic plants, and methods for increasing biomass production and/or carbon fixation and/or growth in a plant comprising increasing expression of at least one of PsbS, ZEP and VDE polypeptides are also provided.
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