Patents by Inventor Bala K.P. Venkata

Bala K.P. Venkata has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Compositions and methods conferring resistance of maize to corn rootworm 1
    Patent number: 9944949
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for increasing a plant's resistance to an insect pest such as the corn rootworm are provided. Methods are provided for overexpression of Crw1, or variants thereof, in a host plant or plant cell to increase resistance to an insect pest in a plant such as maize. Moreover, methods are provided for identifying variants of Crw1 that when incorporated into a plant via transgenic or traditional breeding means increase resistance to an insect pest in a plant such as maize.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignees: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Dilbag S. Multani, Gurmukh S. Johal, Bala K. P. Venkata
  • Compositions and Methods Conferring Resistance of Maize to Corn Rootworm I
    Publication number: 20150275228
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for increasing a plant's resistance to an insect pest such as the corn rootworm are provided. Methods are provided for overexpression of Crw1, or variants thereof, in a host plant or plant cell to increase resistance to an insect pest in a plant such as maize. Moreover, methods are provided for identifying variants of Crw1 that when incorporated into a plant via transgenic or traditional breeding means increase resistance to an insect pest in a plant such as maize.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Dilbag S. Multani, Gurmukh S. Johal, Bala K.P. Venkata