The invention relates to biotechnology and provides novel recombinant DNA molecules and engineered proteins for conferring tolerance to protoporphyrinogen oxidase-inhibitor herbicides. The invention also provides herbicide tolerant transgenic plants, seeds, cells, and plant parts containing the recombinant DNA molecules, as well as methods of using the same.

The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.

The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.

Novel compositions for use to enhance weed control. Specifically, the present invention provides for methods and compositions that modulate protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase in weed species. The present invention also provides for combinations of compositions and methods that enhance weed control.

Disclosed are transgenic plant expressing a fungal protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) enzyme and methods for conferring Herbicide Tolerance (HT) to PPO-type inhibitor herbicides, and controlling weeds, by selectively protecting the transgenic crop expressing the fungal PPO enzyme.

A transgenic soybean event, Gm_CSM63717, is provided. Transgenic plant cells, plant parts, plants, seeds, progeny plants, and agricultural and commodity products containing event Gm_CSM63717 are also provided. Recombinant DNA molecules unique to the event Gm_CSM63717, and methods of using and detecting Gm_CSM63717 are also provided. Soybean plants containing the event Gm_CSM63717 exhibit tolerance to PPO inhibitors.

The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.

The present invention relates to use of protoporphyrinogen oxidase. A method for controlling weeds comprises applying a herbicide containing an effective dose of PPO inhibitor to a field with at least one transgenic plant. The transgenic plant has a polynucleotide sequence encoding protoporphyrinogen oxidase in a genome thereof, and has reduced plant damage and/or increased plant production compared to other plants that do not have a polynucleotide sequence encoding protoporphyrinogen oxidase. According to the present invention, the protoporphyrinogen oxidase PPOA-PPOF has a relatively high tolerance to a PPO inhibitor herbicide, and the plants having the polynucleotide sequence encoding protoporphyrinogen oxidase have great tolerance to the PPO inhibitor herbicide, and show high-resistance tolerance to almost all 4-fold field concentrations of saflufenacil, oxyfluorfen, and flumioxazin. Therefore, the application prospect for plants is wide.

Provided is a chimeric transcriptional activator for a methanol-inducible promoter, which at least comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein: 1) the first portion comprises: i) a DNA binding domain; or ii) a DNA binding domain and a first transcription activation domain; and 2) the second portion comprises at least one second transcription activation domain. Further provided is a use of the chimeric transcriptional activator in enhancing foreign protein expression levels in a host cell.

The present invention refers to a seed or plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a benzoxazinone-derivative herbicide. The invention further refers to seeds or plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such seeds or plants.