US Patent Issued on April 7 for "Methods and compositions for improving agronomic characteristics of C 4 plants" (District Of Columbia, Missouri, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,487, issued on April 7.

"Methods and compositions for improving agronomic characteristics of C 4 plants" was invented by Douglas K Allen (Washington), Jennifer J. Arp (St. Louis), Thomas P. Brutnell (St. Louis) and Stephen P. Moose (Urbana, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "C4 plants comprising a genetic disruption of the PEPCK biosynthetic pathway are provided. The plants exhibit beneficial traits when compared to wild type plants cultivated under similar growth conditions. Methods of using the plants are also provided. The growth conditions can be adverse growth conditions. Adverse growth conditions can be limiting nitrogen condi...