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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8017828 | Utilization of rare sugars in plant or microorganism To provide an agricultural chemical and the like with the use of an effect of inducing systemic acquired resistance in a plant. To provide a growth inhibitor of not only a plant pathogenic bacterium but also a harmful microorganism. Utilization of a rare suga... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7393996 | Tomatoes having reduced polygalacturonase activity caused by non-transgenic mutations in the polygalacturonase gene A series of independent non-transgenic mutations found in the fruit PG gene of tomato; tomato plants having these mutations in their fruit PG gene; and a method of creating and identifying similar and/or additional mutations in the PG gene by screening pooled and/or... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7365247 | Method of large scale mutagenesis in tomato plants The present invention relates to a rapid and large-scale production of tomato mutants by utilizing a miniature tomato plant which can be crossed with tomato commercial plants. Mutations are induced in the miniature tomato cultivars and desired mutants are subsequent... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7173165 | Variants of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase affecting phosphate sensitivity and other parameters The subject invention concerns chimeric AGP subunit proteins and polynucleotides that encode the chimeric proteins. The subject invention provides for mutant AGP enzymes comprising a chimeric subunit of the invention that are less sensitive to inorganic phosphate th... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169964 | Genetic control of organ abscission A method for decreasing the rate of organ or floral abscission is described. The method includes modifying the ARF GAP domain of a gene. In one instance the gene is the NEVERSHED gene. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7135615 | Chromosome doubling method The invention provides methods for chromosome doubling in plants. The technique overcomes the low yields of doubled progeny associated with the use of prior techniques for doubling chromosomes in plants such as grasses. The technique can be used in large scale appli... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132587 | Non-autonomous transposon gene of rice, transformed plant and method of use The invention includes a method of transposing a non-autonomous transposon gene of rice (Oryza sativa). The method comprises culturing anthers of rice or treating roots, seeds, leaves, and stems of axillary buds of rice, or a callus derived from them, with 5-... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7105718 | Compositions and methods for regulating metabolism in plants The invention relates to methods and products for manipulating plant metabolism and resistance to infection. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7087809 | Natural herbicide resistance in wheat The invention provides a process for selecting wheat plants and generating wheat lines which exhibit genetically-controlled glyphosate herbicide resistance in the absence of genetic engineering, wheat plants that are glyphosate herbicide resistant, and the naturally... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7084331 | Rice containing endophytic bacteria and method of producing it The present invention provides a rice plant that shows enhanced growth and increased seed production, which also enables reduction of the use of chemical fertilizers. In the present invention, a nitrogen-fixing endophytic bacterium is isolated from bacteria s... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7067716 | Methods and compositions for the introduction of molecules into cells The present invention is directed to the introduction of molecules, including nucleic acids, carbohydrates, plant growth regulators and peptides into cells and tissues. The present invention is also directed to media and methods for enhancing embryogenic callus prod... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7034208 | Ahas inhibiting herbicide resistant wheat and method for selection thereof This invention is directed to a screening method for the selection of mutations which confer acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) inhibiting herbicide resistance to wheat. After mutagenesis of wheat seeds, the seeds are soaked in an AHAS inhibiting herbicide-containing ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7019196 | Herbicide resistant rice Rice plants are disclosed with multiple sources of resistance to herbicides that normally inhibit a plant's acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) enzyme. Besides controlling red rice, many AHAS-inhibiting herbicides also effectively control other weeds that are common in... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6995015 | Pathogen-resistant grape plants The invention features a method of producing a grape somatic embryo having resistance to a plant pathogen, the method including the steps of (a) culturing a grape somatic embryo in a first liquid culture medium that includes a plant growth regulator and a phytotoxin... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6919466 | Genes for microsomal delta-12 fatty acid desaturases and related enzymes from plants The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments encoding fatty acid desaturase enzymes are described. The invention permits alteration of plant lipid composition. Chimeric genes incorporating such nucleic acid fragments with suitable regulatory sequences may be us... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6891091 | Plant, seeds and oil with saturated triacylglycerol content and oil having a high stearic acid content The invention relates to a sunflower seed, comprising sunflower oil having increased stearic acid content as compared to wild type seeds preferably between 19.1 and 35% by weight related to the total amount of fatty acids in the oil, obtainable by treating parent se... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6835876 | Garden bean named ‘210944’ A novel garden bean cultivar, designated ‘210944’, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of garden bean cultivar ‘210944’, to the plants of garden bean line ‘210944’ and to methods for producing a bean plant by crossing the cultivar ‘210944... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6774288 | Animal feed with low phytic acid, oil, burdened and protein laden grain The present invention provides grain, seed, feed made from the grain or seed, petfood made from the grain, and food products made from the grain. The grain may be maize grain with the following characteristics: oil burdened, elevated protein content, and low phytate... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6759569 | Method for large scale mutagenesis in tomato plants The present invention relates to a rapid and large-scale production of tomato mutants by utilizing miniature tomato plants which can be crossed with tomato commercial plants. Mutations are induced in the miniature tomato cultivars and desired mutants are subsequentl... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6730838 | Opiumless and alkaloid-free non-narcotic opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) variety “Sujata” The present invention relates to an opiumless and alkaloid-free non-narcotic opium poppy designated as var. Sujata having the following morphological/argonomic features: | 05/04/2004 |
| 6696294 | Methods for generating and identifying mutant polyploid plants, and uses therefor The present invention provides methods for generating and identifying mutations in any target gene of a polyploid plant species. In a preferred aspect of the present invention, a plant is constructed and/or selected that has at least one copy of a functio... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6583339 | Manilagrass with green leaves in winter and eragrostoideae plant produced therefrom A series of independent technical systems including a combination of mutation methods such as cellular mutation, ultraviolet irradiation, X-ray irradiation or the like, formation and use of shoot primordium and selection of mutated cells are employed to p... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6525245 | Method for identifying components involved in signal transduction pathways in higher plants The present invention relates to methods for determining nucleic acid sequences that encode components of signal transduction pathways in higher plants. The method comprises combining a portion of an AOX promoter linked in operable fashion to a reporter g... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6521818 | Development of novel highly chemoprotectant crucifer germplasm A method for producing crucifer germplasm, in particular broccoli and cauliflower germplasm, with high levels of cancer chemoprotectant agents is provided which comprises screening a population of plants for glucosinolate profiles and selecting an individ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6414222 | Gene combinations for herbicide tolerance in corn The present invention provides methods for preparing herbicide tolerant corn plants. Also provided are herbicide tolerant corn plants, as well as seeds and progeny derived from these plants.... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6403863 | Heat stable mutants of starch biosynthesis enzymes The subject invention pertains to novel mutant polynucleotide molecules that encode enzymes that have increased heat stability. These polynucleotides, when expressed in plants, result in increased yield in plants grown under conditions of heat stress. The... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6380466 | Production of improved rapeseed exhibiting yellow-seed coat Rapeseed in plants producing rapeseed which have a yellow-seed coat are provided. The yellow-seed coat is controlled by a single locus mutation. Plants from the rapeseed are useful for transferring the trait into elite lines of canola.... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6361935 | Waxy wheat starch types having waxy proteins in granule Broadly, the present invention relates to mutating starch genes in polyploid cereal grains. Specifically, this invention concerns mutant wheat plants, mutant wheat grain and the starch therefrom.... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6339184 | AHAS inhibiting herbicide resistant wheat and method for selection thereof This invention is directed to a screening method for the selection of mutations which confer acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) inhibiting herbicide resistance to wheat. After mutagenesis of wheat seeds, the seeds are soaked in an AHAS inhibiting herbicide-... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6232529 | Methods of producing high-oil seed by modification of starch levels The present invention provides methods of obtaining a greater than normal concentration of oil in the seed of a plant, the method comprising altering the carbon metabolism in the seed leading to an alteration in the partitioning of assimilates from starch... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6225533 | Low level glucosinolate Brassica Brassica seeds having a maximum of glucosinolate content of 3.4 μmoles per gram of seed, plant lines and progeny thereof which produces such seeds, and meal derived from such seeds are disclosed.... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6150591 | Double flower gene of verbena and the method of producing same The present invention relates to a novel double flower gene in Verbena which is phenotypically expressed in the formation of flowers with one or more additional petals than existing Verbena cultivars. The present invention also relates to a Verbena seed, ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6143963 | Waxy wheat starch type having waxy proteins in granule Broadly, the present invention relates to mutating starch genes in polyploid cereal grains. Specifically, this invention concerns mutant wheat plants, mutant wheat grain and the starch therefrom.... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6127602 | Plant cells and plants transformed with streptococcus mutans genes encoding wild-type or mutant glucosyltransferase D enzymes The present invention provides methods of making paper utilizing glucans, produced by glucosyltransferase D enzymes of the species Streptococcus mutans, instead of modified starches. The present glucans are functionally similar to the hydroxethyl modified... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6111168 | Low phytic acid mutants and selection thereof Single-gene, non-lethal mutations responsible for low phytic acid-containing seeds are selectable by means of a method for assaying seeds which are otherwise phenotypically, or nearly phenotypically, normal. Maize mutants having from 20% to 95% reductions... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6084157 | Seeds, plants and oils with altered fatty acid profiles Seeds, plants and oils are provided having low FDA saturates; high oleic acid; low linoleic acid; high or low palmitic acid; low stearic acid; and low linoleic acid plus linolenic acid; and advantageous functional or nutritional properties.... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6077994 | Genetic control of flowering The CONSTANS (CO) gene of Arabidopsis thaliana and homologues from Brassica napus are provided and are useful for influencing flowering characteristics in transgenic plants, especially the timing of flowering.... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6051752 | Genetic factor responsible for a defective endosperm phenotype in seeds, plants comprising said factor and their use in hybridization processes The invention relates to a genetic male gametophytic factor capable, when expressed, of conferring a defective endosperm phenotype to seeds, said seeds being unable to germinate on their own. The invention also relates to the use of plants or part of plan... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5948954 | High stability peanut A commercially viable, runner-type peanut cultivar, as well as seeds and plants of the cultivar, agronomically similar to Florunner but having an improved fatty acid profile in the seed oil.... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5874662 | Method for producing somoclonal variant cotton plants A method for producing somaclonal variant cotton plant. The method comprising providing a cotton explant, culturing the explant in a callus growth medium supplemented with glucose as a primary carbon source until secretion of phenolic compounds has ceased... | 02/23/1999 |
