Patent ID: 11873499
Assignee: INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  A  Y | IPC C

Claim 11:
12. A method for producing the genetically altered plant of claim 1, wherein the method comprises:
i) introducing a nucleic acid construct comprising the nucleic acid of a) or introducing at least one mutation into the GRF promoter of b) into a plant, a part thereof or plant cell to produce a genetically altered plant, a part thereof or plant cell;
ii) growing a progeny plant from the genetically altered plant, the part thereof or plant cell;
iii) measuring nitrogen uptake and/or nitrogen assimilation and/or nitrogen use efficiency in the progeny plant in comparison to the control plant; and
iv) selecting the progeny plant with an increase in at least one of nitrogen uptake and/or nitrogen assimilation and/or nitrogen use efficiency in comparison to the control plant.