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GENETICALLY ENHANCED MAIZE PLANTS

Application US20260078391A1 Kind: A1 Mar 19, 2026

Inventors

Hannes Bart Claeys, Richard Bailey Flavell, Yajie Niu, Michael Lee Nuccio, Randall William Shultz, Davide Sosso, Maria Margarita D. Unson, John Patrick Casey, Jr., Barry Andrew Martin

Abstract

Plant breeding and engineering has relied primarily on Mendelian genetics or recombinant techniques. The disclosure relates to novel maize plants, seeds and compositions, as well as improvements to maize plant breeding and methods for creating modifications in maize plant genomes. A transcriptional enhancer element which can increase the expression of both exogenous and endogenous maize genes is disclosed.

CPC Classifications

C12N 15/8213 C12N 9/226 C12N 15/11 C12N 15/8261 C12N 15/8262 C12N 15/8269 C12N 15/827 C12N 15/8273 C12N 15/8279 C12N 15/8286 C12N 2310/20 C12N 2800/80

Filing Date

2022-06-15

Application No.

18870789