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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188337 | Cloning of cytochrome p450 genes from The present invention relates to p450 enzymes and nucleic acid sequences encoding p450 enzymes in Nicotiana, and methods of using those enzymes and nucleic acid sequences to alter plant phenotypes. ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8173867 | Methods and compositions for modulating flowering and maturity in plants The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating flowering time in plants. Maize RAP2.7 nucleotide sequences are disclosed which upon overexpression cause later flowering and when inhibited cause earlier flowering. Also disclosed is a DNA seque... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8153860 | Alteration of embryo/endosperm size during seed development Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments for altering embryo/endosperm size during seed development are disclosed along with a method of controlling embryo/endosperm size during seed development in plants. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8148606 | Plant body with modified program related to accumulation of storage material and the use thereof The object of the invention is to provide a plant body in which the program for accumulating storage products has been modified, and applications of the same. In the invention, the plant body is constructed so as to have a B3 DNA-binding domain and an EAR motif, and... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143481 | indehiscent1 sequences The present application provides Brassica INDEHISCENTI (BIND) sequences. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143480 | Compositions and methods for efficient gene silencing in plants This invention relates to methods for knock-down of a target gene in plants, particularly efficient and specific methods for knock-down of a target gene in plants. This invention also relates to methods for silencing endogenous plant genes or plant pathogen genes. I... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138392 | Disease resistant plants The invention provides transgenic plants with resistance to infection by a root-infecting fungal plant pathogen such as Phymatotrichopsis omnivora. Also provided are methods of making such plants. Further provided are nucleic acid vectors for producing such a... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8115055 | Down-regulation of gene expression using artificial microRNAs Isolated nucleic acid fragments comprising precursor miRNA, and artificial miRNAs and their use in down-regulating gene expression are described. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110726 | Polynucleotides encoding cellulose synthase from pinus radiata and methods of use for regulating polysaccharides of a plant Novel plant polysaccharide synthesis genes and polypeptides encoded by such genes are provided. These genes and polynucleotide sequences are useful regulating polysaccharide synthesis and plant phenotype. Moreover, these genes are useful for expression profiling of ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8088976 | Methods for genetic control of plant pest infestation and compositions thereof The present invention is directed to controlling plant pest infestation, and particularly plant nematode infestation, by inhibiting one or more biological functions in the plant pest. The invention discloses methods and compositions for use in controlling plant pest... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8067671 | Methods for genetic control of plant pest infestation and compositions thereof The present invention is directed to controlling plant pest infestation, and particularly plant nematode infestation, by inhibiting one or more biological functions in the plant pest. The invention discloses methods and compositions for use in controlling plant pest... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8058509 | 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 composi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8058510 | Method and means to modulate programmed cell death in eukaryotic cells The invention provides for the use of isolated polynucleotides encoding maize poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) proteins to produce eukaryotic cells and organisms, particularly plant cells and plants, with modified programmed cell death. Eukaryotic cells and organ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8053636 | Stress tolerant cotton plants The invention relates to the use of cotton parp2 gene or cDNA sequences to obtain stress tolerant cotton plants. Various cotton parp2 sequences are also provided. ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8044263 | Cytokinin oxidase promoter from maize The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions and methods include expression cassettes and transformed plants and provide for downregulation of cytokinin oxidase in a plant. ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8030542 | Methods for transforming plants to express δ-endotoxins Disclosed is a means of controlling plant pests by a novel method of expressing Cry2A B. thuringiensis δ-endotoxins in plants. The invention comprises novel nucleic acid segments encoding proteins comprising Cry2A B. thuringiensis δ-endotoxins. The n... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8017832 | Plant cells and plants which synthesize a starch with an increased final viscosity The present invention relates to a plant cell which is genetically modified, the genetic modification leading to the reduction of the activity of one or more SSIII proteins which occur endogenously in the plant cell and to the reduction of the activity of one or mor... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8017831 | 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 improvemen... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7999148 | 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... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7994397 | Method to produce sterile male flowers and partenocarpic fruits by genetic silencing, associated sequences and vectors containing said sequences Genes VvPI from Vitis vinifera cv. Cabernet Sauvignon and LePI from Lycopersicon esculentum are described; together with the use of these genes to produce sterile male flowers and seedless or parthenocarpic fruits. Silencing vectors that comprise these... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7982095 | Increase in yield by reducing gene expression The present invention relates to a process for the increase in yield in a plant organisms by reducing gene expression. The invention furthermore relates to nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, antisense molecules, antibodies, host ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7943819 | Methods for genetic control of insect infestations in plants and compositions thereof The present invention relates to control of pest infestation by inhibiting one or more biological functions. The invention provides methods and compositions for such control. By feeding one or more recombinant double stranded RNA molecules provided by the invention ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7919682 | Plants with reduced activity of a starch phosphorylating enzyme The present invention relates to plant cells and plants, which are genetically modified, wherein the genetic modification leads to the reduction of the activity of a starch phosphorylating OK1 protein in comparison with corresponding wild type plant cells or wild ty... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7884263 | Alteration of tobacco alkaloid content through modification of specific cytochrome P450 genes Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in Nicotiana plants and plant parts thereof are provided. The compositions comprise isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides for cytochrome P450s that are involv... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7884264 | Compositions and methods for inhibition of fucosyltransferase and xylosyltransferase expression in duckweed plants Methods for altering the N-glycosylation pattern of proteins in higher plants are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise introducing into a duckweed plant a recombinant RNAi construct that provides for the inhibition of expression of α1,3-fucosyltransf... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7829760 | Modulating myo-inositol catabolism in plants Compositions and methods for modulating MIOX activity are provided. Such compositions include nucleotide sequences for novel MIOX sequences obtained from maize, amino acid sequences for the proteins encoded by the nucleotide sequences of the invention, and variants ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7790955 | Rice and products thereof having starch with an increased proportion of amylose Rice having reduced levels of starch branching enzymes produce grain having a high relative amylose content in the endosperm. The rice grain of this invention can be of a non-shrunken phenotype despite a lesion in the amylopectin synthesis pathway and may be transge... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7786349 | Methods and means for increasing the tolerance of plants to stress conditions Methods and means are provided to increase the tolerance of plants to abiotic stress or adverse growing conditions, including drought, high light intensities, high temperatures, nutrient limitations and the like by reducing the activity of endogenous PARG proteins i... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7786350 | Recombinant DNA constructs compressing engineered plant microRNAs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides constructs containing engineered miRNAs or miRNA precursors derived from a maize miR408b, transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing such constructs, and methods for their use. ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7759546 | Methods for modifying plant endosperm A method for controlling endosperm size and development in plants. The method employs nucleic acid constructs encoding proteins involved in genomic imprinting, in the production of transgenic plants. The nucleic acid constructs can be used in the production of trans... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7754942 | Maize starch containing elevated amounts of actual amylose The present invention is directed to a starch comprising a novel percentage of actual amylose. A grain comprising the starch is also embodied by the present invention. The present invention is also directed to a plant comprising the novel starch. ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7750206 | Regulation of gene expression in plants The present invention relates to a nucleic acid sequence encoding an enzyme of the starch biosynthetic pathway in a cereal plant, wherein the enzyme is selected from the group consisting of starch branching enzyme I, starch branching enzyme II, starch soluble syntha... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7745696 | Suppression of gene expression for improved solar conversion efficiency and photosynthetic productivity in plants and algae The invention provides method and compositions to minimize the chlorophyll antenna size of photosynthesis by decreasing TLA1 gene expression, thereby improving solar conversion efficiencies and photosynthetic productivity in plants, e.g., green microalgae, under bri... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7741533 | Grain quality through altered expression of seed proteins The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for altering the levels of seed proteins in cereal grain. The invention is directed to the alteration of seed protein levels in plant grain, resulting in grain with increased digestibility/nutrient availa... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7741534 | Cytokinin oxidase promoter from maize The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions may comprise a novel nucleic acid sequence for a promoter with tissue specificity and/or cytokinin inducibility. A method for expressin... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7732663 | Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors as plant growth regulators Methods for using cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor genes, or anti-sense constructs complementary to such genes, to modify the growth and development of plant cells and organs are disclosed. Also provided are methods of modifying the development of plant cells... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7732664 | Genes associated to sucrose content Modern sugarcane cultivars are complex hybrids resulting from crosses among several species of the Saccharum genus. Traditional breeding methods have been extensively employed in different countries along the past decades to develop varieties with increased s... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7728191 | Nucleic acid for reducing protein content in rice seed It is intended to provide a method of reducing the total amount of stored protein, to develop a technique required therefor, and to provide a plant and its seeds developed by the above method and a method of using such a plant and seeds. More specifically, a nucleic... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7723568 | Engineered miRNA precursors for suppressing target gene expression in plants 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 ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7714186 | Plant cells and plants which synthesize a starch with an increased final viscosity The present invention relates to a plant cell which is genetically modified, the genetic modification leading to the reduction of the activity of one or more SSIII proteins which occur endogenously in the plant cell and to the reduction of the activity of one or mor... | 05/11/2010 |
