Patents by Inventor Coraline PRAZ

Coraline PRAZ 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).

  • INCREASED FUNGAL RESISTANCE IN PLANTS VIA MODULATION OF A WALL-ASSOCIATED KINASE OR BENZOXAZINOIDS
    Publication number: 20230021982
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing plants with increased fungal resistance, preferably seedling resistance against Northern Corn Leaf Blight. Further provided are methods for introducing, modifying, or modulating at least one wall-associated kinase (WAK) in(to) a plant cell, tissue, organ, or whole plant and thereby causing a reduced synthesis of benzoxazinoid and in turn increased fungal resistance. There are further provided methods to identify and/or modify downstream effector molecules in a WAK signalling cascade. Finally, plant cells, tissues, organs or whole plants having increased fungal resistance and methods using substances to activate signalling pathways in a targeted way are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA, UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH, UNIVERSITY OF BERN
    Inventors: Bettina KESSEL, Milena OUZUNOVA, Daniela SCHEUERMANN, Beat KELLER, Simon KRATTINGER, Coraline PRAZ, Ping YANG, Matthias ERB
  • INCREASED FUNGAL RESISTANCE IN CROP PLANTS
    Publication number: 20200231984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing plants with increased fungal resistance, preferably seedling resistance against Northern Corn Leaf Blight. Further provided are methods for introducing, modifying, or modulating at least one wall-associated kinase (WAK) in(to) a plant cell, tissue, organ, or whole plant and thereby causing a reduced synthesis of benzoxazinoid and in turn increased fungal resistance. There are further provided methods to identify and/or modify downstream effector molecules in a WAK signalling cascade. Finally, plant cells, tissues, organs or whole plants having increased fungal resistance and methods using substances to activate signalling pathways in a targeted way are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicants: KWS SAAT SE & co., KGaA, University of Zurich, University of Bern
    Inventors: Bettina KESSEL, Milena OUZUNOVA, Daniela SCHEUERMANN, Beat KELLER, Simon KRATTINGER, Coraline PRAZ, Ping YANG, Matthias ERB