Patents by Inventor Lorenzo ZACARIAS GARCIA

Lorenzo ZACARIAS GARCIA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for generating resistance against citrus diseases caused by insects, fungi, oomycetes, bacteria or nematodes
    Patent number: 8785725
    Abstract: The invention consists in modifying the levels of accumulation and emission of monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes in citrus as a mechanism to achieve systemic resistance against pathogens or repellency against pests. The alteration of the content of d-limonene and other terpenes is achieved by genetic transformation via the introduction of a gene that encodes an enzyme with d-limonene synthase activity, from a citrus fruit or plant or from another living organism, in antisense or RNAi (RNA interference) configuration. Genetic modification is achieved either by Agrobacterium tumefaciens or any other method of genetic transformation of plants from protoplasts or explants. The construction is incorporated in citrus genotypes or related genera of the family Rutaceae in order to reduce the levels of accumulation and emission of the monoterpene and precursor compounds and/or derivatives, either of leaves or flowers and/or fruit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Institute Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias
    Inventors: Ana Rodriguez Baixauli, Magdalena Cervera Ocaña, Takehiko Shimada, Lluis Palou Vall, Lorenzo Zacarias Garcia, Maria Milagros Lopez Gonzalez, Leandro Peña Garcia, Pedro Castañera Domínguez, Victoria San Andres Aura, Maria Jesús Rodrigo Esteve, Ana Redondo Puntonet
  • METHOD FOR GENERATING RESISTANCE AGAINST CITRUS DISEASES CAUSED BY INSECTS, FUNGI, OOMYCETES, BACTERIA OR NEMATODES
    Publication number: 20110119788
    Abstract: The invention consists in modifying the levels of accumulation and emission of monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes in citrus as a mechanism to achieve systemic resistance against pathogens or repellency against pests. The alteration of the content of d-limonene and other terpenes is achieved by genetic transformation via the introduction of a gene that encodes an enzyme with d-limonene synthase activity, from a citrus fruit or plant or from another living organism, in antisense or RNAi (RNA interference) configuration. Genetic modification is achieved either by Agrobacterium tumefaciens or any other method of genetic transformation of plants from protoplasts or explants. The construction is incorporated in citrus genotypes or related genera of the family Rutaceae in order to reduce the levels of accumulation and emission of the monoterpene and precursor compounds and/or derivatives, either of leaves or flowers and/or fruit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Ana RODRIGUEZ BAIXAULI, Magdalena CERVERA OCAÑA, Takehiko SHIMADA, Lluis PALOU VALL, Lorenzo ZACARIAS GARCIA, Maria Milagros LÓPEZ GONZÁLEZ, Leandro PEÑA GARCIA, Pedro CASTAÑERA DOMÍNGUEZ, Victoria SAN ANDRÉS AURA, Maria JESÚS RODRIGO ESTEVE, Ana REDONDO PUNTONET