Patent ID: 9309528
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: C12N,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A transgenic switchgrass plant comprising a selected DNA that down regulates caffeic acid O-methyltransferase (COMT) through inhibition or translation of a COMT gene and reduces lignin biosynthesis in the plant and wherein the plant exhibits an increase in fermentable carbohydrates relative to a plant of the same genotype lacking the selected DNA, wherein the inhibition of transcription or translation is accomplished by expression of a nucleic acid from said selected DNA complementary to all or part of the COMT gene; wherein the selected DNA comprises SEQ ID NO: 5 or a fragment of at least 100 contiguous nucleotides thereof, or a sequence with at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO: 5.