Patent ID: 7045680

Claim:
A method for producing a genetically transformed Zoysiagrass having the property of suppression of shade avoidance, comprising the steps of: i. transforming cells of zoysiagrass with a recombinant DNA construct said construct comprising a corn plant ubiquitin promoter; a modified phytochrome A gene set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; and a 3′ nontranslated sequence comprising a polyadenylation signal sequence functioning in plant cells, which are operatively linked in sequence in the 5′ to 3′ direction; ii. selecting plant cells transformed with said construct; iii. regenerating zoysiagrass plants from cells that have been transformed with said construct; and iv. selecting transgenic zoysiagrass that expresses the amino acid seciuence of SEQ ID NO: 2, encoded by SEQ ID NO: 1.