Patents Assigned to Institute of Applied Science and Technology (ICAT)-Laboratory for Plant Biotechnology
  • Method to control the ripening of papaya fruit and confer disease resistance to papaya plants
    Patent number: 7071377
    Abstract: The present invention relates to DNA constructs which include DNA molecules which affect papaya fruit ripening and DNA molecules which encode papaya ringspot virus coat protein. The present invention further relates to a method of controlling papaya fruit ripening while conferring resistance to Papaya Ringspot Virus by transforming plants with the DNA construct. The present invention also relates to expression systems, host cells, and transgenic plants containing the DNA constructs of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignees: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Institute of Applied Science and Technology (ICAT)-Laboratory for Plant Biotechnology
    Inventors: Dennis Gonsalves, Aladje Baldé, Maria Salomé Soares Pais, Chu-Hui Chiang