Patents Assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculure
  • Process for the production of L-citrulline from watermelon flesh and rind
    Patent number: 8173837
    Abstract: L-citrulline may be extracted from watermelons using a process which does not require rigorous extraction with alcoholic and/or acidic solvents, or treatment at high temperatures. In the process, the watermelon juice is contacted with an adsorbent effective for adsorption of L-citrulline thereon, and the juice is separated therefrom. The L-citrulline on the adsorbent may then be eluted and recovered. Lycopene-containing microparticles may also be separated from the watermelon juice prior to contact with the adsorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculure
    Inventor: Wayne W. Fish
  • Disease resistance in
    Patent number: 7151203
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for producing grape plants having resistance to bunch rot disease or Botrytis or both. Also disclosed are grape plants having resistance to bunch rot disease or Botrytis or both, wherein the plants express a cecropin B peptide Shiva-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignees: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculure
    Inventors: Ralph Scorza, Dennis J. Gray