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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8153862 | Cytochrome P450 gene for increasing seed size or water stress resistance of plant The present invention relates to cytochrome P450 protein originating from Arabidopsis thaliana which can be used for increasing seed size or storage protein content in seed or for increasing water stress resistance of plant, a gene encoding said protein, a re... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8143483 | Genes for promoting plant growth and use thereof The invention relates to genes for promoting rapid growth of plant, characterized in genes that are Banana ABC transporter MhPDR1 or MhPDR2 genes, wherein the transporters have amino acid sequences depicted in SEQ ID No: 1 and SEQ ID No: 3, respectively, and the gen... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8124843 | Methods and genetic compositions to limit outcrossing and undesired gene flow in crop plants The present invention relates to methods to control the spread of recombinant DNA molecules between sexually compatible plants of differing genetic composition. The invention describes the production of transgenic plants that comprise recombinant traits of interest ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119858 | Plant yield improvement by Ste20-like gene expression The present invention concerns a method for increasing plant yield by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a Ste20-like polypeptide or a homologue thereof. One such method comprises introducing into a plant a Ste20-like nucleic acid or variant... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115060 | Means and methods of controlling plant seed germination A method of controlling germination of seed is provided in which a nucleic acid encoding a protein which causes inhibition of germination is transformed into a plant, operably linked with a promoter that expresses during germination. The protein is one in which a re... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8106257 | Altering lignin and wood density In angiosperm and gymnosperm plants, overexpressing a SAMdc nucleotide sequence can decrease lignin content and, for plants with woody tissue, increase wood density. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8076536 | Methods and compositions for obtaining marker-free transgenic plants The invention provides methods and compositions for identifying transgenic seed that contain a transgene of interest, but lack a marker gene. Use of an identification sequence that results in a detectable phenotype increases the efficiency of screening for seed and ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7994398 | Secondary wall forming genes from maize and uses thereof The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the class of genes involved in maize secondary wall (ZmSCW) formation. The invention provides genomic sequence for the ZmSCW genes. ZmSCW are responsible for controlling plant growth, seconda... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7947875 | Methods and means for altering fiber characteristics in fiber-producing plants Methods and means are provided for modulating fiber length in fiber producing plants such as cotton by altering the fiber elongation phase. The fiber elongation phase may be increased or decreased by interfering with callose deposition in plasmodesmata at the base o... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7939715 | Plants with improved yield and stress tolerance Polynucleotides incorporated into expression vectors have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. The encoded polypeptides of the invention have been shown to confer at least one regulatory activity and confer greater size, greater organ size, gr... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7923600 | Generation of marker-free and backbone-free transgenic plants using a single binary approach The present invention provides a convenient method for producing a transformed plant by expressing a hormone gene positioned within a plasmid backbone that also carries a P-DNA or T-DNA to obtain backbone-free transformed plants. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7902425 | Plants having changed development and a method for making the same A method to change development of a plant or plant part, when compared to the wild-type plant or plant part, by increasing or decreasing expression in a plant or plant part of a cdc27a nucleic acid sequence and/or increasing or decreasing levels and/or activity in a... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7880057 | Precise breeding—backbone integration markers The present invention relates to a new plant breeding process. The process improves the agronomic performance of crop plants by using genetic material that is also used in classical breeding. Instead of sexually recombining entire genomes at random, as is done in cl... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7872173 | Plants having increased yield and method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for increasing plant yield in plants grown under non-stress growth conditions relative to yield in corresponding wild type plants grown under comparable conditions, the method comprising preferentially increasing activity in t... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7847158 | Maize ERECTA genes for improving plant growth, transpiration, efficiency and drought tolerance in crop plants The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the ZmERECTA gene family. The invention provides nucleic acid sequences for the Zm ERECTA genes. ZmERECTA is responsible for controlling plant growth, organ size and yield in crop plants.... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7847156 | Plants having improved growth characteristics and methods for making the same The present invention concerns a method for altering characteristics of a plant. The invention describes the identification of a gene that is downregulated in transgenic plants overexpressing E2Fa/DPa and the use of such sequences to alter plant characteristics. A p... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7847157 | Plants having improved growth characteristics and method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for improving growth characteristics of plants by modulating activity of a mutant CDKA kinase or a homologue thereof in a plant and/or modulating expression of a nucleic acid encoding such mutant CDKA. One such method comprise... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7825295 | Method and means for modulating plant cell cycle proteins and their use in plant cell growth control The present invention provides a method for modulating endoreduplication in a plant, plant part, or plant cell. The method comprises the steps of introduction and expression of a nucleotide sequence encoding the CDC2bAt cyclin dependent kinase gene disclosed in data... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7820881 | Plants having increased yield and method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for increasing plant yield, particularly seed yield, comprising introducing into a plant a nucleic acid encoding a CDKD or a functional variant thereof. The invention also provides transgenic plants produced by the methods of ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7795501 | Protein regulating leaf longevity of plants, the gene thereof and their use A novel protein, ORE 15, responsible for the regulation of plant leaf longevity is disclosed. Also, a gene encoding the protein ORE15 is disclosed. The protein and gene can be used in the regulation of plant leaf longevity, including delayed senescence, growth promo... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7790956 | Plants having improved growth characteristics and methods for making the same by modulating expression of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a NAP1-like protein The present invention concerns a method for improving growth characteristics of plants by modulating expression of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a NAP1-like protein. The invention also relates to transgenic plants having improved growth characteristics, which pla... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7781646 | Specific genetic modification of the activity of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase and expression in a homologous or heterologous environment A method for the preparation of a eukaryotic organism, for example selected from plants, animals and fungi, showing constitutive, inducible and/or organ specific expression of a specifically modified TPS gene, which comprises the steps of providing a TPS gene; desig... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7674954 | DNA constructs that contain 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 transfor... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7674953 | Method for producing transgenic plants with increased yield, comprising expressing of haemoglobin from The invention relates generally to a method for improving growth of plants, under normal and under stress conditions, more particularly under osmotic stress and/or temperature extremes, comprising modifying plant haemoglobin gene expression and/or by modifying plant... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7671253 | Methods and genetic compositions to limit outcrossing and undesired gene flow in crop plants The present invention relates to methods to control the spread of recombinant DNA molecules between sexually compatible plants of differing genetic composition. The invention describes the production of transgenic plants that comprise recombinant traits of interest ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7635800 | Yield-related polynucleotides and polypeptides in plants The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compar... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7622635 | Method of increasing yield in plants The present invention provides a method of increasing yield in plants, comprising transforming a plant with a nucleic acid encoding a CDC27 polypeptide or homolog thereof having a N-terminal deletion operably linked to a promoter active in the plant, where 100 to 22... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7612256 | Isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the Br2 P-glycoprotein of maize and methods of modifying growth in plants transformed therewith The invention relates to the genetic modification of plants, particularly to the expression of P-glycoprotein genes in transformed plants. Nucleotide sequences for the Br2 gene encoding a P-glycoprotein of maize and methods for their use are provided. The sequences ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7612255 | Transgenic plants for mitigating introgression of genetically engineered genetic traits Genetic mechanisms for mitigating the effects of introgression of a genetically engineered genetic trait of a cultivated crop to an undesirable, interbreeding related species. ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7598429 | Transcription factor sequences for conferring advantageous properties to plants The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compar... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7595434 | Methods for altering organ mass in plants The invention provides methods of altering organ mass, controlling fertility and enhancing asexual reproduction in plants through the modulation of plant growth and cell proliferation. The methods involve producing transgenic plants comprising a recombinant expressi... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7592507 | Method to modify cell number, architecture and yield of plants by overexpressing the E2F transcription factor The present invention relates to a method for modifying plant growth and development processes by affecting cell cycle regulation comprising modulating expression of members of the plant E2F transcription factor family. More specific the invention relates to methods... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7579518 | Plants having improved seed yield and expressing a nucleic acid encoding a small subunit ribosomal (S3A) protein and method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for improving the growth characteristics of plants by introducing and expressing in a plant a nucleic acid encoding a small subunit ribosomal (S3a) protein. The invention also relates to transgenic plants having introduced the... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7566815 | Control of plant flowering time by regulation of phytochrome c expression Rice phyC mutants were isolated using a mutant panel isolation method. When the mutants were grown under long-day photoperiodic conditions, it was found that they flowered (exposed their panicles (heads)) about one week earlier than the control rice. The results ind... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7563946 | Plant development regulating gene and its uses The present invention is situated in the field of plant development. More specifically the invention relates to the identification and characterization of plant development regulating proteins (cdc27B) required for correct plant development as well as to mutants (hb... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7554007 | Methods of increasing abiotic stress tolerance and/or biomass in plants Provided are methods of increasing the tolerance of a plant to abiotic stresses and/or increasing the biomass and/or increasing the yield of a plant by expressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide homologous to SEQ ID NO:13. ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7538260 | Compositions isolated from forage grasses and methods for their use Isolated polynucleotides encoding polypeptides that regulate flowering are provided, together with expression vectors and host cells comprising such isolated polynucleotides. Methods for the use of such polynucleotides and polypeptides are also provided. ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7534933 | Transgenic plants overexpressing a plant vacuolar H + -ATPase Transgenic plants are described which are engineered to overexpress vacuolar H+-PPase. Plants such as tobacco and petunia transformed with A. Thaliana AVP-1 are shown to have increased meristematic activity resulting in larger leaves, stem, flower,... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7446242 | Plants with improved morphogenesis and method of constructing the same The invention relates to plants and their progeny with improved morphogenesis in a variety of organs; to a method for producing the plants; and to a method for producing calli. ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 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 |
