Tomato Patents (Class 800/317.4)
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Publication number: 20120117684Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PX 02470002 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PX 02470002 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventor: TERESA BECK BUNN
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Publication number: 20120117675Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PX 02461111 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PX 02461111 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventor: TERESA BECK BUNN
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Publication number: 20120102586Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the tomato variety designated EX01419137. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato variety EX01419137 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing a plant of tomato variety EX01419137 with itself or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of tomato variety EX01419137 including the fruit and gametes of such plants. The invention also relates to tomato variety CHI 14-2079. The present invention is also directed to tomato variety CHD 14-2080.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Inventor: James D. Frantz
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Publication number: 20120102585Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 and hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 and hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing a plant of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 or hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756 with itself or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another line or variety. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 or hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Inventor: Douglas William Heath
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Publication number: 20120096574Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PS01819578 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PS01819578 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Inventor: Maria Rita Mogno
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Publication number: 20120096575Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PS02420487 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PS02420487 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Inventor: Teresa Beck Bunn
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Publication number: 20120084881Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of transgenic and non-transgenic plants with novel phenotypes. Provided are SlPP2C1 proteins and nucleic acid sequences encoding these, which are useful in conferring novel phenotypes to plants, especially drought tolerance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2010Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: NUNHEMS B.V.Inventors: Willem Vriezen, Lisette Nitsch
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Publication number: 20120079628Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating cell division in plants. In particular, the present invention provides polynucleotides that encode REVOLUTA. In addition, REVOLUTA vectors and transformed plants are provided wherein plant cell division is modulated by expression of a REVOLUTA transgene as compared to a control population of untransformed plants. The present invention also provides methods for the isolation and identification of REVOLUTA genes from higher plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: University of WashingtonInventors: Ann Joan SLADE, Linda Madisen, Luca Comai
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Publication number: 20120079627Abstract: Nucleic acids, vectors, and expression vectors comprising novel plant gene regulatory elements from poplar that can drive heterologous gene expression in plants. Novel transgenic plants expressing heterologous genes under the control of novel gene regulatory elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: EDENSPACE SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Srinivas Gampala, Prasanna Kankanala, David Lee, Emily Puckett, Ramesh Nair, Forrest Chumley
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Publication number: 20120073018Abstract: The present invention relates to the isolation of Jatropha curcas curcin genes and tissue-specific promoters and to the production of curcin-deficient Jatropha plants. More specifically, the present invention relates to the isolation of Jatropha curcas Curcin 1, Curcin 2 and Curcin 2 A. The present invention further relates to of the Curcin 1, Curcin 2 A and Curcin 2 genes and more particularly to tissue specific promoters of the Curcin 1 and Curcin 2A genes. The present invention further relates to production of curcin-deficient transgenic jatropha plants by using RNAi technology to suppress curcin gene expression.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: TEMASEK LIFE SCIENCES LABORATORY LIMITEDInventors: Zhong Chao Yin, Li Fang Wu, Hui Zhu Mao, Cheng Xiang Qiu
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Patent number: 8138391Abstract: The cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis) Or gene is a semi-dominant, single-locus mutation. It induces the accumulation of high levels of beta-carotene in various tissues that are normally devoid of carotenoids, turning them orange. Using a map-based cloning strategy, we identified a single candidate gene representing Or and successfully verified its identity by phenotypic complementation in the wild type cauliflower. The Or gene encodes a plastid membrane protein containing the DnaJ zinc figure domain. A likely gain-of-function mutation from a 4.3-kb retrotransposon insertion in the Or allele confers the orange phenotype in the mutant. Southern blot analysis revealed that Or is a single-copy sequence in the cauliflower genome. High level of expression of the Or gene and the protein was found in very young leaves, curds, and flowers at comparable abundance between wild type and the Or mutant.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2005Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Boyce Thompson Institute Inc., Cornell UniversityInventors: Li Li, David F. Garvin, Shan Lu, Julia Vrebalov, Diana M. O'Halloran
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Publication number: 20120066781Abstract: This invention relates to phytases, polynucleotides encoding them, uses of the polynucleotides and polypeptides of the invention, as well as the production and isolation of such polynucleotides and polypeptides. In particular, the invention provides polypeptides having phytase activity under high temperature conditions, and phytases that retain activity after exposure to high temperatures. The invention further provides phytases which have increased gastric lability. The phytases of the invention can be used in foodstuffs to improve the feeding value of phytate rich ingredients. The phytases of the invention can be formulated as foods or feeds or supplements for either to, e.g., aid in the digestion of phytate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Inventors: David P. Weiner, Arne I. Solbak, JR., Ryan McCann
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Publication number: 20120060237Abstract: A method for providing thermotolerance of a plant and the genetic engineering applications thereof are disclosed. DNA fragment containing a gene encoded EXPORTIN1A is transferred into a plant cell to provide or enhance thermotolerance of the plant. The method can be applied in genetic engineering to select transgenic plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Shaw-Jye WU, Lian-Chin WANG, Shin-Jye WU, Ching-Hui YEH, Chun-An LU
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Publication number: 20120054905Abstract: A Solanum lycopersicum plant including within its genome at least one Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) resistance allele and at least one Phytophthora infestans resistance allele. The resistance alleles are present in the coupling phase at different loci on one chromosome and the plant is resistant against TSWV and resistant against at least Phytophthora infestans. A method for producing a hybrid Solanum lycopersicum plant including (a) obtaining a Solanum lycopersicum plant having within its genome at least one Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) resistance allele and at least one Phytophthora infestans resistance allele in the coupling phase; and (b) crossing the Solanum lycopersicum plant with a second Solanum lycopersicum plant bearing an additional resistance allele.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: David M. Francis, Matthew D. Robbins, Dilip R. Panthee, Randolph G. Gardner, Mikel R. Stevens
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Publication number: 20120054892Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid EX01431182 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid EX01431182 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventor: Charles Wayne FOWLER
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Publication number: 20120054907Abstract: Disclosed is an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that is at least 90% identical to a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO 4, wherein the protein has an aspartic acid (Asp) at amino acid position 106 Transgenic plants comprising the nucleic acid have reduced or delayed softening and detenoration of fruit compared to wild-type plants Methods of genetic screening for plants having reduced or delayed softening and detenoration of fruit, isolated oligonucleotides, and a method of imparting to a plant the dfd trait are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2009Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: CORNELL UNIVERSITYInventors: Jocelyn Rose, Tal Isaacson, Julia Verbalov
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Patent number: 8124852Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the tomato variety designated EX01419137. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato variety EX01419137 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing a plant of tomato variety EX01419137 with itself or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of tomato variety EX01419137 including the fruit and gametes of such plants. The invention also relates to tomato variety CHI 14-2079. The present invention is also directed to tomato variety CHD 14-2080.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: James D. Frantz
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Patent number: 8124839Abstract: Materials and methods for identifying terpenoid regulatory region-regulatory protein associations are disclosed. Materials and methods for modulating expression of a sequence interest are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Ceres, Inc.Inventors: Joon-Hyun Park, Nestor Apuya, Steven Craig Bobzin
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Publication number: 20120047600Abstract: The invention provides methods for increasing lignin content in plants by expression of a cinnamoyl CoA reductase 2 (CCR2) coding sequence in the plant. Also provided are methods for reducing lignin content in a plant by down-regulation of CCR2 expression in the plant. Nucleic acid molecules for modulation of CCR2 expression and transgenic plants the same are also provided. Plants described herein may be used, for example, as improved biofuel feedstock and as highly digestible forage crops. Methods for processing plant tissue and for producing biofuels by utilizing such plants are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Inventors: Rui ZHOU, Richard A. DIXON, Fang CHEN
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Publication number: 20120047606Abstract: The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, DNA constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Andre R. Abad, Hua Dong, Sue B. Lo, Xiaomei Shi, Thomas C. Wolfe
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Publication number: 20120042411Abstract: An isolated polynucleotide sequence that encodes for a multi domain recombination protein, comprising a donor DNA-Binding domain (BDB); and a chromosomal binding domain (CBD). A plant cell can be transformed by introducing into the cell a first nucleic acid sequence, which comprises a plant nuclear promoter operably linked to a first nucleic acid sequence comprising the stated polynucleotide sequence, and a second nucleic acid sequence, which comprises a donor nucleic acid sequence and at least two flanking sequences capable of binding to a donor binding domain of the protein, the sequences being located adjacent to each end of the donor polynucleotide sequence forming left and right borders thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Inventors: Isabelle Malcuit, Alexander Sorokin
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Publication number: 20120042410Abstract: The present invention relates to carrier genes of abscisic acid and the transgenic plant prepared using such genes, and more specifically to genes that enhance resistance to salt or dryness in relation to abscisic acid transport and the recombinant vectors including the genes, the transgenic plant prepared using the recombinant vector, a transgenic plant that is superior in terms of resistance to base and dryness, a method for environmental purification in arid regions based on the plants, and the development of crops having enhanced yields.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATIONInventors: Young-Sook Lee, Mi-Young Lee, Enrico Martionia, Joo-Hyun Kang
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Publication number: 20120042418Abstract: Polynucleotides are disclosed which are capable of enhancing yield of a plant transformed to contain such polynucleotides. Also provided are methods of using such polynucleotides and transgenic plants and agricultural products, including seeds, containing such polynucleotides as transgenes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventor: Resham Kulkarni
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Publication number: 20120036597Abstract: Disclosed are chill- or cold-tolerant plants and methods of making the plants. Also disclosed are methods for identifying a plant that is tolerant to chill.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: Academia SinicaInventors: Su-May Yu, Chin-Fen Su
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GROWTH ENHANCEMENT AND CONTROL OF BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL PLANT DISEASES WITH STREPTOMYCES SCOPULIRIDIS
Publication number: 20120028799Abstract: Methods of controlling plant diseases mediated by bacterial or fungal plant pathogens. The method comprises providing Streptomyces scopuliridis strain RB72 or an isolated protein or polypeptide comprising the amino acid of SEQ ID NO:1 and applying the Streptomyces scopuliridis strain RB72 or the isolated protein or polypeptide comprising the amino acid of SEQ ID NO:1 to plants or plant seeds under conditions effective to treat plant diseases mediated by bacterial or fungal plant pathogens. Also disclosed is a plant or plant seed treated by this method, a planting composition, and a method of enhancing growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: BIOWORKS, INC.Inventors: William R. MARTIN, JR., Nicole J. SCOTT -
Patent number: 8106274Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PS02450650 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PS02450650 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2011Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: Teresa Beck Bunn
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Patent number: 8106273Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid HNS12846080 and parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of such plants, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, including a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventors: Ilyong Kim, Maria Rita Mogno
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Publication number: 20120022235Abstract: The present invention relates to polynucleotide molecules for regulating gene expression in plants. In particular, the present invention relates to promoters isolated from Brassica napus that are useful for regulating gene expression of heterologous polynucleotide molecules in plants. The present invention also relates to expression constructs and transgenic plants containing the heterologous polynucleotide molecules.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Diane M. Ruezinsky, Crystal L. Hewitt, Wei Zheng
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Publication number: 20120023627Abstract: Nucleic acids, vectors, and expression vectors comprising novel plant gene regulatory elements from sorghum. Novel transgenic plants expressing heterologous genes under the control of novel gene regulatory elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2009Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: EDENSPACE SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Srinivas Gampala, Ramesh Nair, Forrest Chumley, Kirk Pappan, Prasanna Kankanala
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Patent number: 8101822Abstract: A method for preventing mutation of pathogens or pest insects due to exposure to genetically-modified or transgenic plants, comprising: (a) introducing separately a plurality of resistance genes conferring pest and disease resistance to a given recipient plant variety or combinations of the varieties to form a plurality of transgenic plant lines each harboring different resistance genes; (b) multiplying the transgenic plant lines separately to obtain separate transgenic plant lines; and (c) mixing seeds of the separate transgenic plant lines in a specific weight ratio to form a final transgenic product. Additionally, small number of seeds of the non-transformed plants is incorporated in the transgenic plant lines according to demand.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2008Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Inventor: Xiaofang Li
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Patent number: 8101836Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PS02326502 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PS02326502 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: Giulio Bile
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Publication number: 20120015810Abstract: The present invention provides polynucleotide molecules isolated from Zea mays and Oryza sativa and useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides expression constructs containing the polynucleotide molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides transgenic plants and seeds containing the polynucleotide molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: Gregory R. Heck, Marianne Malven, James D. Masucci, Jinsong You
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Patent number: 8097794Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PS01059664 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PS01059664 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventors: Germán Anastasio Ramón, Jacobus Hoogstraten
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Patent number: 8097792Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 and hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 and hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing a plant of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 or hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756 with itself or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another line or variety. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 or hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2010Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: Douglas William Heath
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Patent number: 8097790Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PS01544291 and the parent lines thereof, such as inbred parent line FDS 15-2102. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PS01544291 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: Douglas Heath
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Patent number: 8097769Abstract: A transgenic crop plant transformed by a 1-AminoCyclopropane-1-Carboxylate Deaminase-like Polypeptide (ACCDP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the crop plant results in the plant's increased root growth, and/or increased yield, and/or increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by the transgenic crop plants. Also provided are isolated novel ACCDPs, and isolated novel nucleic acids encoding ACCDPs, and vectors and transgenic plant containing the same.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2006Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Rodrigo Sarria-Millan, Eric R. Garr, Jamie Haertel, Damian Allen, Bryan McKersie
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Patent number: 8097788Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PS01819578 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PS01819578 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2009Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: Maria Rita Mogno
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Patent number: 8097791Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PS 01565172 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PS 01565172 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2010Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: Douglas Heath
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Patent number: 8097793Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PS02420487 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PS02420487 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: Teresa Beck Bunn
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Patent number: 8097789Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PS01533588 and the parent lines thereof, such as inbred tomato line FDR 15-2090. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PS01533588 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: Douglas Heath
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Publication number: 20120011616Abstract: A method of modifying morphology in a plant by introducing into a plant at least one chimaeric gene having a promoter sequence operably associated with a nucleic acid sequence, the promoter sequence being operable to direct expression in specific cells of the plant and the nucleic acid sequence encoding at least one gene product capable of altering the metabolism of or causing death of the specific cells and/or nearby cells. In particular, the promoter sequence is operable to direct expression in lateral bud or lateral shoot and the nucleic acid encoding at least one gene product capable of disrupting the metabolism of or causing the death of the lateral bud or lateral shoot or nearby cells. Preferably the promoter sequence has the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 1 or SEQ ID No. 7 or SEQ ID No. 4, or a part thereof capable of regulating expression of a gene, or a sequence having at least 60%, preferably at least 75%, homology to SEQ ID No. I or SEQ ID No. 7 and being capable of regulating expression of a gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Inventors: Christopher John Robert Thomas, Martin Richard Ward
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Publication number: 20110321192Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting a quantitative trait locus (QTL) associated with resistance to Botrytis cinerea in tomato, including the steps of crossing a Botrytis-resistant donor tomato plant with a non-resistant, or Botrytis-susceptible, recipient tomato plant, contacting one or more offspring plants with an infective amount of Botrytis, quantitatively determining the disease incidence and/or the rate of lesion growth in the one or more offspring plants, establishing a genetic linkage map that links the observed disease incidence and/or rate of lesion growth to the presence of chromosomal markers of the donor tomato plant in the one or more offspring plants, and assigning to a QTL the contiguous markers on the map that are linked to a reduced disease incidence and/or a reduced lesion growth rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Inventors: JOHANNES ARNOLDUS L. VAN KAN, ARJEN TEN HAVE, WILLEM HENDRIK LINDHOUT, HENDRIKUS JOHANNES FINKERS, REMCO VAN BERLOO, ADRIAAN WILLEM VAN HEUSDEN
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Publication number: 20110321197Abstract: A method for producing a plant with increased yield as compared to a corresponding wild type plant whereby the method comprises at least the following step: increasing or generating in a plant or a part thereof one or more activities selected from the group consisting of 17.6 kDa class I heat shock protein, 26.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2009Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Hardy Schön, Oliver Thimm, Gerhard Ritte, Oliver Bläsing, Koen Bruynseels, Yves Hatzfeld, Valerie Frankard, Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Christophe Reuzeau, Steven Vandenabeele
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Publication number: 20110321187Abstract: Method for heterologous protein production in plant cell plastids comprising introducing into plant cells nucleic acid components that encode heterologous proteins under the control of promoters operative in plastids, vectors, host cells, plants and uses thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2009Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: Algentech SASInventors: Isabelle Malcuit, Alexander Sorokin
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Publication number: 20110321196Abstract: The present invention pertains transgenic plant cells and mature plants comprising Oxidoreductase Stress Related Proteins (ORSRP) resulting in increased tolerance and/or resistance to environmental stress as compared to non-transformed wild type cells and methods of producing such plant cells or plants. Further object of the present invention are isolated ORSRPs or ORSRP encoding nucleic acids from plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Agnes Chardonnens, Piotr Puzio
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Patent number: 8076142Abstract: Disclosed herein are rooted plant assay systems, methods of making rooted plant assay systems, and methods of using rooted plant assay systems for high throughput screening of test polynucleotides for their ability to effect phenotypic traits having agricultural value.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2007Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: BASF Plant Sciences GmbHInventors: Xiang Huang, Ming Cheng, Haiping Hong, Yan Liu, Kangfeng Mei
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Publication number: 20110302671Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleotide sequences useful for the production of plants with a modified embryo sac, embryo and or endosperm development, and to transgenic cells and plants transformed with the nucleotide sequences.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: LIMAGRAIN EUROPEInventors: Thomas Dresselhaus, Simone Cordts, Suseno Amien, Horst Loerz
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Publication number: 20110302675Abstract: Disclosed herein are antimicrobial compositions containing one or more antimicrobial peptides having been expressed in chloroplasts. Exemplified herein are the expression and use of retrocylin and protegrin. Disclosed herein are methods of engineering chloroplasts to express such antimicrobial peptides such that they are properly processed and active. Plants containing such chloroplasts are disclosed as well. The chloroplast expressed peptides are useful to delay, prevent or treat viral and bacterial infections.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Inventor: Henry Daniell
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Patent number: 8071841Abstract: The cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis) Or gene is a semi-dominant, single-locus mutation. It induces the accumulation of high levels of beta-carotene in various tissues that are normally devoid of carotenoids, turning them orange. Using a map-based cloning strategy, we identified a single gene representing Or and successfully verified its identity by functional complementation in the wild type cauliflower. The Or gene encodes a plastid membrane protein containing the DnaJ zinc figure domain. A likely gain-of-function mutation from a 4.3-kb retrotransposon insertion in the Or allele confers the orange phenotype in the mutant. Southern blot analysis revealed that Or is a single-copy sequence in the cauliflower genome. High level of expression of the Or gene and the protein was found in very young leaves, curds, and flowers at comparable abundance between wild type and the Or mutant.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of AgricultureInventors: Li Li, Joyce Van Eck
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Publication number: 20110289621Abstract: A series of independent human-induced, non-transgenic mutations found in at least one non-ripening (NOR) gene of tomato; tomato plants having these mutations in at least one of their NOR genes; and a method of creating and identifying similar and/or additional mutations in the NOR gene by screening pooled and/or individual tomato plants. The tomato plants of the present invention exhibit fruit that ripen more slowly, rot more slowly, are firmer, and have a longer shelf life post-harvest as a result of non-transgenic mutations in at least one of their NOR genes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2009Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: ARCADIA BIOSCIENCES, INC.Inventors: Susan R. Hurst, Dayna L. Loeffler, Michael N. Steine