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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120054907 | DELAYED FRUIT DETERIORATION ALLELE IN PLANTS AND METHODS OF DETECTION Disclosed is an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that is at least 90% identical to a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO 4, wherein the protein has an aspartic acid (Asp) at amino acid positio... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047606 | Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Gene with Lepidopteran Activity The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120047601 | Method of Reducing Acetylation in Plants to Improve Biofuel Production The invention provides methods for engineering plants to have reduced levels of acetylation by decreasing expression of one or more Cas1L genes. Such plants can be used, e.g., to increase yield for biofuel production.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042410 | ABSCISIC ACID CARRIER GENE AND TRANSGENIC PLANT EXPRESSING THE SAME The present invention relates to carrier genes of abscisic acid and the transgenic plant prepared using such genes, and more specifically to genes that enhance resistance to salt or dryness in relation to abscisic acid transport and the recombinant vectors including the... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120042418 | Engineering NF-YB Transcription Factors for Enhanced Drought Resistance and Increased Yield in Transgenic Plants Polynucleotides are disclosed which are capable of enhancing yield of a plant transformed to contain such polynucleotides. Also provided are methods of using such polynucleotides and transgenic plants and agricultural products, including seeds, containing such polynucle... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120042411 | GENE TARGETING IN PLANTS An isolated polynucleotide sequence that encodes for a multi domain recombination protein, comprising a donor DNA-Binding domain (BDB); and a chromosomal binding domain (CBD). A plant cell can be transformed by introducing into the cell a first nucleic acid sequence, wh... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120036597 | Cold-Tolerant Plants Disclosed are chill- or cold-tolerant plants and methods of making the plants. Also disclosed are methods for identifying a plant that is tolerant to chill.... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120028799 | GROWTH ENHANCEMENT AND CONTROL OF BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL PLANT DISEASES WITH STREPTOMYCES SCOPULIRIDIS Methods of controlling plant diseases mediated by bacterial or fungal plant pathogens. The method comprises providing Streptomyces scopuliridis strain RB72 or an isolated protein or polypeptide comprising the amino acid of SEQ ID NO:1 and applying the Streptom... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120023627 | PLANT GENE REGULATORY ELEMENTS Nucleic acids, vectors, and expression vectors comprising novel plant gene regulatory elements from sorghum. Novel transgenic plants expressing heterologous genes under the control of novel gene regulatory elements.... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022235 | PROMOTER MOLECULES FOR USE IN PLANTS The present invention relates to polynucleotide molecules for regulating gene expression in plants. In particular, the present invention relates to promoters isolated from Brassica napus that are useful for regulating gene expression of heterologous polynucleotid... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120015810 | TUBULIN REGULATORY ELEMENTS FOR USE IN PLANTS The present invention provides polynucleotide molecules isolated from Zea mays and Oryza sativa and useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides expression constructs containing the polynucleotide molecules useful for exp... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110321196 | Nucleic Acid Sequences Encoding Proteins Associated with Abiotic Stress Response The present invention pertains transgenic plant cells and mature plants comprising Oxidoreductase Stress Related Proteins (ORSRP) resulting in increased tolerance and/or resistance to environmental stress as compared to non-transformed wild type cells and methods of pro... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110321187 | PLANT PLASTID TRANSFORMATION METHOD Method for heterologous protein production in plant cell plastids comprising introducing into plant cells nucleic acid components that encode heterologous proteins under the control of promoters operative in plastids, vectors, host cells, plants and uses thereof.... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110321197 | Plants with Increased Yield (NUE) A method for producing a plant with increased yield as compared to a corresponding wild type plant whereby the method comprises at least the following step: increasing or generating in a plant or a part thereof one or more activities selected from the group consisting o... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110302675 | CONTROL OF VIRAL AND BACTERIAL INFECTION BY ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES RETROCYLIN AND/OR PROTEGRIN EXPRESSED IN CHLOROPLASTS Disclosed herein are antimicrobial compositions containing one or more antimicrobial peptides having been expressed in chloroplasts. Exemplified herein are the expression and use of retrocylin and protegrin. Disclosed herein are methods of engineering chloroplasts to ex... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110302671 | EMBRYO SAC-SPECIFIC GENES The present invention relates to isolated nucleotide sequences useful for the production of plants with a modified embryo sac, embryo and or endosperm development, and to transgenic cells and plants transformed with the nucleotide sequences.... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110289622 | EXPRESSION CASSETTES FOR TRANSGENIC EXPRESSION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS The invention relates to expression cassettes and vectors which contain constitutive promoters of plants and to the use of these expression cassettes or vectors for transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences, preferably selection markers, in organisms, preferably i... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110283377 | COMPOSITIONS, ORGANISMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR EXPRESSING A GENE PRODUCT IN PLANTS The present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to compositions, organisms, systems, and methods for expressing a gene product in a plant using a expression control sequence (ECS) operable in monocots and/or dicots. For example, (i) an isolated nucleic acid may com... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277181 | DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS AND RELATED CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS INVOLVING GENES ENCODING DTP21 POLYPEPTIDES Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides and recombinant DNA constructs useful for conferring drought tolerance, compositions (such as plants or seeds) comprising these recombinant DNA constructs, and methods utilizing these recombinant DNA constructs. The recombinant ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110277046 | HYDROLASES, NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM Provided are hydrolases, including lipases, saturases, palmitases and/or stearatases, and polynucleotides encoding them, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Further provided are polypeptides, e.g., enzymes, having a hydrolase activity... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110277179 | Plants With Increased Yield This invention relates generally to a plant cell with enhanced nitrogen use efficiency and/or increased biomass production as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type plant cell by increasing or generating one or more activities of polypeptides associated w... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110271401 | PROCEDURE FOR PRODUCING TRANSGENIC PLANTS PROVIDING HIGH STARCH CONTENT AND YIELD AND HIGH AMYLOSE/AMYLOPECTIN BALANCE A process for the production of transgenic plants that have a high starch content and yield and a high amylose/amylopectin ratio. The alpha-1,4-glucan phosphorylases (GPs) catalyze the reversible cutting of bonds α-1,4 of the non-reducing ends of homopolysaccharides wi... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110271403 | Metal Resistant Plants, and Methods of Manufacture Thereof Disclosed herein is a transgenic plant transformed with an isolated nucleic acid comprising a plant arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein coding sequence operatively linked to a plant-expressible transcription regulatory sequence, wherein the plant arsenite-inducibl... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110263488 | FAMILY OF PESTICIDAL PROTEINS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expres... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110252502 | GRG23 EPSP SYNTHASES: COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Compositions and methods for conferring herbicide resistance or tolerance to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions include polynucleotides encoding herbicide resistance or tolerance polypeptides, vectors comprising those polynucleot... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110252509 | Method for Producing a Transgenic Cell with Increased Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (Gaba) Content This invention relates generally to a method for producing a transgenic cell with increased gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type cell.... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110247097 | PLANTS HAVING MODIFIED GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS AND A METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME The present invention concerns a method for modifying the growth characteristics of plants by modifying expression in a plant of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a 2×C2H2 zinc finger protein and/or modifying level and/or activity in a plant of a 2×C2H2 zinc finger pro... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110247089 | Organisms homozygous for targeted modification Disclosed herein are homozygously modified organisms and methods of making and using these organisms.... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110247103 | METHODS FOR USING ARTIFICIAL POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF TO REDUCE TRANSGENE SILENCING The materials and methods disclosed provide for polynucleotide molecules sufficiently divergent from polynucleotides naturally contained in plants, or polynucleotides previously introduced into plants as transgenes to permit trait stacking in plant breeding methods or p... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110231958 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS AND FUNGI CAPABLE OF METABOLIZING PHOSPHITE AS A SOURCE OF PHOSPHORUS System, including methods and compositions, for making and using transgenic plants and/or transgenic fungi that metabolize phosphite as a source of phosphorus for supporting growth.... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231948 | Potato Cultivar 'Brooke' A potato cultivar designated ‘Brooke’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato cultivar ‘Brooke’, to the seeds of potato cultivar ‘Brooke’, to the plants of potato ‘Brooke’, to the plant parts of potato cultivar ‘Brooke’ and to met... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231947 | Potato Cultivar 'Newton' A potato cultivar designated ‘Newton’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato cultivar ‘Newton’, to the seeds of potato cultivar ‘Newton’, to the plants of potato ‘Newton’, to the plant parts of potato cultivar ‘Newton’ and to met... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231949 | Potato Cultivar 'Madingley' A potato cultivar designated ‘Madingley’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato cultivar ‘Madingley’, to the seeds of potato cultivar ‘Madingley’, to the plants of potato ‘Madingley’, to the plant parts of potato cultivar ‘Madingle... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231950 | Potato Cultivar 'Linton' A potato cultivar designated ‘Linton’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato cultivar ‘Linton’, to the seeds of potato cultivar ‘Linton’, to the plants of potato ‘Linton’, to the plant parts of potato cultivar ‘Linton’ and to met... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110225673 | CHIMERIC PROMOTERS AND THEIR USES IN PLANTS The present invention provides novel promoters for use in plants. Specifically, the present invention provides novel chimeric promoters comprising combinations of plant viral enhancer elements and plant promoters. The present invention also provides DNA constructs; tran... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110214198 | Potato Cultivar 'Shelford' A potato cultivar designated ‘Shelford’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato cultivar ‘Shelford’, to the seeds of potato cultivar ‘Shelford’, to the plants of potato ‘Shelford’, to the plant parts of potato cultivar ‘Shelford’ ... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110209254 | QTL CONTROLLING SCLEROTINIA STEM ROT RESISTANCE IN SOYBEAN Markers associated with Sclerotinia stem rot resistance are provided. Methods of identifying resistant, and susceptible plants, using the markers are provided. Methods for identifying and isolating QTL are a feature of the invention, as are QTL associated with 08/25/2011 | |
| 20110195843 | Plants with Increased Yield (LT) A method for producing a plant with increased yield as compared to a corresponding wild type plant comprising at least the following step: increasing or generating in a plant or a part thereof one or more activities selected from the group consisting of 3-phosphoglycera... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110197305 | DENSE AND ERECT PANICLE GENE AND USES THEREOF Compositions and methods for imparting a dense and erect panicle phenotype to plants, including polynucleotides, polypeptides, vectors and cells. This phenotype is associated with improving plant traits, such as improving plant yield.... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110191894 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATING TO CONROLLED INDUCTION OF PLANT SENESCENCE Methods and compositions for promoting senescence in plants are provided. Methods and compositions for promoting senescence in plants by increased expression of an exogenous or endogenous abscisic-acid-activated protein kinase-interacting protein, AKIP. In specific embo... | 08/04/2011 |
