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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6706948 | Sugarcane UBI9 gene promoter and methods of use thereof The invention relates to the nucleotide sequence from sugarcane ubi9 polyubiquitin gene promoter, which is capable of directing constitutive expression of a nucleic acid sequence of interest that is operably linked to it. The sugarcane ubi9 promoter is useful in reg... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6586663 | Mutant dwarfism allele of cleome This present invention relates to a dwarf cleome plant, seed, variety and hybrid. More specifically, the invention relates to a cleome plant having a mutant allele for dwarfism, which results in the reduced plant size. The invention also relates to crossi... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6573430 | Cen gene and a method for delaying flowering The cen gene of Antirrhinum has been cloned also homologues from Arabidopsis (tfl1) and rice. Flowering characteristics of transgenic plants, especially switching of apical meristem to a floral fate and the timing of flowering, may be manipulated by regul... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6548742 | Development of resistance to raspberry bushy dwarf virus The present invention relates to isolated Raspberry Bushy Dwarf Virus (RBDV) nucleic acid sequences which encode RBDV coat and movement proteins or polypeptides and mutant or modified forms thereof. The invention further relates to heterologous nucleic ac... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6541683 | Method of decreasing seed size in a plant The present invention provides a non-naturally occurring seed plant that is characterized by producing seeds of increased size due to ectopic expression of a nucleic acid molecule encoding an AGL8-related gene product. The AGL8-related gene product can ha... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6531649 | Transgenic sugar beet plant expressing cp4/epsps enzyme activity The present invention relates to transgenic sugar beet plants which due to the expression of cp4/epsps enzyme activity tolerate treatment with about 4 to about 18 liters Roundup.RTM. per hectar. The plants can be characterized by theis specific integratio... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6486382 | Use of the green fluorescent protein as a screenable marker for plant transformation A method for the production of transgenic plants is provided in which a vector carrying a gene encoding the green fluorescent protein is introduced into cells, the cells are screened for the protein and transformed cells are selected and regenerated. The ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6483015 | Inbred corn line FR3361 An inbred corn line, designated FR3361, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line FR3361, to the plants of inbred corn line FR3361 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line FR3361 with itself... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6479731 | Pi-ta gene conferring fungal disease resistance to plants The preparation and use of an isolated nucleic acid fragment which confers a Pi-ta resistance gene-mediated defense response in plants against disease caused by fungal pathogens is described. Genes incorporating such nucleic acid fragments either alone or... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6476298 | Inbred corn line 7SH382 An inbred corn line, designated 7SH382, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line 7SH382, to the plants of inbred corn line 7SH382 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line 7... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6476291 | True breeding transgenics from plants heterozygous for transgene insertions The invention provides a method for biasing a crop plant which is heterozygous for a transgene towards the production of seeds which carry the transgene comprising the step of contacting the crop plant containing a gene construct comprising the transgene ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6469234 | Inbred corn line 6RC172 An inbred corn line, designated 6RC172, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line 6RC172, to the plants of inbred corn line 6RC172 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line 6... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6459021 | Inbred sweet corn line X532Y An inbred sweet corn line, designated X532Y, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line X532Y, to the plants of inbred corn line X532Y and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line X532Y with itse... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6455764 | Inbred corn plant WQDS7 and seeds thereof According to the invention, there is provided an inbred corn plant designated WQDS7. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the inbred corn plant WQDS7, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the in... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6452071 | Soybean cultivar 9469069618964 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 9469069618964, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 9469069618964, to the plants of soybean 9469069618964 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 9... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6452067 | Methods to assay for post-transcriptional suppression of gene expression This invention provides methods for identifying plant cells that exhibit post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) of a chosen gene. The methods involve the use of suppression-sensitive reporter genes that, when introduced into plant cells, are expressed... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6452076 | Inbred corn plant 7180 and seeds thereof According to the invention, there is provided an inbred corn plant designated 7180. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the inbred corn plant 7180, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbr... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6448472 | Genetic and epigenetic manipulation of ABC transporters and ectophosphatases for the conference of hormone and herbicide resistance The present invention relates to methods for modulating the resistance of cells to foreign compounds, i.e. drugs, antibiotics, etc by altering the ATP gradient across biological membranes. The altering of the ATP gradient across biological membranes is ac... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6444877 | Liquidambar styraciflua AGAMOUS (LSAG) gene The present invention is directed to a gene and gene product of sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), referred to herein as the LSAG gene, which is a homolog of the AGAMOUS gene. The LSAG gene is a flowering gene which is required for normal flower developm... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6444882 | Inbred corn line UBB3 An inbred corn line, designated UBB3, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line UBB3, to the plants of inbred corn line UBB3 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line UBB3 with itself or anot... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6444881 | Inbred corn line 7RN401 An inbred corn line, designated 7RN401, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line 7RN401, to the plants of inbred corn line 7RN401 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line 7... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6441270 | Scarecrow gene The structure and function of a regulatory gene, SCARECROW (SCR), is described. The SCR gene is expressed specifically in root progenitor tissues of embryos, and in roots and stems of seedlings and plants. SCR expression controls cell division of certain ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6441276 | ESR2 - a plant gene that can promote shoot regeneration A plant gene, Esr2, has been found which when overexpressed in plant cells results in cells which have cytokinin-independent cell growth. This feature allows the encoded protein ESR2 to be used as a selectable marker of transformed cells by growing the tr... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6433255 | Soybean cultivar 6167541382 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 6167541382, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 6167541382, to the plants of soybean 6167541382 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 6167541382... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6433260 | Inbred corn line 6TR512 An inbred corn line, designated 6TR512, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line 6TR512, to the plants of inbred corn line 6TR512 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line 6... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6433248 | Trans-activation of transcription from viral RNA A method of activating transcription of an RNA of interest in a cell (e.g., a dicot plant cell) includes the steps of: (a) providing a host cell containing a heterologous construct, the heterologous construct comprising an RNA virus subgenomic promoter op... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6426450 | Soybean cultivar 96-01957 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 96-01957, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 96-01957, to the plants of soybean 96-01957 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 96-01957 with it... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6426451 | Inbred corn line IT201 An inbred corn line, designated IT201, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line IT201, to the plants of inbred corn line IT201 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line IT201 with itself or ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6420636 | Inbred corn line FR3311 An inbred corn line, designated FR3311, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line FR3311, to the plants of inbred corn line FR3311 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line FR3311 with itself... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6420632 | Soybean cultivar 02222130 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 02222130, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 02222130, to the plants of soybean 02222130 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 02222130 with it... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6417430 | Soybean cultivar 901181544 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 901181544, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 901181544, to the plants of soybean 901181544 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 901181544 wit... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6414225 | Soybean cultivar CX405RR The instant invention relates to the novel soybean cultivar designated CX405RR. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean cultivar CX405RR. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean cultivar CX4... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6414228 | Inbred corn line FR3303 An inbred corn line, designated FR3303, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line FR3303, to the plants of inbred corn line FR3303 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line FR3303 with itself... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6410830 | Inbred corn line FR3383 An inbred corn line, designated FR3383, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line FR3383, to the plants of inbred corn line FR3383 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line FR3383 with itself... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6410826 | Reduction of lignin biosynthesis in transgenic plants The present invention provides methods of selectively controlling lignin biosynthesis in plants such that lignification is reduced or enhanced, as desired. The invention provides, for example, a method of reducing lignification in a vascular plant by ecto... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6407318 | Soybean cultivar 9521179720895 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 9521179720895, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 9521179720895, to the plants of soybean 9521179720895 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 9... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6407314 | Microspore-specific promoter from tobacco The present invention is drawn to an isolated purified DNA sequence from the promoter region of a microspore-specific gene of tobacco. The microspore-specific promoter can play a role in the expression of genes in microspores. The invention also is drawn ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6407320 | Inbred corn line FR2108 An inbred corn line, designated FR2108, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line FR2108, to the plants of inbred corn line FR2108 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line FR2108 with itself... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6399857 | Modified nucleotide sequence encoding a LexA DNA binding domain optimized for arabidopsis species A synthetic nucleotide sequence encodes the LexA DNA binding domain, the nucleotide sequence having been modified to bring the codon usage in conformity with the preferred codon usage of Arabidopsis thaliana. The preferred sequence of the gene is provided... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6395964 | Oral immunization with transgenic plants The oral antigens and adjuvants of the present invention are produced in transgenic plants and then administered through the consumption of the transgenic plant. DNA sequences both natural and synthetic encoding for the expression of immunogenic agents wh... | 05/28/2002 |
