公开(公告)号：AT440947T

公开(公告)日：2009-09-15

申请号：AT04798124

申请日：2004-11-30

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： EHRHARDT THOMAS ,  REINDL ANDREAS ,  FREUND ANNETTE ,  SCHMIDT RALF-MICHAEL ,  SONNEWALD UWE ,  STITT NIGEL MARC ,  LEIN WOLFGANG ,  BIRNKE FREDERIK

IPC: C12N9/10 ,  A01N61/00 ,  C12N15/82 ,  C12Q1/48

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of 2-methyl-6-solanylbenzoquinone methyltransferase which, when absent, brings about retarded growth and chlorotic leaves, as target for herbicides. In this context, there are provided novel nucleic acid sequences comprising SEQ ID NO:5 and SEQ ID NO:7 and corresponding functional equivalents. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of 2-methyl-6-solanylbenzoquinone methyltransferase and its functional equivalents in a method for identifying herbicidal or growth-regulatory compounds, and to the use of the compounds identifed via the method as herbicides or growth regulators.