Abstract: A stuffing box maintenance device designed to be releasably secured to a polished rod above the stuffing box wherein the stuffing box maintenance device is configured to retain the tools and the maintenance items required to perform a maintenance procedure on the stuffing box. The stuffing box maintenance device further includes a body being planar in manner and rectangular in shape. A mounting ring secured to the body on one end is operable to surroundably mount the polished rod. An opening is located on the mounting ring opposite the body and is configured to allow the stuffing box maintenance device to be laterally coupled to the polished rod. The stuffing box maintenance device further includes a support rod for retaining at least one packing gland. The body is further configured to retain the hand tools necessary to perform a maintenance procedure on the stuffing box.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel plastid transit peptides that direct localization of attached moieties (e.g., polypeptides) into plant plastids. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for localizing polypeptides to plant plastids including, but not limited to, transgenic plant production.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel hybrid promoters comprising a caulimovirus promoter operably linked to one or more of an EF1?, Act8, Act2 or Act11 promoter. The present invention also relates to novel DNA constructs comprising at least one expression cassette which comprises the hybrid promoter thereof. The present invention further relates to transgenic plants/seeds comprising such DNA constructs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transgenic cotton plant and seed that has vegetative and reproductive tolerance to glyphosate, wherein the transgenic plant or seed comprises at least one expression cassette comprising a structural DNA sequence encoding a glyphosate tolerance protein, and the transgenic plant has a boll map value greater than or equal to 3 following exposure to glyphosate after the 4 leaf stage.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel plastid transit peptides that direct localization of attached moieties (e.g., polypeptides) into plant plastids. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for localizing polypeptides to plant plastids including, but not limited to, transgenic plant production.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a vector for identifying read-through of non-T-DNA in a T-DNA vector. In one embodiment, the vector provides a visually detectable change in the normal appearance of transformants wherein read-through has occurred. In another embodiment, the vector also provides for expression of a readily detectable fluorescent protein that allows for the early detection and elimination of transformants wherein read-through has occurred. In a further aspect, the present invention is directed to a method for detecting read-through of non-T-DNA in plants transformed with a T-DNA vector. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a method for producing a transgenic plant containing a polynucleotide of interest but being substantially free of non-T-DNA.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel plastid transit peptides that direct localization of attached moieties (e.g., polypeptides) into plant plastids. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for localizing polypeptides to plant plastids including, but not limited to, transgenic plant production.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel plant expression constructs. More specifically the present invention provides DNA constructs comprising 5? regulatory sequences for modulating the expression of operably linked genes in plants.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods of reassembling polynucleotides and selecting polynucleotides with altered transcriptional regulatory activity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel plant expression constructs. More specifically the present invention provides DNA constructs comprising 5? regulatory sequences for modulating the expression of operably linked genes in plants.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel loom and method for weaving fabrics in which at least the weft comprises stiff strands for example in the form of tapes or bands. The weft strand (41) is frictionally gripped at one side of the warp array (40) and intermittently pushed through the shed to insert successive lengths of weft. In a preferred modification, a hollow guide (22) is advanced through the shed in the opposite direction to the pushing of the weft strand, the free or previously severed end of the strand is pushed into the hollow guide, for example by friction wheel drive (3),(31) mounted on sley (13), and the guide is retracted in the same direction and at the same time as the strand is pushed through the shed, such that the free end of the weft is inside the guide while it passes through the shed.