MUMBAI, India, Sept. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517056659 A) filed by Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus, Denmark, on June 12, for 'enhancing nitrogen fixation with fun.'
Inventor(s) include Lin, Jieshun; Bjork, Peter; Jensen, Jens Stougaard; Andersen, Kasper Rojkjaer; and Reid, Dugald.
The application for the patent was published on Sept. 26, under issue no. 39/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to enhancing nitrogen fixation in legumes grown under high nitrate or nitrate stress conditions. In particular, the present disclosure relates to genetically modified plants with altered level or expression of FUN or FUN downstream targets, and methods of producing and growing the same. The present disclosure further relates to nodule senescence controlled by FUN and its downstream targets, as well as the regulation of FUN activity or expression by cellular zinc."
The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 02, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/052630.
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