Patents by Inventor Dirk Vreugdenhil

Dirk Vreugdenhil 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).

  • Patent number: 10544469
    Abstract: The invention relates to pepper plants and lines having resistance to Powdery Mildew, caused by the fungus Leveillula taurica. The invention also relates to parts of pepper plants from lines having Powdery Mildew resistance, including seeds capable of growing pepper plants with Powdery Mildew resistance, and fruit. Methods for the identification, use and breeding of Powdery Mildew resistant pepper plants are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad K. Gabor, Brian J. Just, Caicheng Huang, Carl M. Jones, Dirk Vreugdenhil, Joel M. Kniskern, Pablo A. Quijada, Terry Berke, Anton P. Allersma, Wenwen Xiang
  • Patent number: 10499578
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and composition for preparing seeds that when cultivated produce pepper plants with seedless fruits. These plants may further be male sterile and contain a stable non-Peterson Cytoplasmic Male Sterility (“CMS”). The invention also provides essentially pure populations of seed that, when grown, produce pepper plants with seedless fruit. Methods are provided comprising crossing a stable non-Peterson CMS plant as a female parent with pepper lines displaying a parthenocarpy trait. The invention also includes the seeds produced by such a method. Methods for breeding and using seedless pepper plants for enhancing the production of fruit under suboptimal temperature conditions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Gorguet, Carl M. Jones, Dirk Vreugdenhil, Rebeca N. Benitez
  • Publication number: 20170362665
    Abstract: The invention relates to pepper plants and lines having resistance to Powdery Mildew, caused by the fungus Leveillula taurica. The invention also relates to parts of pepper plants from lines having Powdery Mildew resistance, including seeds capable of growing pepper plants with Powdery Mildew resistance, and fruit. Methods for the identification, use and breeding of Powdery Mildew resistant pepper plants are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: BRAD K. GABOR, BRIAN J. JUST, CAICHENG HUANG, CARL M. JONES, DIRK VREUGDENHIL, JOEL M. KNISKERN, PABLO A. QUIJADA, TERRY BERKE, ANTON P. ALLERSMA, WENWEN XIANG
  • Publication number: 20170188535
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and composition for preparing seeds that when cultivated produce pepper plants with seedless fruits. These plants may further be male sterile and contain a stable non-Peterson Cytoplasmic Male Sterility (“CMS”). The invention also provides essentially pure populations of seed that, when grown, produce pepper plants with seedless fruit. Methods are provided comprising crossing a stable non-Peterson CMS plant as a female parent with pepper lines displaying a parthenocarpy trait. The invention also includes the seeds produced by such a method. Methods for breeding and using seedless pepper plants for enhancing the production of fruit under suboptimal temperature conditions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Benoit Gorguet, Carl M. Jones, Dirk Vreugdenhil, Rebeca N. Benitez
  • Patent number: 9689045
    Abstract: The invention relates to pepper plants and lines having resistance to Powdery Mildew, caused by the fungus Leveillula taurica. The invention also relates to parts of pepper plants from lines having Powdery Mildew resistance, including seeds capable of growing pepper plants with Powdery Mildew resistance, and fruit. Methods for the identification, use and breeding of Powdery Mildew resistant pepper plants are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad K. Gabor, Brian J. Just, Caicheng Huang, Carl M. Jones, Dirk Vreugdenhil, Joel M. Kniskern, Pablo A. Quijada, Terry G. Berke, Anton P. Allersma, Wenwen Xiang
  • Patent number: 9642318
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and composition for preparing seeds that when cultivated produce pepper plants with seedless fruits. These plants may further be male sterile and contain a stable non-Peterson Cytoplasmic Male Sterility (“CMS”). The invention also provides essentially pure populations of seed that, when grown, produce pepper plants with seedless fruit. Methods are provided comprising crossing a stable non-Peterson CMS plant as a female parent with pepper lines displaying a parthenocarpy trait. The invention also includes the seeds produced by such a method. Methods for breeding and using seedless pepper plants for enhancing the production of fruit under suboptimal temperature conditions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Gorguet, Carl M. Jones, Dirk Vreugdenhil, Rebeca N. Benitez
  • Publication number: 20130145489
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and composition for preparing seeds that when cultivated produce pepper plants with seedless fruits. These plants may further be male sterile and contain a stable non-Peterson Cytoplasmic Male Sterility (“CMS”). The invention also provides essentially pure populations of seed that, when grown, produce pepper plants with seedless fruit. Methods are provided comprising crossing a stable non-Peterson CMS plant as a female parent with pepper lines displaying a parthenocarpy trait. The invention also includes the seeds produced by such a method. Methods for breeding and using seedless pepper plants for enhancing the production of fruit under suboptimal temperature conditions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Benoit Gorguet, Carl M. Jones, Dirk Vreugdenhil, Rebeca N. Benitez
  • Publication number: 20130055465
    Abstract: The invention relates to pepper plants and lines having resistance to Powdery Mildew, caused by the fungus Leveillula taurica. The invention also relates to parts of pepper plants from lines having Powdery Mildew resistance, including seeds capable of growing pepper plants with Powdery Mildew resistance, and fruit. Methods for the identification, use and breeding of Powdery Mildew resistant pepper plants are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Brad K. Gabor, Brian J. Just, Caicheng Huang, Carl M. Jones, Dirk Vreugdenhil, Joel M. Kniskern, Pablo A. Quijada, Terry G. Berke, Anton P. Allersma, Wenwen Xiang
  • Patent number: 8158852
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a plant of the Capsicum genus that exhibits resistance to Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) pathotype 1.2.3, comprising providing a recipient plant of the Capsicum genus that is susceptible to PMMoV pathotype 1.2.3 or a part thereof, and introducing into the genome of the recipient plant or a part thereof or a progeny plant thereof a genomic region comprising a truncated L4 resistance allele, wherein the allele comprises genetic information capable of being expressed in the plant or plant part or progeny plant thereby conferring resistance to PMMoV pathotype 1.2.3 to the plant or plant part or progeny plant, and wherein genetic information that confers the SNFD phenotype is absent from the allele at least to such an extent that the SNFD phenotype is not expressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Monsanto Invest N.V.
    Inventors: Anton Pieter Allersma, René Johannes Maria Hofstede, Dirk Vreugdenhil
  • Publication number: 20110185451
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plant of the Capsicum genus, which plant exhibits resistance to Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) pathotype 1.2.3 due to the presence of the L4 resistance allele in the genome of said plant, wherein the genetic information responsible for the SNFD phenotype is absent from or is repressed in the genome of said plant at least to such an extent that the SNFD phenotype is not expressed. The present invention further relates to a method of producing a plant of the Capsicum genus that exhibits resistance to PMMoV pathotype 1.2.3, comprising the steps of a) providing a recipient plant of the Capsicum genus that is susceptible to PMMoV pathotype 1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Monsanto Invest N.V.
    Inventors: Anton Pieter Allersma, Rene Johannes M. Hofstede, Dirk Vreugdenhil
  • Patent number: 7943831
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plant of the Capsicum genus, which plant exhibits resistance to Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) pathotype 1.2.3 due to the presence of the L4 resistance allele in the genome of said plant, wherein the genetic information responsible for the SNFD phenotype is absent from or is repressed in the genome of said plant at least to such an extent that the SNFD phenotype is not expressed. The present invention further relates to a method of producing a plant of the Capsicum genus that exhibits resistance to PMMoV pathotype 1.2.3, comprising the steps of a) providing a recipient plant of the Capsicum genus that is susceptible to PMMoV pathotype 1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Monsanto Invest B.V.
    Inventors: Anton Pieter Allersma, René Johannes M. Hofstede, Dirk Vreugdenhil
  • Publication number: 20070234441
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plant of the Capsicum genus, which plant exhibits resistance to Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) pathotype 1.2.3 due to the presence of the L4 resistance allele in the genome of said plant, wherein the genetic information responsible for the SNFD phenotype is absent from or is repressed in the genome of said plant at least to such an extent that the SNFD phenotype is not expressed. The present invention further relates to a method of producing a plant of the Capsicum genus that exhibits resistance to PMMoV pathotype 1.2.3, comprising the steps of a) providing a recipient plant of the Capsicum genus that is susceptible to PMMoV pathotype 1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: De Ruiter Seeds R&D B.V.
    Inventors: Anton Allersma, Rene Hofstede, Dirk Vreugdenhil