Patents by Inventor Xiaoxia ZOU

Xiaoxia ZOU 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: 11708395
    Abstract: A gene LBA5 for regulating lateral shoot angles, growth habits, and a plant architecture of Arachis hypogaea L., and use thereof are provided. In the present disclosure, a major gene LBA5 for controlling lateral shoot angles, growth habits, and a plant architecture of Arachis hypogaea L. is mapped and cloned from Arachis hypogaea L., which includes two homologous genes LBA5b and LBA5a and promoters thereof. The allelic variations of the gene can be selected through crossbreeding and backcrossing to achieve the genetic improvement on an angle between an Arachis hypogaea L. lateral shoot and a main stem. Through a genetic engineering operation for the gene and a change for a promoter sequence of the gene, the function or expression level of this gene in a procumbent Arachis hypogaea L. variety can be adjusted to further regulate an angle between an Arachis hypogaea L. lateral shoot and a main stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Qingdao Agricultural University
    Inventors: Xiaojun Zhang, Fanzhuang Yan, Xiaona Yu, Shaojing Zhang, Tong Si, Xiaoxia Zou, Yuefu Wang, Minglun Wang
  • Publication number: 20220307041
    Abstract: Cloning and use of an Arachis hypogaea L. flowering habit gene AhFH1 and allelic variants thereof are provided. Through experiments, the Arachis hypogaea L. flowering habit gene AhFH1 and two defunctionalized allelic variants thereof are determined. The defunctionalized allelic variants can cause the change from alternate flowering Arachis hypogaea L. to continuous flowering Arachis hypogaea L. Through overexpression of the gene AhFH1 or supplementary expression of a promoter of the gene itself, a continuous flowering Arachis hypogaea L. variety can be changed into alternate flowering Arachis hypogaea L.; and through knockout or expression suppression of the gene AhFH1, alternate flowering Arachis hypogaea L. can be changed into continuous flowering Arachis hypogaea L. Marker-assisted selection (MAS) breeding is realized for allelic variants of the gene using molecular markers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Qingdao Agricultural University
    Inventors: Xiaojun ZHANG, Jihua LI, Rui GUO, Xiaona YU, Tong SI, Xiaoxia ZOU, Yuefu WANG, Minglun WANG, Xiaoyuan CHI, Shanlin YU
  • Publication number: 20220227821
    Abstract: A gene LBA5 for regulating lateral shoot angles, growth habits, and a plant architecture of Arachis hypogaea L., and use thereof are provided. In the present disclosure, a major gene LBA5 for controlling lateral shoot angles, growth habits, and a plant architecture of Arachis hypogaea L. is mapped and cloned from Arachis hypogaea L., which includes two homologous genes LBA5b and LBA5a and promoters thereof. The allelic variations of the gene can be selected through crossbreeding and backcrossing to achieve the genetic improvement on an angle between an Arachis hypogaea L. lateral shoot and a main stem. Through a genetic engineering operation for the gene and a change for a promoter sequence of the gene, the function or expression level of this gene in a procumbent Arachis hypogaea L. variety can be adjusted to further regulate an angle between an Arachis hypogaea L. lateral shoot and a main stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Qingdao Agricultural University
    Inventors: Xiaojun ZHANG, Fanzhuang YAN, Xiaona YU, Shaojing ZHANG, Tong SI, Xiaoxia ZOU, Yuefu WANG, Minglun WANG