Patents Assigned to Dow AgroSciences LLC
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MOLECULAR MARKERS FOR BLACKLEG RESISTANCE GENE RLM7 IN BRASSICA NAPUS, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME
Publication number: 20210315177Abstract: This disclosure concerns methods and compositions for identifying canola plants that have a blackleg resistant phenotype. Some embodiments concern molecular markers to identify, select, and/or construct blackleg resistant plants and germplasm, or to identify and counter-select plants that are susceptible or have low resistance to blackleg disease. Some embodiments concern molecular markers to identify, select, and/or construct blackleg resistant plants that carry the Rlm7 gene. This disclosure also concerns canola plants comprising a blackleg resistant phenotype that are generated by methods utilizing at least one marker described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Syed Masood Rizvi, Muhammad Tahir, Shunxue Tang, Jianwei Zhao, Jinhua Xiao, Gregory Gingera -
Publication number: 20210307259Abstract: Use of motion sensing and tracking equipment to image, monitor, track, and/or determine a parameter of plant growth kinetics (e.g., plant leaf elongation and height growth rate). Some embodiments concern methods for screening plants for the presence of one or more agronomic trait(s), and/or to study the growth kinetics of particular plants and cultivars, for example, in an automated high-throughput platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2012Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLCInventors: Pradeep Setlur, Reetal Pai, Kirsti Alise Golgotiu, Douglas Beatty
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Patent number: 11136630Abstract: This disclosure concerns methods and compositions for identifying cotton plants that have a reniform nematode resistance trait. Some embodiments concern molecular markers to identify, select, and/or construct reniform nematode resistant plants and germplasm, or to identify and counter-select relatively susceptible plants. This disclosure also concerns cotton plants comprising a reniform nematode resistance trait that are generated by methods utilizing at least one marker described herein.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLCInventors: Ramesh Buyyarapu, Ruihua Ren, Mustafa McPherson, Siva P. Kumpatla, Chandra Channabasavaradhya, Joseph W. Spinks, Kelly Parliament
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Publication number: 20210282402Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in phyla Nematoda, Arthropoda, and/or Mollusca, processes to produce such molecules and intermediates used in such processes, compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such molecules against such pests. These molecules may be used, for example, as nematicides, acaricides, insecticides, miticides, and/or molluscicides. This document discloses molecules having the structure of Formula A.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLCInventors: NATALIE C. GIAMPIETRO, DAVID DEMETER, LINDSEY G. HORTY, GARY D. CROUSE, THOMAS C. SPARKS
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Patent number: 11116203Abstract: A pest control device comprising a capacitive sensor array including a plurality of sensor pads, the capacitive sensor array being configured to generate an electrical output signal indicating the state of each sensor pad, and an electronic controller electrically connected to the capacitive sensor array, the electronic controller including a processor and a memory including a plurality of instructions, which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: receive the electrical output signals from the capacitive sensor array, determine a measured capacitance value for each sensor pad based on each electrical output signal, calculate a baseline for each sensor pad based on the measured capacitance value of the sensor pad, determine whether a difference between the measured capacitance value of at least one sensor pad and its corresponding baseline exceeds a first predetermined threshold, update a counter when the first predetermined threshold is exceeded, and record an event indicative of a presenceType: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLCInventors: Phillip J. Howard, Richard V. Baxter, Jr., Douglas K. Brune, Uriel Kluk, Edward G. Beistle, Christopher Siler, Marc Black
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Publication number: 20210276963Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in phyla Nematoda, Arthropoda, and/or Mollusca, processes to produce such molecules and intermediates used in such processes, compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such molecules against such pests. These molecules may be used, for example, as nematicides, acaricides, insecticides, miticides, and/or molluscicides. This document discloses molecules having the structure of Formula A.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLCInventors: NATALIE C. GIAMPIETRO, ANDREW WARD, GARY D. CROUSE, THOMAS C. SPARKS, THOMAS J. BARTON, LINDSEY G. HORTY, DAVID A. DEMETER
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Patent number: 11098322Abstract: This invention relates in part to plant breeding and herbicide tolerant plants. This invention includes a novel aad-1 transformation event in corn plants comprising a polynucleotide sequence, as described herein, inserted into a specific site within the genome of a corn cell. In some embodiments, said event/polynucleotide sequence can be “stacked” with other traits, including, for example, other herbicide tolerance gene(s) and/or insect-inhibitory proteins. Additionally, the subject invention provides assays for detecting the presence of the subject event in a sample (or corn grain, for example). The assays can be based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct, inserted into the corn genome, and on the genomic sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLCInventors: Yunxing Cory Cui, Jill Bryan, Donald Maum, Greg Gilles, Terry Wright, Jennifer Hamilton, Nicole Arnold, Nathan VanOpdorp, Tina Kaiser, Ning Zhou
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Publication number: 20210254058Abstract: This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for novel RNA inhibition molecules (e.g., small/short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules), polynucleotides encoding such molecules, use of such novel RNA inhibition molecules to inhibit a target gene by suppressing the expression of the mRNA of the target gene, and for application such as the of control insect pests, and transgenic plants that produce, and are protected, by these novel RNA inhibition molecules are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicants: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Elane FISHILEVICH, Kenneth NARVA, Xiaozeng YANG, Meghan L. FREY, Murugesan RANGASAMY, Wendy LO, Premchand GANDRA, Peter Michael WATERHOUSE
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Patent number: 11083193Abstract: Composite materials that are palatable to a wood-destroying pest species and also pesticidal to the pest species can be used in pest control devices and can be used as wood substitutes for structural components, which are resistant to destruction by wood-destroying pests. The composite materials include a thermoplastic polymer, a food material for the pest and a pesticide. The composite material is formed by mixing a thermoplastic polymer, wood fragments or other cellulosic materials and a quantity of pesticide, and thereafter creating a molten material within a mixer, compounder, extruder or the like. The molten material is extruded or molded to form the desired shape.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Robert L. Hill, James E. King, Joseph J. DeMark, Anton Arnoldy, Mike P. Tolley, Donald E. Williams, III, Joseph E. Eger
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Publication number: 20210230147Abstract: Described herein are 4-amino-6-(1,3-benzodioxole)picolinic acids, compositions comprising 4-amino-6-(1,3-benzodioxole)picolinic acids, and the use of these compounds and compositions to control undesirable vegetation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Jeremy Kister, Norbert M. Satchivi, Thomas L. Siddall, Lindsey G. Horty, Noormohamed M. Niyaz, Jeffrey B. Epp
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Patent number: 11053544Abstract: The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DAS-59122-7 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignees: E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Dow Agrosciences LLCInventors: James Wayne Bing, Robert F. Cressman, Jr., Manju Gupta, Salim M. Hakimi, David Hondred, Todd L. Krone, Mary E. Hartnett Locke, Abigail K. Luckring, Sandra E. Meyer, Daniel Moellenbeck, Kenneth Edwin Narva, Paul D. Olson, Craig D. Sanders, Jimei Wang, Jian Zhang, Gan-Yuan Zhong
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Patent number: 11053511Abstract: The invention provides recombinant host organisms genetically modified with a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) synthase system and one or more accessory proteins that allow for and/or improve the production of PUFAs in the host organism. The present invention also relates to methods of making and using such organisms as well as products obtained from such organisms.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Terence A. Walsh, Daniel Gachotte, Ann Owens Merlo, Dayakar Reddy Pareddy, James Metz, Scott Bevan, Jerry Kuner
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Publication number: 20210198262Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a method for preparing florasulam which involves treating a solution of 2,6-difluoroaniline in 1,2-propylene glycol with: a) sulfonyl chloride III and then b) a base to provide, after workup and isolation, florasulam (I) in yields of about 65-85%. The treatment of 2,6-difluoroaniline with sulfonyl chloride III and the base are conducted by controlled additions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2018Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Jossian Oppenheimer, Michael Gullo, David E. Podhorez, Justin A. Alberts
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Patent number: 11046968Abstract: This disclosure concerns recombinant host organisms genetically modified with a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) synthase system and one or more accessory proteins that allow for and/or improve the production of PUFAs in the host organism. The disclosure also concerns methods of making and using such organisms as well as products obtained from such organisms.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Terence A. Walsh, Daniel J. Gachotte, Cory M. Larsen, Scott Bevan, P. Ann Owens-Merlo, James G. Metz, Ross Zirkle
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Patent number: 11046972Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of insect pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in insect pests, including coleopteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of insect pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Kenneth E. Narva, Sarah E. Worden, Meghan Frey, Murugesan Rangasamy, Premchand Gandra, Wendy Lo, Elane Fishilevich, Andreas Vilcinskas, Eileen Knorr
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Publication number: 20210171968Abstract: This disclosure concerns the use of endogenous plant RNAi machinery to preferentially or specifically reduce transgene expression. In some embodiments, the disclosure concerns specific reduction of transgene expression in male plant tissues, for example, to provide an economical male sterility system of hybrid seed production.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Sandeep Kumar, Marcelo Ariel German, Tristan E Coram, Terry R. Wright
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Publication number: 20210161135Abstract: Disclosed herein are herbicidal compositions containing a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt, or ester thereof, and (b) a 4-hydroxyphenyl-pyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitor or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation which comprise applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying to soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt, or ester thereof and (b) a 4-hydroxyphenyl-pyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitor or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein (a) and (b) are each applied in an amount sufficient to provide a herbicidal effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Norbert M. Satchivi, Bryston L. Bangel, Paul R. Schmitzer
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MOLECULES HAVING PESTICIDAL UTILITY, AND INTERMEDIATES, COMPOSITIONS, AND PROCESSES, RELATED THERETO
Publication number: 20210161144Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in Phyla Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Nematoda, processes to produce such molecules, intermediates used in such processes, pesticidal compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such pesticidal compositions against such pests. These pesticidal compositions may be used, for example, as acaricides, insecticides, miticides, molluscicides, and nematicides. This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLCInventors: RONALD J. HEEMSTRA, RONALD ROSS, JR., TIMOTHY P. MARTIN, NICOLAAS VERMEULEN, JOHN F. DAEUBLE, SR., JOSEPH D. ECKELBARGER, ALEX NOLAN, KAITLYN GRAY, DAVID A. DEMETER, RICKY HUNTER, TONY K. TRULLINGER -
Publication number: 20210145000Abstract: Disclosed herein are herbicidal compositions containing a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt, or ester thereof, and (b) an acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitor or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation which comprise applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying to soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt, or ester thereof and (b) an acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitor or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein (a) and (b) are each added in an amount sufficient to provide a herbicidal effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Norbert M. Satchivi, Bryston L. Bangel
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Patent number: 11006601Abstract: A novel maize variety designated 8MMDD2069 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 8MMDD2069 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 8MMDD2069 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 8MMDD2069 or a locus conversion of 8MMDD2069 with another maize variety.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLCInventors: Jerry R Rice, David Uhr