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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178759 | Barely with reduced SSII activity and starch and starch containing products with a reduced amylopectin content Barley with reduced SSII activity has a starch structure with reduced amylopectin content and a consequent high relative amylose content. Additionally the grain can have a relatively high β glucan content. The structure of the starch may also be altered in a number... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8076547 | Gene regulating tillering and leaf morphology in plant and utilization of the same It is intended to provide a polynucleotide encoding a gene capable of regulating tillering and leaf morphology in a plant and a method of regulating the phenotype of a plant by using this polynucleotide. The above-described polynucleotide can regulate the number of ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8049079 | Barley cultivar BZ493-46E A barley cultivar, designated BZ493-46e, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of barley cultivar BZ493-46e, to the plants of barley BZ493-46e, and to methods for producing a barley plant produced by crossing barley cultivar BZ493-46e with itself or anoth... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7977550 | Non-toxic endophytes, plants injected therewith and methods for injecting plants Seeds of plants stably infected with isolated endophytes selected from the group consisting of ATCC Deposit No. PTA-6499, PTA-8827, PTA-8828, and PTA-8829 are disclosed. ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7897851 | Barley cultivar ‘YU599-012’ A barley cultivar, designated YU599-012, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of barley cultivar YU599-012, to the plants of barley YU599-012, and to methods for producing a barley plant produced by crossing barley cultivar YU599-012 with itself or anoth... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7897850 | Barley Lipoxygenase 1 Gene, method of selecting barley variety, material of malt alcoholic drinks and process for producing malt alcoholic drink A selection method for barley lipoxygenase-1 deficient barley, comprising a step of distinguishing the barley lipoxygenase-1 deficient barley by whether or not the guanine at the splicing donor site of the 5th intron of the barley lipoxygenase-1 gene is mutated to a... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7884269 | Barley cultivar champion A barley cultivar, designated Champion, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of barley cultivar Champion, to the plants of barley Champion, and to methods for producing a barley plant produced by crossing barley cultivar Champion with itself or another b... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7772466 | Barley cultivar Pronghorn A barley cultivar, designated Pronghorn, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of barley cultivar Pronghorn, to the plants of barley Pronghorn, and to methods for producing a barley plant produced by crossing barley cultivar Pronghorn with itself or anoth... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7750214 | Pearl millet line 53-1-1 with PP3 gene and all derivatives produced by any method The invention relates to a pearl millet plant, seed, variety, parental line and hybrid. More specifically the invention relates to a pearl millet plant having a mutant allele that increases purple pigmentation in many plant parts. The invention relates to crossing i... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7732680 | Chemically inducible expression of biosynthetic pathways Methods and constructs for the introduction of multiple genes encoding enzymes in a multi-enzyme biosynthetic pathway are provided. In one embodiment, the constructs contain two or more enzyme-encoding genes, each under the control of an inducible promoter and each ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7700852 | Compositions isolated from forage grasses and methods for their use Isolated polynucleotides encoding polypeptides active in the fructan, cellulose, starch and/or tannin biosynthetic pathways are provided, together with expression vectors and host cells comprising such isolated polynucleotides. Methods for the use of such polynucleo... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7652202 | Barley cultivar salute A barley cultivar, designated Salute, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of barley cultivar Salute, to the plants of barley Salute, and to methods for producing a barley plant produced by crossing barley cultivar Salute with itself or another barley va... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7642424 | Tall fescue endophyte E34 A tall fescue variety known as BE9301A which is inoculated with endophyte E34 is provided. Also provided is the endophyte E34. Methods of using the grass plant, seed, and endophyte are also provided. In particular examples, BE9301A is suitable for use in forage past... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7622658 | Compositions and methods for altering tocotrienol content The invention provides isolated nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides that alter tocotrienol content in seeds. The invention further provides expression cassettes, host cells and transformed plants containing the nucleic acids. The present invention further p... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7554018 | Nitrogen-regulated sugar sensing gene and protein and modulation thereof The present invention relates to a nitrogen-regulated GATA transcription factor gene required for sugar sensing and the modulation of the expression of this gene to modulate a characteristic in a plant. The GATA transcription factor of the present invention is invol... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7518040 | Methods of identifying spike morphology and fusarium head blight resistance, and the use of these methods for improving barley and related triticeae plants Using crossbred segregating populations of two-rowed and six-rowed barley cultivars, the row type of individual plants was precisely determined. The results indicate that row type is controlled by a single gene. In addition, it was discovered that molecular markers ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7465855 | Non-toxic endophytes, plants injected therewith and methods for injecting plants A grass with improved environmental stress tolerance and low animal toxicity is disclosed where the grass is infected with an isolated endophyte selected from the groups consisting of USDA-PI no. 269850, Ijoukak, Morocco 92060, Boumalne-de-Dades, Morocco KBG 5921, U... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7442851 | Plant isoflavonoid hydroxylases and methods of use thereof The invention provides plant isoflavonoid hydroxylase coding sequences. Also provided are constructs comprising these sequences, plants transformed therewith and methods of use thereof. In certain aspects of the invention, plants transformed with the nucleic acids a... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7425669 | Transgenic plants expressing puroindolines and methods for producing such plants The invention relates to plant cells, plant tissues or plants transgenic for a nucleic acid encoding puroindoline A. This invention also relates to methods for producing such transgenic plant cells, plant tissues or plants. The transgenic plants produced by the meth... | 09/16/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7423196 | Scarecrow-like stress-related polypeptides and methods of use in plants A transgenic plant transformed with an 'SLSRP coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased growth under water-limited conditions and/or increased tolerance to an environmental stress as compared to a wild typ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423197 | Methods of using non-plant lipase encoding nucleic acids Methods of creating and enhancing insect resistance in plants by introducing non-plant lipases into plants are provided. Plants with enhanced insect resistance and seed from plants thereof are provided. DNA sequences encoding insecticidal lipases and insecticidal li... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420105 | Barley for production of flavor-stable beverage According to the invention, there is provided null-LOX-1 barley and plant products produced thereof, such as malt manufactured by using barley kernels defective in synthesis of the fatty acid-converting enzyme lipoxygenase-1. Said enzyme accounts for the principal a... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414174 | Methods of using non-plant lipase encoding nucleic acids Methods of creating and enhancing insect resistance in plants by introducing non-plant lipases into plants are provided. Plants with enhanced insect resistance and seed from plants thereof are provided. DNA sequences encoding insecticidal lipases and insecticidal li... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7407808 | Method of judging suitability of raw barley for feedstock for malt production according to staining technique An object of the present invention is to provide a method for evaluating the physical strength of husks of a barley ingredient for malt manufacture. Barley kernels with husks are disposed in a sulfuric acid solution with a concentration of approximately 40% to 60%, ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405346 | Gene capable of imparting salt stress resistance This invention provides a novel gene that can impart salt stress tolerance to plants for a long period of time and salt stress tolerant transgenic plants to which such gene has been introduced. Such novel gene encodes the following protein (a), (b), or (c), and such... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7399903 | Vesicle trafficking stress-related polypeptides and methods of use in plants A transgenic plant transformed by a Vesicle Trafficking Stress-Related Polypeptide (VTSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in the plant's increased growth and/or increased tolerance to environmental stress as... | 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 |
| 7394001 | Creeping bentgrass () variety named ‘Alpha’ A novel bentgrass cultivar, designated ‘Alpha’, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of bentgrass cultivar ‘Alpha’, to the plants of bentgrass ‘Alpha’ and to methods for producing a bentgrass plant produced by crossing the cultivar ‘Alphaâ€... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394002 | Creeping bentgrass () variety named ‘T-1’ A novel bentgrass cultivar, designated ‘T-1’, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of bentgrass cultivar ‘T-1’, to the plants of bentgrass ‘T-1’ and to methods for producing a bentgrass plant produced by crossing the cultivar ‘T-1’ with i... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7378573 | : interacts with and regulates CBF expression and freezing tolerance in The present invention relates to a protein (Snow1), mutants thereof, and nucleic acids encoding said protein, that interacts with Ice1 and which activates CBF3 promoter activity thus regulating freezing tolerance in plants. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7371926 | 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... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368638 | Tetraploid perennial ryegrass variety T3 A tetraploid perennial ryegrass variety known as breeder's code T3, and seed used to produce the grass are provided. The grass is useful as a short lived, improved turfgrass on golf courses, athletic fields and other areas using seeded turfgrasses. The grass is also... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368639 | Meadow fescue variety AMF107 A meadow fescue variety known as breeder's code AM 107 and seed used to produce the grass are provided. Methods of using the grass plant and the seed are also provided. This grass is suitable for use in turf (lawns, golf courses, sod, and other areas where excellent... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7348470 | Transgenic plant expressing maltogenic alpha-amylase A transgenic plant cell expressing a maltogenic amylase (such as Novamyl®) or a beta-amylase; a transgenic plant regenerated from said cell; seeds generated from such plant where said seeds comprise a maltogenic amylase or a beta-amylase and the use of said seeds, ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345217 | 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... | 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 |
| 7323622 | Stem-regulated, plant defense promoter and uses thereof in tissue-specific expression in monocots The invention is directed to isolated promoters from stem-regulated, defense-inducible genes, such as OMT promoters. The promoters are useful in expression cassettes and expression vectors for the transformation of plants. Particularly, the invention provides transg... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321031 | Seed preferred regulatory elements The present invention provides compositions for regulating expression of isolated nucleotide sequences in a plant. The compositions are novel nucleic acid sequences for seed-preferred regulatory sequences. ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318861 | Effect pigment An effect pigment is constituted by coated laminar platelets in which the platelets are a mixture of different platelet materials, one of which is platy glass or platy aluminum oxide, and in which the pigment exhibits visual homogeneity. ... | 01/15/2008 |