Patents by Inventor Madhusudhana R. Janga

Madhusudhana R. Janga 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).

  • Methods and compositions for modulating gossypol content in cotton plants
    Patent number: 11206798
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides cotton plants with reduced gossypol levels in the seed, and in further embodiments provides cotton plants with increased gossypol levels in the leaves. Also provided are methods for reducing gossypol content in seeds of a cotton plant by down-regulation of CGF2 expression, and in certain embodiments CGF1 and/or CGF3 expression, in the plant, and methods for increasing gossypol content in leaves of a cotton plant by tissue-specific overexpression of CGF2, and in certain embodiments CGF1 and/or CGF3, in the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: THE TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Keerti S. Rathore, Madhusudhana R. Janga, Devendra Pandeya, LeAnne M. Campbell
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING GOSSYPOL CONTENT IN COTTON PLANTS
    Publication number: 20190110428
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides cotton plants with reduced gossypol levels in the seed, and in further embodiments provides cotton plants with increased gossypol levels in the leaves. Also provided are methods for reducing gossypol content in seeds of a cotton plant by down-regulation of CGF2 expression, and in certain embodiments CGF1 and/or CGF3 expression, in the plant, and methods for increasing gossypol content in leaves of a cotton plant by tissue-specific overexpression of CGF2, and in certain embodiments CGF1 and/or CGF3, in the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Keerti S. Rathore, Madhusudhana R. Janga, Devendra Pandeya, LeAnne M. Campbell