Class 800/309 - Melon (e.g., cantaloupe, honeydew, etc.)

Subclass of Class 800 - Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes
Definition: Subject matter wherein the higher plant, seedling, plant
No. of patents: 33
Last issue date: 08/11/2009

Number	Title	Issue Date
7572954	Melon having high percent soluble solids and improved firmness Honeydew melon having high percent soluble solids and improved firmness is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of honeydew melons SSC 112, SSC 134, SSC 135, SSC 118, 10217-3, 10233-1, 11466, 11647, 10888, 10288-1, and 11876-1, to the plants of honeydew mel...	08/11/2009
7335818	Inbred cantaloupe line I446 An inbred cantaloupe line, designated I446, a hybrid cantaloupe designated I446I444, and a hybrid cantaloupe designated I446I407 are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred cantaloupe line I446, of hybrid cantaloupe I446*I444, and of hybrid cantalo...	02/26/2008
6960706	Inbred cantaloupe line 442 An inbred cantaloupe line, designated 442, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred cantaloupe line 442, to the plants of inbred cantaloupe line 442 and to methods for producing a cantaloupe plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred li...	11/01/2005
6858777	Methods for stable transformation of plants Multiple shoot structures are induced from plant tissues (e.g., shoot apices or axillary buds on an artificial medium) to produce multiple shoot cultures. These multi-shoot cultures are then transformed by known transformation methods. Plants are subsequently regene...	02/22/2005
6720479	Plant retroelements and methods related thereto The present invention provides plant retroelements useful as molecular tools. In one embodiment, the present invention provides nucleic acids encoding gag, pol and/or env genes of plant retroelements. The elements can be used, among other uses, as building blocks of...	04/13/2004
6642438	Melon promoters for expression of transgenes in plants The present invention is directed to a melon actin promoter capable of providing expression of heterologous genes, and nucleic acid constructs, vectors, transformation methods, transgenic plant cells, and transgenic plants comprising said promoter....	11/04/2003
6479735	Transgenic plants including a transgene consisting of a hybrid nucleic acid sequence, comprising at least one unedited mitochondrial gene fragment from higher plants and process for producing them Hybrid nucleic acid sequences including at least the coding region of an unedited mitochondrial gene of superior plants and controlling the male fertility of plants containing said sequences, transgenic plants having such sequences and methods of producti...	11/12/2002
6420631	Inbred cantaloupe GdM3 An inbred cantaloupe line, designated GdM3, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred cantaloupe line GdM3, to the plants of inbred cantaloupe line GdM3 and to methods for producing a cantaloupe plant produced by crossing the inbred line ...	07/16/2002
6380465	Cytochrome P450 enzymes and related compounds and methods The present invention provides, inter alia, nucleic acids which encode P450s in corn that, when expressed in the presence of a reductase, metabolize compounds exemplary of several distinct classes of insecticides and herbicides. The invention also include...	04/30/2002
6350935	Fruit-specific and ripening-regulation expansin gene to control fruit texture and softening Expansins are proteins that induce extension in isolated plant cell walls in vitro and have been proposed to disrupt non-covalent interactions between hemicellulose and cellulose microfibrils. Because the plant primary cell wall acts as a constraint to ce...	02/26/2002
6323393	Enhancer-increased gene expression in plants The invention provides enhancers for one or more gene promoters, which enhancers are nucleotide sequences rich in A and T bases, the total amount of A and T bases comprising more than 50% of the nucleotide sequence. Particular sequences are identified fro...	11/27/2001
6235974	Hypersensitive response induced resistance in plants by seed treatment with a hypersensitive response elicitor The present invention relates to a method of imparting pathogen resistance to plants. This involves applying a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein in a non-infectious form to a plant seed under conditions where the polypeptide or prote...	05/22/2001
6228644	Hypersensitive response elicitor from Erwinia amylovora, its use, and encoding gene The present invention is directed to an isolated protein or polypeptide which elicits a hypersensitive response in plants as well as an isolated DNA molecule which encodes the hypersensitive response eliciting protein or polypeptide. This isolated protein...	05/08/2001
6198022	Transgenic plants belonging to the species Cucumis melo Procedure for the production of transgenic seedlings starting from genetically transformed buds, the said seedlings belonging to the species Cucumus melo and containing at least one gene introduced through the intermediary of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, ch...	03/06/2001
6160201	Lettuce infectious yellows virus genes The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid which contains a nucleotide sequence which encodes at least one of five LIYV proteins: the coat protein, the heat shock protein-70, RNA polymerase, the protein encoded by the gene positioned at ORF 3...	12/12/2000
6091004	Gene encoding a protein involved in the signal transduction cascade leading to systemic acquired resistance in plants The invention concerns the location and characterization of a gene (designated NIM1) that is a key component of the SAR pathway and that in connection with chemical and biological inducers enables induction of SAR gene expression and broad spectrum diseas...	07/18/2000
6087560	Transgenic fungal resistant plants expressing chitinase and glucanase, process for obtaining, and recombinant polynucleotides for uses therein Plants are provided with improved resistance against pathogenic fungi. They are genetically transformed with one or more polynucleotides which essentially comprise one or more genes encoding plant chitinases and ଲ-1,3-glucanases. Preferred are the i...	07/11/2000
6084152	Method for producing transgenic cucumber that produces high levels of superoxide dismutase The invention relates to a transgenic plant that produces high levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and to a method for producing the transgenic plant. The hypocotyl section of seedlings is co-cultured with Agrobacterium transformant and regenerated by ad...	07/04/2000
6069299	Fungus and insect control with chitinolytic enzymes The present invention relates to chitinolytic enzymes which have chitinolytic activity under alkaline conditions as well as DNA molecules encoding these enzymes and expression systems, host cells, and transgenic plants and plant seeds transformed with suc...	05/30/2000
5945579	Modification of crop plant architecture to enhance yield by causing proximity-conditional dwarfing to control shade avoidance reactions Provided are trnasgenic plants comprising cells transformed or transfected with a recombinant DNA construct containing a coding sequence which encodes phytochrome A, which when expressed, causes the stimulation of phytochrome A and confers upon said plant...	08/31/1999
5929303	Fruit-specific and ripening-regulation expansin genes to control fruit texture and softening Expansins are proteins that induce extension in isolated plant cell walls in vitro and have been proposed to disrupt non-covalent interactions between hemicellulose and cellulose microfibrils. Because the plant primary cell wall acts as a constraint to ce...	07/27/1999
5877400	Transgenic methods and compositions for producing parthenocarpic fruits and vegetables The invention discloses a transgenic method for producing parthenocarpic fruits or fruits with reduced seed number. It involves the temporal expression of a plant hormone or precursor or other such gene so that gibberellin or other similar hormonal activi...	03/02/1999
5789656	Transgenic plants belonging to the species Cucumis melo Procedure for the production of transgenic seedlings starting from genetically transformed buds, the said seedlings belonging to the species Cucumus melo and containing at least one gene introduced through the intermediary of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, ch...	08/04/1998
5773697	Genetic constructs and methods for producing fruits with very little or diminished seed The invention discloses a transgenic method for producing fruit with diminished or very little seeds or fruits with reduced seed number. It involves the temporal expression of a cytotoxic gene or combination of genes targeted toward arresting seed develop...	06/30/1998
5750864	Regulated expression of heterologous genes in plants The use of AdoMetase to reduce ethylene biosynthesis in plants is facilitated by the exploitation of the tissue and stage specific properties of the E4 promoter from tomato. The E4 promoter, isolated from tomato or other plants by methods described herein...	05/12/1998
5723764	Cellulose synthesis in the storage tissue of transgenic plants The present invention provides methods of synthesizing cellulose in the storage tissue of transgenic plants by introducing the cellulose biosynthetic enzymes into the storage tissue. Specifically, the present invention involves introducing the genes for c...	03/03/1998
5723752	Cloning and developmental expression of pea ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit N-methyltransferase The gene sequence for ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) large subunit (LS) &3xb5;N-methyltransferase (protein methylase III or Rubisco LSMT) is disclosed. This enzyme catalyzes methylation of the &3xb5;-amine of lysine-14 in the la...	03/03/1998
5702933	Control of fruit ripening and senescence in plants A method for controlling the ripening of fruits and vegetables as well as a method for controlling senescence of plant tissue is described. The method generally embraces the expression of an ACC metabolizing enzyme in the fruit or other desired plant tiss...	12/30/1997
5530190	DNA constructs containing the gene for ACC Oxidase, cells and plants derived therefrom DNA constructs which inhibit ethylene production in plants comprise a transcriptional initiation region operative in plants for transcribing a DNA sequence encoding an RNA sequence (which may be inverted) complementary to a substantial run of bases showin...	06/25/1996
5522907	Pregerminated seeds Pregerminated seeds comprising desiccation tolerant emerged radicles, processes for their production, and plants produced from such seeds....	06/04/1996
5484906	DNA clone encoding an ethylene-forming enzyme, constructs, plant cells and plants based thereon DNA clones, e.g. M13-1, comprising at least part of a gene derived from melon that encodes ethylene-forming enzyme. Such clones may comprise DNA constructs including plant promoters capable of expressing RNA in plant cells. Such constructs may be used to ...	01/16/1996
5476998	Cultivated melon with a sour taste and a process for the production thereof The present invention relates to an F1 hybrid melon characterized by having a sour taste, produced by crossing a melon having at least one dominant allele for expression of weak-acid pH value in flesh and at least one recessive allele for expre...	12/19/1995
5354946	Gene complex particularly useful for modifying plants such as Cucumis melo and Cucumis melo incorporating said gene complex Cucumis melo (melon) line 95LS444. Fruits of line 95LS444 release ethylene at a constant rate for eight days after reaching maximum ethylene release, and remain firm textured for a longer period after harvest than other melon varieties....	10/11/1994

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Class 800/309 - Melon (e.g., cantaloupe, honeydew, etc.)