Patent ID: 9506078
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: C12N

Claim Text:
1. A plant comprising increased lipid accumulation in vegetative tissues relative to a wild type plant of the same species and wherein activity of a CGI58 homolog is down-regulated in the plant, wherein down-regulation of a CGI58 homolog comprises at least one method selected from the group consisting of: a) expressing in the plant a RNA molecule complementary to all or a portion of an mRNA expressed from a gene comprising the sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:18-36, wherein the RNA molecule inhibits the function of the CGI58 homolog in said plant; b) mutagenizing said CGI58 homolog so that the function thereof is down-regulated relative to wild type CGI58 homolog in a plant of the same species; and c) co-suppression; wherein the plant is of a species selected from the group consisting of corn, sugarcane, sorghum, millet, rice, wheat, barley, soybean,