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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158854 | Method for modifying plant architecture and enhancing plant biomass and/or sucrose yield The present invention relates to methodology and constructs for modifying plant architecture and enhancing plant biomass and/or sucrose yield. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8134047 | Maize plants with reduced gene silencing Maize plants with reduced gene silencing are disclosed. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8084668 | Gibberellin 2-oxidase A nucleic acid sequence is provided which encodes a gibberellin 2-oxidase gene which catalyses the 2β-oxidation of a gibberellin molecule to introduce a hydroxyl group at C-2 and further catalyses the oxidation of the hydroxyl group introduced at C-2 to yield the k... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084667 | Method of modifying plant phenotypes with nonsymbiotic hemoglobin The present invention provides a method of modifying a plant phenotype by transforming a plant to alter the level of expression of non-symbiotic plant hemoglobin in the plant, whereby the transformed plant exhibits, under normal oxygen conditions, a plant phenotype ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8017833 | Wood and cell wall gene microarray The invention provides polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences isolated from P. radiate and E. grandis that are involved in wood and cell wall biosynthesis. Methods for using the sequences, along with constructs and transgenic plants, are provided als... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7985890 | Transgenic sweet sorghum with altered lignin composition and process of preparation thereof The present invention provides a sweet sorghum plant characterized by altered lignin content and/or altered lignin composition compared to a wild plant and this is achieved by manipulating the expression of caffeoylCoA-O-methyltransferae (CCoAOMT) in particular and ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7888555 | Flower-bud formation suppressor gene and early flowering plant According to the present invention, a plant having an early flowering property is provided. Specifically, the present invention provides a transformed plant having a gene that suppresses flower-bud formation or the antisense DNA of this gene. ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7855323 | Recombinant DNA for gene suppression Anti-sense-oriented RNA gene suppression agents in the form of a loop of anti-sense-oriented RNA is produced in cells of transgenic organisms, e.g. plants, by transcription from a recombinant DNA construct which comprises in 5′ to 3′ order a promoter element ope... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7816581 | Recombinant DNA constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7812221 | Wheat with altered branching enzyme activity and starch and starch containing products derived therefrom Wheat having a reduced level of SBEIIa activity, that may have a relative high amylose content. Wheat having a mutant SBEIIa gene in the A genome. The wheat might additionally have reduced levels of SBEIIb activity. The wheat grain of this invention can be of a non-... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7807872 | Down regulation of plant cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors The present invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding plant cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors (ICKs). The nucleic acid molecules may be used to downregulate expression of a plant ICK, thereby providing useful plant phenotypes. ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7718850 | Methods and means for delaying seed shattering in plants The invention relates to methods and compositions for modulating properties of fruit dehiscence in plants such Brassicaceae plants, specifically to improved methods and means for reducing seed shattering in Brassicaceae plants, particularly the Brassicaceae plants g... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7667096 | Conditional sterility in plants The present disclosure provides methods, recombinant DNA molecules, recombinant host cells containing the DNA molecules, and transgenic plant cells, plant tissue and plants which contain and express at least one antisense or interference RNA specific for a thiamine ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7592506 | Transgenic plants with altered levels of phenolic compounds Methods for altering levels in plants of one or more phenolic compounds that are intermediates or final products of the plant phenylpropanoid pathway are provided. One method comprises transforming a plant cell with an expression construct comprising a nucleic acid ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7576262 | Modified gene-silencing RNA and uses thereof Methods and means for efficiently downregulating the expression of any gene of interest in eukaryotic cells and organisms are provided. To this end, the invention provides modified antisense and sense RNA molecules, chimeric genes encoding such modified antisense or... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7453022 | Method of increasing the content of selected transgene-coded proteins or peptides in plants A method of increasing the content of one or more transgene-coded proteins or peptides in a plant is described. The increase is an effect of a decrease in the concentration of an ATP/ADP transporter in the plant. The method depends on transformation with and express... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7442856 | Soybean cultivar 5512112 A soybean cultivar designated 5512112 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5512112, to the plants of soybean 5512112, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5512112 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442858 | Soybean cultivar 26660135 A soybean cultivar designated 26660135 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 26660135, to the plants of soybean 26660135, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 26660135 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soy... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442859 | Soybean cultivar 306612412 A soybean cultivar designated 306612412 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 306612412, to the plants of soybean 306612412, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 306612412 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439416 | Indeterminate gametophyte 1 ()gene from and uses thereof This invention provides the genes for indeterminate gametophyte (ig1), mutants of ig1, homologs of ig1, and orthologs of ig1, as well as the proteins encoded by these genes. This invention also provides compositions and methods which utilize these genes and proteins... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7429692 | Sucrose synthase 3 promoter from rice and uses thereof Rice sucrose synthase 3 regulatory regions suitable for directing expression of a heterologous nucleic acid are described, as well as nucleic acid constructs that include these regulatory regions. Also disclosed are transgenic plants that contain such constructs and... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429693 | Method for the production of plant seed with modified fiber content and modified seed coat The present invention relates to a nucleotide sequences commonly designated CJAS1 comprising a novel gene from plants. The novel gene encodes a protein that is involved in seed formation and is associated with plant defense. The invention further relates to the use ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425670 | Methods and compositions for protein production in tobacco plants with reduced nicotine DNA encoding a plant quinolate phosphoribosyl transferase (QPRTase) enzyme, and constructs comprising such DNA are provided. Methods of altering quinolate phosphoribosyl transferase expression are provided. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7408100 | Method of controlling character of monocotyledon by modification and/or overexpression of cytochrome P450 monooxygenase gene involved in brassinosteroid biosynthesis and monocotyledon modified by the gene A method of producing a modified monocotyledonous plant having a desired character is provided. The method comprises isolating a gene containing a nucleic acid hybridizable to a nucleic acid indicated by SEQ ID NO. 1 under stringent conditions, and inhibiting expres... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7390655 | 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.... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385104 | Plants synthesizing a modified starch, a process for the generation of the plants, their use, and the modified starch The present invention relates to recombinant nucleic acid molecules which contain two or more nucleotide sequences which encode enzymes which participate in the starch metabolism, methods for generating transgenic plant cells and plants which synthesize starch which... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7368635 | Soybean cultivar 943013 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 943013, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 943013, to the plants of soybean 943013 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 943013 with itself or another soy... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365058 | MicroRNA and methods for inhibiting same The invention relates to isolated DNA or RNA molecules comprising at least ten contiguous bases having a sequence in a pancreatic islet microRNA. In another embodiment, the invention relates to isolated single stranded pancreatic islet microRNA molecules or anti-pan... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365241 | Seed specific USP promoters for expressing genes in plants The present invention relates to the field of plant genetic engineering. More specifically, the present invention relates to seed specific gene expression. The present invention provides promoters capable of transcribing heterologous nucleic acid sequences in seeds,... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358420 | Soybean cultivar S040131 A soybean cultivar designated S040131 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S040131, to the plants of soybean S040131, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S040131 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358421 | Soybean cultivar 3133014 A soybean cultivar designated 3133014 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 3133014, to the plants of soybean 3133014, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 3133014 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358422 | Soybean cultivar 4136015 A soybean cultivar designated 4136015 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4136015, to the plants of soybean 4136015, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4136015 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358418 | Isoforms of eIF-5A: senescence-induced eLF5A; wounding-induced eIF-4A; growth eIF-5A; and DHS The present invention relates to unique isoforms of eukaryotic initiation Factor 5A (“eIF-5A”): senescence-induced eIF-5A; wounding-induced eIF-5A; and growth eIF-5A, as well as polynucleotides that encode these three factors. The present invention also relates ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7345224 | Soybean cultivar 5138236 A soybean cultivar designated 5138236 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5138236, to the plants of soybean 5138236, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5138236 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7345225 | Soybean cultivar S050218 A soybean cultivar designated S050218 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050218, to the plants of soybean S050218, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050218 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7335819 | Soybean cultivar 4805442 A soybean cultivar designated 4805442 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4805442, to the plants of soybean 4805442, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4805442 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332591 | Bardet-Biedl susceptibility gene and uses thereof The present invention relates to the designation of ADP-ribosylation factor-like 6 as the BBS3 gene, that is involved in the genetic disease Bardet Biedl Syndrome (BBS), which is characterized by such diverse symptoms as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, mental retar... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323624 | Method for influencing the content of sinapine in transgenic plant cells and in plants The invention relates to a method for influencing the sinapine content in transgenic plant cells and plants. In particular, the invention relates to the inhibition of the enzymatic activity of a UDP-glucose: sinapate glucosyltransferase (SGT) in transgenic plant cel... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323621 | Method of decreasing liquiritigenin-derived isoflavones relative to total isoflavones in plants and plants producing reduced ratio of liquiritigenin-derived isoflavones relative to total isoflavones This invention pertains to methods for decreasing the ratio of liquiritigenin-derived isoflavones relative to total isoflavone levels in isoflavonoid-producing plants and plant parts by transforming plants with a recombinant DNA construct comprising a nucleic acid s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319181 | Transgenic rice plants with reduced expression of Os2AP and elevated levels of 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline The aromatic compound 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline-is the major potent flavor component of all aromatic rice. This present invention provides transgenic rice plants in which 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline is synthesized at a level greater than in naturally occurring non-aromatic vari... | 01/15/2008 |
