Patent ID: 11866720
Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  A | IPC A  C

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of:
a) providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising
a nucleotide sequence encoding a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO inhibiting herbicide and
b) applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide,
wherein the mutated PPO comprises a variant of SEQ ID NO: 2 having at least 96% identity to SEQ ID NO: 2, in which the amino acid at or corresponding to position 128 of SEQ ID NO:2 is Leu, Ala, Val, Ile, Met, Tyr, Gly, Asn, Cys, Phe, Ser, Thr, Gln, or His, and the amino acid at or corresponding to position 420 of SEQ ID NO:2 is Val.