Engineering Triacylglycerol (TAG) biosynthesis pathway for enhance production of oil contents and seed yield
Om Parkash, Ph.D.
• Cost-effective biofuel and edible oil production
• Higher productivity and adaptability of crops for agriculture and food industry
• Enhancing the oil contents and seed yield per acre basis – enhanced yield and cost efficiency
• Engineered Camelina will be able to grow on marginal land – sustainability and marginal land use
• Applicable to other oil seed crops such as Brassica napus, Brassica juncea, Brassica campestis, sunflower, flex, soybean, groundnut, coconut, castor beans, cotton
This invention provides technology for enhanced oil contents and increased seed yield by using a unique combination of seed-specific promoter, terminator, and coding sequences either as a single gene or combination of genes (stacked genes). This technology offers a scalable and sustainable solutions for renewable biofuels energy, agriculture and food production.
Om Parkash Dhankher is a Professor in the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is a plant/agriculture biotechnologist, whose research focuses on crop improvements, environmental remediation and biofuels.
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UMA 17-026
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Patent Issued US 10,947,551
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