Patents Assigned to NATURAL RESOURCES INSTITUTE FINLAND (LUKE)
  • Stripe rust resistance gene Wtk1 (Yr 15) and use thereof
    Patent number: 11473100
    Abstract: Isolated DNA of the Wtk1 gene or a functional equivalent capable of conferring resistance to stripe rust, is provided, as well as artificial vectors comprising same, proteins encoded by same and nucleic acid molecules for detecting same. Transgenic plants, as well as cells, seeds, and tissue therefrom which express the Wtk1 gene or a functional equivalent thereof are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: CARMEL HAIFA UNIVERSITY ECONOMIC CORPORATION LTD., NATURAL RESOURCES INSTITUTE FINLAND (LUKE)
    Inventors: Tzion Fahima, Abraham B. Korol, Lin Huang, Dina Raats, Valentyna Klymiuk, Zeev Frenkel, Alan Howard Schulman, Elitsur Yaniv, Andrii Fatiukha