Abstract: This disclosure describes compounds that affect the olfactory responses of the honey bee mite (Varroa destructor) and methods of use thereof. The compounds do not kill Varroa destructor, and are therefore unlikely to generate Varroa destructor resistance, compared to an acaricide. The compounds can work in conjunction with other mite control approaches, such as a bottom board excluder and sticky board control devices, and can enhance the performance of other forms of mite control while decreasing disadvantages associated therewith.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 24, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 17, 2018
Assignees:
Simon Fraser University, The State of Israel, Ministry Of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center)
Abstract: A plant or a part thereof, the plant being a Cucurbita pepo hybrid having more than one flower/fruit per node as in Cucurbita pepo subsp. texana, the fruit of the plant having the phenotype of that of Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 10, 2010
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2017
Assignee:
The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center)
Abstract: This disclosure describes compounds that affect the olfactory responses of the honey bee mite (Varroa destructor) and methods of use thereof. The compounds do not kill Varroa destructor, and are therefore unlikely to generate Varroa destructor resistance, compared to an acaricide. The compounds can work in conjunction with other mite control approaches, such as a bottom board excluder and sticky board control devices, and can enhance the performance of other forms of mite control while decreasing disadvantages associated therewith.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 24, 2015
Publication date:
July 27, 2017
Applicants:
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY, ORGANIZATION (ARO)
Abstract: The invention relates to transgenic plants exhibiting increased cell wall content. In one embodiment, transgenic plants engineered to over-express fructokinase (FRK) or both FRK and sucrose synthase (SuSy) are provided. The FRK+SuSy double-transgenic plants of the invention consistently exhibit enhanced cell wall polymer deposition.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 15, 2012
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2017
Assignee:
THE STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (ARO) (VOLCANI CENTER)
Inventors:
David Granot, Marcelo Ariel German, Rakefet David-Schwartz, Nir Dai, Arthur Schaffer, Marina Petrikov
Abstract: An insect blowing and suction system including at least two tangential blowers, each creating an air stream at a suitable angle relative to the ground but in opposite directions to each other. The two air streams combine and are diverted upward, thereby lifting insects upward. The upward air velocity is increased by at least one upper axial blower that sucks the air from the housing.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 7, 2013
Date of Patent:
January 3, 2017
Assignee:
THE STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (ARO) (VOLCANI CENTER)
Inventors:
Shmuel Ganmor, Rafi Regev, Aharon Weiseblum, David Ben-Yakir
Abstract: The present invention concerns a food supplement comprising Salvia sclarea seeds, or flour, oil or pulp or extracts obtained from the seeds as well as finished food products comprising the food supplement. The present invention further concerns a nutraceutical or cosmetic preparation comprising as an active ingredient Salvia sclarea seeds, or flour, oil or pulp or extracts obtained from the seeds.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 19, 2013
Date of Patent:
January 3, 2017
Assignee:
STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (ARO) (VOLCANI CENTER)
Inventors:
Nativ Dudai, Zohara Yaniv Bacharach, Eli Putievsky, Diah Saadi, Dan Schafferman, David Chaimovitsh
Abstract: Provided are isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide modulates acidity of a plant. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs and plant cells comprising same and methods of using same for modulating acidity of a plant.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 12, 2011
Date of Patent:
December 6, 2016
Assignee:
The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center)
Inventors:
Arthur A. Schaffer, Shahar Cohen, Yosef Burger, Nurit Katzir
Abstract: An isolated polynucleotide is provided. The isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least 88% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 22, the polypeptide being capable of increasing a cuticular water permeability of a plant expressing same. Also provided are methods of generating plants expressing such polypeptides which can be used for producing dehydrated plants or cuticular covered portions thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 27, 2013
Date of Patent:
November 22, 2016
Assignee:
The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center)
Abstract: The present invention relates to synergistic compositions for protection against oxidative damage, consisting essentially of antacids in conjunction with antioxidants. The invention further relates to method for preventing oxidative damage using the compositions of the invention.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 25, 2004
Date of Patent:
June 23, 2015
Assignee:
The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center)
Abstract: A method for breeding tomato plants that produce tomatoes with reduced fruit water content including the steps of crossing at least one Lycopersicon esculentum plant with a Lycopersicon spp. to produce hybrid seed, collecting the first generation of hybrid seeds, growing plants from the first generation of hybrid seeds, pollinating the plants of the most recent hybrid generation, collecting the seeds produced by the most recent hybrid generation, growing plants from the seeds of the most recent hybrid generation, allowing plants to remain on the vine past the point of normal ripening, and screening for reduced fruit water content as indicated by extended preservation of the ripe fruit and wrinkling of the fruit skin.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 14, 2009
Date of Patent:
November 25, 2014
Assignee:
The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center)
Abstract: A composition-of-matter comprising a substance usable in producing packaging material and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ar-turmerone, a sesquiterpene alcohol and a turmeric oleoresin solid residue.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 31, 2010
Date of Patent:
October 1, 2013
Assignees:
The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center), Biopack Ltd.