Patents by Inventor Pedro Takao Yamamoto

Pedro Takao Yamamoto 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).

  • Repellent compositions and genetic approaches for controlling huanglongbing
    Patent number: 9572349
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for controlling Huanglongbing (HLB) disease of citrus plants through expressing genes encoding synthases for sesquiterpenes such as ?-caryophyllene, and ?-copaene, and combinations thereof, in citrus plants. Methods of controlling HLB comprising applying at least one purified sesquiterpene, which repels Diaphorina citri and/or Tryoza erytrae psyllid insects, so as to control the HLB disease of citrus plants, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura—Fundecitrus, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias
    Inventors: Berta Alquezar García, Ana Rodriguez Baixauli, Josep Peris Rodrigo, Leandro Peña García, Andréia Henrique, Marcelo Pedreira De Miranda, Pedro Takao Yamamoto, Marcel Bellato Spósito, Nelson Arno Wulff, Diva do Carmo Teixeira, Antonio Juliano Ayres, Newton Cavalcanti De Noronha, Jr., José Maurício Simões Bento, José Roberto Postali Parra
  • REPELLENT COMPOSITIONS AND GENETIC APPROACHES FOR CONTROLLING HUANGLONGBING
    Publication number: 20150353954
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for controlling Huanglongbing (HLB) disease of citrus plants through expressing genes encoding synthases for sesquiterpenes such as ?-caryophyllene, and ?-copaene, and combinations thereof, in citrus plants. Methods of controlling HLB comprising applying at least one purified sesquiterpene, which repels Diaphorina citri and/or Tryoza erytrae psyllid insects, so as to control the HLB disease of citrus plants, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Berta ALQUEZAR GARCÍA, Ana RODRIGUEZ BAIXAULI, Josep PERIS RODRIGO, Leandro PEÑA GARCÍA, Andréia ENRIQUE, Marcelo PEDREIRA DE MIRANDA, Pedro Takao YAMAMOTO, Marcel Bellato SPÓSITO, Nelson Arno WULFF, Diva do Carmo TEIXEIRA, Antonio Juliano AYRES, Newton Cavalcanti DE NORONHA, JR., José Maurício Simões BENTO, José Roberto POSTALI PARRA
  • REPELLENT COMPOSITIONS AND GENETIC APPROACHES FOR CONTROLLING HUANGLONGBING
    Publication number: 20150353955
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for controlling Huanglongbing (HLB) disease of citrus plants through expressing genes encoding synthases for sesquiterpenes such as ?-caryophyllene, and ?-copaene, and combinations thereof, in citrus plants. Methods of controlling HLB comprising applying at least one purified sesquiterpene, which repels Diaphorina citri and/or Tryoza erytrae psyllid insects, so as to control the HLB disease of citrus plants, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Berta ALQUEZAR GARCÍA, Ana RODRIGUEZ BAIXAULI, Josep PERIS RODRIGO, Leandro PEÑA GARCÍA, Andréia ENRIQUE, Marcelo PEDREIRA DE MIRANDA, Pedro Takao YAMAMOTO, Marcel Bellato SPÓSITO, Nelson Arno WULFF, Diva do Carmo TEIXEIRA, Antonio Juliano AYRES, Newton Cavalcanti DE NORONHA, JR., José Maurício Simões BENTO, José Roberto POSTALI PARRA, Mateus de Almeida SANTOS, Viviani Vieira MARQUES, André Gustavo Corrêa SIGNORETTI, Rodrigo Facchini MAGNANI
  • Repellent compositions and genetic approaches for controlling huanglongbing
    Patent number: 9078448
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for controlling Huanglongbing (HLB) disease of citrus plants through expressing genes encoding synthases for sesquiterpenes such as ?-caryophyllene, and ?-copaene, and combinations thereof, in citrus plants. Methods of controlling HLB comprising applying at least one purified sesquiterpene, which repels Diaphorina citri and/or Tryoza erytrae psyllid insects, so as to control the HLB disease of citrus plants, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignees: Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura—Fundecitrus, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias
    Inventors: Berta Alquezar García, Ana Rodriguez Baixauli, Josep Peris Rodrigo, Leandro Peña García, Andréia Enrique, Marcelo Pedreira De Miranda, Pedro Takao Yamamoto, Marcel Bellato Spósito, Nelson Arno Wulff, Diva do Carmo Teixeira, Antonio Juliano Ayres, Newton Cavalcanti De Noronha, Jr., José Maurício Simões Bento, José Roberto Postali Parra
  • REPELLENT COMPOSITIONS AND GENETIC APPROACHES FOR CONTROLLING HUANGLONGBING
    Publication number: 20120272405
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for controlling Huanglongbing (HLB) disease of citrus plants through expressing genes encoding synthases for sesquiterpenes such as ?-caryophyllene, and ?-copaene, and combinations thereof, in citrus plants. Methods of controlling HLB comprising applying at least one purified sesquiterpene, which repels Diaphorina citri and/or Tryoza erytrae psyllid insects, so as to control the HLB disease of citrus plants, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicants: INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE IVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS, FUNDO DE DEFESA DA CITRICULTURA - FUNDECITRUS
    Inventors: Berta Alquezar García, Ana Rodriguez Baixauli, Josep Peris Rodrigo, Leandro Peña García, Andréia Enrique, Marcelo Pedreira De Miranda, Pedro Takao Yamamoto, Marcel Bellato Spósito, Nelson Arno Wulff, Diva do Carmo Teixeira, Antonio Juliano Ayres, Newton Cavalcanti De Noronha, JR., José Maurício Simões Bento, José Roberto Postali Parra