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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080120751 | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from wheat are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for under... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080109918 | Materials and methods for tissue-specific targeting of ethylene insensitivity in transgenic plants The subject invention concerns materials and methods for controlling agricultural traits in plants that are mediated by the plant hormone ethylene. One aspect of the invention concerns a polynucleotide that comprises a sequence encoding a mutant ethylene receptor that i... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080083045 | AROMATIC METHYLTRANSFERASES AND USES THEREOF The present invention relates to genes associated with the tocopherol biosynthesis pathway. More particularly, the present invention provides and includes nucleic acid molecules, proteins, and antibodies associated with genes that encode polypeptides that have methyltra... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080051570 | Stress-inducible plant promoters The present invention discloses and claims stress-inducible plant promoters, DNA constructs with such promoters, transgenic plants containing such promoters and DNA constructs, isolated DNAs encoding such promoters, and methods of making and using such promoters, DNA co... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20070295251 | EPSP SYNTHASES: COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Compositions and methods for conferring tolerance to glyphosate in bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions include novel EPSP synthase enzymes and nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, vectors comprising those nucleic acid mol... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070292490 | Production of tissue factor in plants The instant invention provides transgenic plants that express mammalian, e.g., human, recombinant tissue factor (rhTF) as well as methods for making rhTF. The invention further provides rhTF or functional fragment thereof that are obtained from a transgenic plant. The i... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070274972 | Maize Antifungal RNAse NE Homolog Gene Sequence Encoding an Antimicrobial Protein Useful for Enhancing Plant Resistance to Pathogens Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include novel amino acid sequences, and variants and fragments thereof, for antipathogenic polypeptides that were isolated from maize. Nucleic aci... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20070266458 | Isolated Polynucleotide Molecules Corresponding to Mutant and Wild-Type Alleles of the Maize D9 Gene and Methods of Use The invention provides isolated polynucleotide molecules encoding mutant and wild-type alleles of the maize D9 gene. The invention further provides methods for modifying the growth of plants involving the use of these isolated polynucleotide molecules, isolated polypept... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070261134 | Cotton Cultivar PM 2140 B2RF A cotton cultivar, designated PM 2140 B2RF, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar PM 2140 B2RF, to the plants of cotton PM 2140 B2RF and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar PM 2140 B2RF with itself or a... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070261129 | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from lily are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for unders... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070250958 | Cotton Cultivar PM 3535 BG/RR A cotton cultivar, designated PM 3535 BG/RR, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar PM 3535 BG/RR, to the plants of cotton PM 3535 BG/RR and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar PM 3535 BG/RR with itself ... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070245428 | Bacillus thuringiensis cry gene and protein Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from an insect pest are provided. In particular, novel polynucleotides and the pesticidal polypeptides they encode are provided. Methods of using the novel polynucleotides and pesticidal polypeptides of the invention to pr... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070234439 | DNA constructs that contain Helianthus annuus Hahb-10 gene coding sequence, method for generating plants with a shortened life cycle and a high tolerance to herbicidal compounds and transgenic plants with that sequence The present invention refers to a gene from Helianthus annuus encoding a transcription factor that comprises a homeodomain associated with a leucine zipper. This gene is named Hahb-10. The transcription factor Hahb-10 can be used in DNA constructs to transform ho... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070234443 | Maize Genes For Controlling Plant Growth and Organ Size and Their Use in Improving Crop Plants The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the ZmARGOS gene family. The invention provides genomic sequence for the ZmARGOS genes. ZmARGOS is responsible for controlling plant growth, organ size and yield in crop plants.... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070234440 | Cotton Cultivar DP 174 RF A cotton cultivar, designated DP 174 RF, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar DP 174 RF, to the plants of cotton DP 174 RF and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar DP 174 RF with itself or another cotto... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070226816 | Promoter molecules for use in plants The present invention provides DNA molecules isolated from corn and sorghum plants that are useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides expression constructs containing the DNA molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070220628 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IN PLANTA PRODUCTION OF INVERTED REPEATS Methods and compositions are provided which allow for the production of an inverted repeat in a plant or plant part, which, when transcribed as an RNA can be used in some examples to decrease expression of a target polynucleotide of interest. The methods and composition... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070220632 | Cotton Cultivar PM 3225 B2RF A cotton cultivar, designated PM 3225 B2RF, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar PM 3225 B2RF, to the plants of cotton PM 3225 B2RF and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar PM 3225 B2RF with itself or a... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070220631 | Cotton Cultivar 06W650F A cotton cultivar, designated 06W650F, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar 06W650F, to the plants of cotton 06W650F and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar 06W650F with itself or another cotton variet... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070220630 | Cotton Cultivar DP 121 RF A cotton cultivar, designated DP 121 RF, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar DP 121 RF, to the plants of cotton DP 121 RF and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar DP 121 RF with itself or another cotto... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070220629 | RESISTANCE TO AUXINIC HERBICIDES The invention provides methods of identifying herbicidal auxins. The invention further provides auxin-herbicide-resistant plants and genes conferring auxin-herbicide resistance. This invention also provides a method of identifying other proteins that bind picolinate aux... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070220627 | Methods and Compositions for the Selection of a Transgenic Plant Compositions and methods are provided to screen, identify, select, isolate, and/or regenerate targeted integration events using seed priming. Seed priming provides the identification of a seed having stably incorporated into its genome a site-specific recombinase mediat... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070214515 | Polynucleotide encoding a maize herbicide resistance gene and methods for use This invention relates to polynucleotide sequences encoding a gene that can confer resistance to at least one herbicide. It further relates to plants and seeds of plants carrying chimeric genes comprising said polynucleotide sequences, which enhance or confer resistance... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20070204369 | Novel Bacillus Thuringiensis Crystal Polypeptides, Polynucleotides, and Compositions Thereof The present invention provides insecticidal polypeptides related to Bacillus Cry2 polypeptides. Nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides of the invention are also provided. Methods for using the polypeptides and nucleic acids of the invention to enhance resistance... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070199098 | Cotton plant with seed-specific reduction in gossypol A method is disclosed for reducing the level of gossypol in cottonseed. The method generally includes selectively inducing RNA gene silencing in the seed of a transgenic cotton plant, to interfere with expression of the δ-cadinene synthase gene or the δ-cadinene-8-hyd... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070199105 | UDP-Xylose Synthases (UXS) Polynucleotides, Polypeptides, and Uses Thereof The present disclosure concerns methods and compositions relating to UXS polypeptides and/or nucleic acids encoding UXS polypeptides. In certain claims, the methods and compositions are of use to improve digestibility and/or ease of grain processing. Such improvements r... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070199096 | Compositions and Methods for Altering Alpha- and Beta-Tocotrienol Content Preparation and use of isolated nucleic acids useful in altering the oil phenotype in plants. Isolated nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides that alter alpha- and beta-tocotrienol content in seeds and oil obtained from the seeds. Expression cassettes, host cells ... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070192899 | Antifungal polypeptides Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include an amino acid sequence, and variants and fragments thereof, for an antipathogenic polypeptide that was isolated from a fungal fermentation... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070169228 | Nucleic acid molecules associated with plant cell proliferation and growth and uses thereof The present invention provides a gene encoding ANT-like polypeptide comprising in the N-terminal to C-terminal direction two AP2 DNA binding domains followed in the C-terminal by an amino acid subsequence selected from the group consisting of Xaa-Ser-Ser-Ser-Arg-Glu, Xa... | 07/19/2007 |
| 20070163006 | Cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase After-cooking darkening is a gray-black discoloration of the potato tuber, formed after cooking by the oxidation of an iron-chlorogenic acid complex. Cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase (C4H) is a key enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of chlorogenic acid. The full-length c4h ... | 07/12/2007 |
| 20070150983 | Prevention of Bt resistance development Plants made resistant to insects by transforming their nuclear genome with two or more DNA sequences, each encoding a different non-competitively binding B. thuringiensis protoxin or insecticidal part thereof, preferably the toxin thereof. ... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070143875 | Polynucleotides and Other Molecules Associated With Plants Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from wheat are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for under... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070143876 | Cry1F and Cry1Ac transgenic cotton lines and event-specific identification thereof This invention relates to plant breeding and the protection of plants from insects. More specifically, this invention includes novel transformation events of cotton plants comprising one or more polynucleotide sequences, as described herein, inserted into specific site(... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20060123514 | Self-fertile apple resulting from S-RNAase gene silencing A transgenic plant or tree of Malus sp. comprising tissue derived from cells transformed with a nucleic acid molecule encoding a gametophytic S-RNAse from Malus sp. is provided. The nucleic acid molecule encoding a gametophytic S-RNAase is in a sense or an... | 06/08/2006 |
