Patents by Inventor Sekhar Kambakam

Sekhar Kambakam 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).

  • nonhost resistance gene(s) and use thereof to engineer SDS resistant plants
    Patent number: 10087462
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against plant pathogens, particularly Fusarium virguliforme and Phytophthora sojae in transgenic plants and/or plant cells, through the use of non host resistance nucleic acid molecules isolated from Arabidopsis. In these plants, at least one nonhost Arabidopsis resistance protein is introduced in comparison to the wild-type plants to confer resistance to plant pathogens. The invention relates to transgenic plants and/or plant cells having increased resistance to plant pathogens, particularly Fusarium virguliforme and Phytophthora sojae, to expression vectors, transformed plants and plant cells as well as the use of such plants in a plant breeding program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Madan K. Bhattacharyya, Prashant Singh, Sekhar Kambakam
  • ARABIDOPSIS NONHOST RESISTANCE GENE(S) AND USE THEREOF TO ENGINEER SDS RESISTANT PLANTS
    Publication number: 20160201081
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against plant pathogens, particularly Fusarium virguliforme and Phytophthora sojae in transgenic plants and/or plant cells, through the use of non host resistance nucleic acid molecules isolated from Arabidopsis. In these plants, at least one nonhost Arabidopsis resistance protein is introduced in comparison to the wild-type plants to confer resistance to plant pathogens. The invention relates to transgenic plants and/or plant cells having increased resistance to plant pathogens, particularly Fusarium virguliforme and Phytophthora sojae, to expression vectors, transformed plants and plant cells as well as the use of such plants in a plant breeding program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Madan K. Bhattacharyya, Prashant Singh, Sekhar Kambakam
  • GLYCINE MAX RESISTANCE GENE(S) AND USE THEREOF TO ENGINEER PLANTS WITH BROAD-SPECTRUM RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL PATHOGENS AND PESTS
    Publication number: 20160194657
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing plant resistance to plant pathogens, particularly Sudden Death Syndrome in soybean against Fusarium virguliforme, through the use of Fusarium resistance nucleic acid molecules isolated from Glycine max and Fusarium virguliforme. In these plants, at least one heterologous Fusarium resistance protein is introduced in comparison to the wild-type plants to confer resistance to plant pathogens. The invention relates to transgenic plants and/or plant cells having increased resistance to plant pathogens, to expression vectors, transformed plants and plant cells as well as the use of such plants in a plant breeding program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Madan K. Bhattacharyya, Prashant Singh, Sekhar Kambakam, Micheline Ngaki