Patents Assigned to Kansas State University Research Foundation, Inc.
  • Acetyl-CoA carboxylase herbicide resistant sorghum
    Patent number: 9617530
    Abstract: The present invention provides for compositions and methods for producing crop plants that are resistant to herbicides. In particular, the present invention provides for sorghum plants, plant tissues and plant seeds that contain altered acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) genes and proteins that are resistant to inhibition by herbicides that normally inhibit the activity of the ACC protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Kansas State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell R. Tuinstra, Kassim Al-Khatib