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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6392122 | Apple promoters for expression of transgenes in plants The present invention is directed to apple fruit-associated and Thi 1.3:actin fusion promoters capable of promoting the expression of heterologous genes. The invention provides apple fruit-associated and Thi 1.3:actin fusion promoters together with hetero... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6127182 | Rapid recovery of shoots through thin stem slices after preconditioning of micropropagated fruit tree shoots An efficient micropropagation system for fruit-bearing trees has been developed for rapid clonal multiplication of large numbers of shoots within a short time. The micropropagation system provides for transformation and vegetative propagation of fruit-bea... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6118049 | Synthetic hybrid tomato E4/E8 plant promoter The present invention is directed to a synthetic hybrid promoter composed of polynucleotide segments derived from the E8 and E4 gene promoters. The hybrid promoter is capable of providing high-level expression of heterologous genes, particularly in transf... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6063731 | Brassinosteroid analogs useful as plant growth regulators Disclosed are compositions and methods for promoting plant growth. The compounds are cyclopropyl- and cyclobutyl-substituted brassinosteroids having high growth promoting ability. They may be used alone or in combination with other plant growth regulating... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6054635 | Raspberry promoter and methods for expression of transgenes in plants The present invention is directed to the identification and isolation of a promoter region from a raspberry genome. The promoter is operably linked, in a native raspberry genome, to the coding region of a raspberry E4 gene. The raspberry E4 gene promoter ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6004774 | Biological control of plant fungal infections The present invention is directed to a unique strain of Bacillus subtilis for inhibiting growth of plant pathogenic fungi and bacteria and methods for treating or protecting plants from fingal and bacterial infections.... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5965355 | Antibodies and proteins useful for assaying virus infection in grape plants An approximately 37 kilodalton (kd) protein associated with grapevine leafroll disease infected plants is disclosed. The 37 kd protein is the coat protein for a grapevine leafroll-associated virus designated GLRaV-8. The grapevine virus-encoded 37 kd poly... | 10/12/1999 |
