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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8153870 | Rice hybrid XL745 A rice hybrid designated XL745 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice hybrid XL745, to the plants of rice hybrid XL745 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the hybrid XL745 with itself or another rice plant. The invention ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8134058 | Rice cultivar taggart A rice cultivar designated Taggart is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar Taggart, to the plants of rice Taggart, to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar Taggart with itself or another rice variety, and to m... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8106276 | Inbred rice line P64-2S An inbred rice line designated P64-2S is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred rice line P64-2S, to the plants of inbred rice line P64-2S and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the inbred rice line P64-2S with itself or anot... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8030561 | Rice plant and method for producing the same The rice plant according to the present invention is a rice plant obtained by crossing the rice plant varieties “Koshihikari” with “Kasalath” and having improvement in both lodging resistance and decorticated grain size, wherein said rice plant has on the ch... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7994406 | Rice conferring resistance to environmental stress by targeting MnSOD to the chloroplast The present invention relates to the induction of the endogenous MnSOD expression in the chloroplast which scavenges reactive oxygen species in the plant cells and provides the means of cultivating crops in areas where it would not otherwise grow normally on account... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7982109 | Method for improving fertility of hybrid plants comprising placing fertility restorer genes into multiple gene loci An object of the present invention to provide a hybrid plant having a high fertility and a method for producing such a hybrid plant. The hybrid plant of the present invention is characterized by having two or more copies of a fertility restorer gene at two or more g... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7838749 | Method for improving the agronomic and nutritional value of plants The present invention provides means and methods of transforming plant cells, seeds, tissues or whole plants in order to yield transformants capable of expressing all enzymes of the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway that are essential for the targeted host plant to ac... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7829771 | Rice cultivar C3GHi A novel rice cultivar, designated C3GHi, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar C3GHi, to the plants of rice C3Ghi, which contain 2371 mg of cyanidin 3-glucoside pigment per 100 g of seeds, of which pigment content is much higher than an e... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7786360 | Rice cultivar designated ‘CL131’ A novel rice cultivar, designated ‘CL131,’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar ‘CL131,’ to the plants of rice ‘CL131,’ and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar ‘CL131’ with itself or an... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7687690 | Rice mutant allele A rice mutant allele designated phd is disclosed. The invention relates to rice seeds containing mutant allele phd, to rice plants containing allele phd and to methods for producing a rice plant containing the mutant allele phd produced by crossing a rice plant cont... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7642435 | Rice hybrid XL729 A rice hybrid designated XL729 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice hybrid XL729, to the plants of rice hybrid XL729 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the hybrid XL729 with itself or another rice plant. The invention ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7642434 | Rice cultivar CL171-AR A rice cultivar designated CL171-AR is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar CL171-AR, to the plants of rice CL171-AR, to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar CL171-AR with itself or another rice variety, and ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7622661 | Rice cultivar M-208 A rice cultivar designated M-208 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar M-208, to the plants of rice M-208 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar M-208 with itself or another rice variety. The invention... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7612269 | Rice cultivar calmati-202 A rice cultivar designated Calmati-202 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar Calmati-202, to the plants of rice Calmati-202 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar Calmati-202 with itself or another ric... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7582817 | Alteration of plant embryo/endosperm size during development Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments useful for altering embryo/endosperm size during seed development are disclosed along with a method of controlling embryo/endosperm size during seed development in plants using such... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7579531 | Rice Cultivar L-206 A rice cultivar designated L-206 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar L-206, to the plants of rice L-206 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar L-206 with itself or another rice variety. The invention... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7560626 | Promoter sequence obtained from rice and methods of use Methods are provided by which Oryza sativa plants and seeds thereof may be modified to express a coding region of interest using a promoter sequence operatively linked to the coding region. The promoter sequence is an isolated Oryza sativa antiquitin (... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7485784 | Rice hybrid XP316M A rice hybrid designated XP316M is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice hybrid XP316M, to the plants of rice hybrid XP316M and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the hybrid XP316M with itself or another rice plant. The invent... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7449623 | Nucleic acid molecules from rice and their use for the production of modified starch Nucleic acid molecules are described encoding a starch granule-bound protein from rice as well as methods and recombinant DNA molecules for the production of transgenic plant cells and plants synthesizing a modified starch. Moreover, the plant cells and plants resul... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7435878 | Method for altering the male fertility of plants A method for altering fertility of a plant or modifying its structure is described. The method comprises, in any order, contacting the seed of the plant with Pink-Pigmented Facultative Methylotroph (PPFM) that in the aggregate produces more or less amount of cytokin... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7429697 | Rice cultivar ‘Spring’ A rice cultivar designated ‘Spring’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar ‘Spring’, to the plants of rice ‘Spring’ and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar ‘Spring’ with itself or another... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7423195 | Transgenic plants containing ligninase and cellulase which degrade lignin and cellulose to fermentable sugars The present invention provides transgenic plants which after harvest degrade the lignin and cellulose therein to fermentable sugars which can further be fermented to ethanol or other products. In particular, the transgenic plants comprise ligninase and cellulase gen... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420101 | Nucleic acid sequences to proteins involved in tocopherol synthesis Nucleic acid sequences and methods are provided for producing plants and seeds having altered tocopherol content and compositions. The methods find particular use in increasing the tocopherol levels in plants, and in providing desirable tocopherol compositions in a ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417178 | Expression of human milk proteins in transgenic plants The invention is directed to seed and seed extract compositions containing levels of a human milk protein between 3-40% or higher of the total protein weight of the soluble protein extractable from the seed. Also disclosed is a method of producing the seed with high... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414173 | Isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding orally active androctonus amoreuxi pesticidal biopeptides The present invention provides compositions and methods for isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding orally active Androctonus amoreuxi pesticidal polypeptides. Compositions include novel nucleotide sequences encoding Androctonus amoreuxi pesticidal po... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7399905 | Resistance to acetohydroxyacid synthase-inhibiting herbicides in rice Nucleotide sequences are disclosed that may be used to impart herbicide resistance to green plants. The sources of novel herbicide resistance were originally isolated in mutant rice plants. The sequences impart pre-emergence resistance, post-emergence resistance, or... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396668 | Nicotianamine synthase and gene encoding the same A nicotianamine synthase is isolated and purified. Then the gene of this enzyme is cloned and the base sequence and amino acid sequence thereof are determined. This gene is employed in constructing plants, in particular, grass plants highly tolerant to iron deficien... | 07/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7361805 | Ehd1 gene promoting plant flowering, and utilization thereof A detailed linkage analysis of the Ehd1 region was performed with a large segregating population, essential for map-based cloning. As a result, the Ehd1 gene promoting rice heading (flowering) was successfully isolated. Rice heading time was also found to be altered... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7351892 | Inbred rice line 054001 An inbred rice line designated 054001 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred rice line 054001, to the plants of rice line 054001 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the line 054001 with itself or another rice line. The ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351891 | Inbred rice line 053002 An inbred rice line designated 053002 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred rice line 053002, to the plants of rice line 053002 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the line 053002 with itself or another rice line. The ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351893 | Inbred rice line 053001 An inbred rice line designated 053001 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice line 053001, to the plants of rice line 053001 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the inbred rice line 053001 with itself or another rice line.... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348475 | Transgenic rice line producing high level of flavonoids in the endosperm The present invention aims to develop transgenic rice that produces high levels of flavonoids in the entire endosperm. A rice variety, Oryza sativa japonica cv. Hwa-Young, is transformed with maize C1 and R-S genes that together activate most structural genes... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345221 | 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... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7326827 | Sodium/proton antiporter gene The present inventors successfully cloned the rice Na+/H+ antiporter gene. It is possible to produce salt tolerant plants by using the isolated gene, or genes with equivalent functions. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314972 | Transgenic plants expressing biocidal proteins and method of producing the same The invention relates to transformed plant cells and plants having a novel nucleic acid and protein sequences from the mung bean Vigna radiata. The nucleic acid sequence, isolated from a bruchid resistant mung bean line, encodes a thionin-like protein with bi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7304223 | Rice hybrid XL723 A rice hybrid designated XL723 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice hybrid XL723, to the plants of rice hybrid XL723 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the hybrid XL723 with itself or another rice plant. The invention ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301083 | Rice hybrid XL730 A rice hybrid designated XL730 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice hybrid XL730, to the plants of rice hybrid XL730 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the hybrid XL730 with itself or another rice plant. The invention ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294757 | Acquired resistance genes in plants The invention describes new acquired resistance genes in plants. A method of using the genes to make transgenic plants that are resistant to disease is also provided. ... | 11/13/2007 |