Patents Assigned to Toyo Buseki Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Production of cotton fiber with improved fiber characteristics
    Patent number: 6563021
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed to achieve an improvement in the characteristics and yield of cotton fibers. In one method, a cotton plant of the genus Gossypium in seed form or in growth stage is treated with a brassinosteroid. In another method, an ovule culture is prepared from a cotton plant of the genus Gossypium in a brassinosteroid-containing liquid medium. Cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics are obtained from the cotton bolls of the treated plant or from the cultured ovules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignees: Toyo Buseki Kabushiki Kaisha, Texas Tech University
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kasukabe, Koichi Fujisawa, Susumu Nishiguchi, Yoshihiko Maekawa, Randy Dale Allen