Crop Insect Resistance by Engineering Limonoid Synthesis

Tech ID: 19.653

Key Features

• Crop insect resistance by engineering limonoid synthesis
• Identification of key enzymes responsible for protolimonoid biosynthesis in plants:
  • providing in planta insect resistance
  • enabling biosynthesis of limonoids Description

Identification of key enzymes responsible for protolimonoid biosynthesis in plants - providing in planta insect resistance and enabling biosynthesis of limonoids.

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Patents

Published: WO2020/249698 A1

References

Hannah Hodgson et al (2019).  Identification of key enzymes responsible for protolimonoid biosynthesis in plants: Opening the door to azadirachtin production.  PNAS; 116(34): 17096–17104.   https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1906083116