Abstract: The present invention relates to a teosinte crossing barrier trait. Plants containing said trait exhibit the phenotype of cross-incompatiblity. The present invention also relates to new cross-incompatible plants, including inbred, hybrid, haploid, apomictic and/or genetically engineered plants, containing the teosinte crossing barrier trait and exhibiting commercially desirable characteristics.

Abstract: Transgenic plants are created having incorporated into them a luciferase enzyme gene and a corresponding luciferin substrate gene. These genes are regulated such that for a certain amount of time after dark, these genes are expressed resulting in bioluminescence. Different luciferin/luciferase combinations may be utilized for these transgenic plants, depending on the desired wavelength and the plant species transfected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acids coding for promoters, which are both tapetum-specific and pollen-specific, as well as the use thereof for producing male sterile plants.

Abstract: This invention relates to yellow field corn inbreds and hybrids. More specifically, the invention relates to methods of producing inbreds and hybrid plants and to methods of producing corn seed which restricts the amount of foreign pollen cross pollination.

Abstract: The invention is related to a method and a DNA construct for controlling transgene segregation in a sexually reproducing multicellular organism (SRMO), especially in such SRMOs which are susceptible of interbreeding with their cultured or wild-type relatives. The method and construct allows the farmer to reuse the transgenic crop without risk for escape of the transgene into the environment. The DNA construct is a recoverable block of function (RBF) system comprising at least one blocking construct (BC), and at least one means for recovering the blocked functions. The BC has a capacity of blocking at least one molecular or physiological function essential for the development and/or reproductive cycle of the SRMO. The BC is closely linked to the transgene of intereset (TGI). The blocked function is recoverable by an external treatment or intervention, which is optionally combined with one or more recovering constructs (RC).

Abstract: This patent pertains to a method of producing a waxy maize starch derived from a plant which is heterozygous for the recessive sugary-2 allele by interplanting waxy maize seed which is homozygous for the dominant sugary-2 allele and waxy maize which is homozygous for the recessive sugary-2 allele, one hybrid being male sterile. The maize is harvested and processed together to obtain starch with excellent low temperature and freeze-thaw stability, high pasting temperature, and intact granules.

Abstract: A method for embryogenesis and a method for plant regeneration are disclosed. Microspore-containing plant segment from donor plants are harvested and incubated under pre-treatment conditions to maintain microspores at a uninucleate cell cycle G1 phase. Pre-treatment conditions comprise cold water or an aqueous solution of about 0.2- about 1.0 mol/liter sugar alcohol, for example mannitol. Microspores are isolated from the plant segment and embryogenesis of microspores is induced in induction medium, thereby producing embryos. Green plants may be regenerated from the embryos produced. Arabinogalactan protein, auxin and ovary co-culture may be added to the induction medium to enhance embryogenesis from microspores.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for hybrid seed production comprising producing a conditional female sterile plant comprising a female-preferential promoter operably linked to a coding sequence which encodes an enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of a protoxin to a toxin, interplanting the conditional female sterile plant with a male sterile plant, applying the protoxin to the conditional female sterile plant, and producing hybrid seed. Viable seed formation is prevented on the conditional female sterile plant as a result of the conversion of the protoxin to the toxin in the female reproductive structures, and pollen production is prevented on the male sterile plant, thus allowing interplanting of the two parents of the hybrid cross in order to provide more efficient pollen transfer. Also provided are expression cassettes useful in the invention, plants transformed with the expression cassette, and novel female-preferential promoters.

Abstract: The invention relates to pairs of parent plants for producing hybrid seeds and to methods for producing plants with a desired phenotype. The desired phenotype is an active enzyme, a regulatory protein or a protein which affects the functionality and/or viability and/or structural integrity of a cell. Preferably, the desired phenotype is substantially absent from the parent plants/lines. In particular, the invention relates to parent plants and methods involving plant lines for producing male-sterile plants and seeds.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hybrid alfalfa seed deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-2759. Also disclosed is a hybrid alfalfa plant or part thereof derived from the seed deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-2759. A method of obtaining commercially acceptable production of alfalfa seed having at least 75% hybridity by planting male sterile and male fertile seed at a ratio of about 4:1 is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to processes for producing transgenic plants using tissue-specific promoters. In these plants, the development of particular plant parts can be prevented deliberately.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided an inbred corn plant designated 5750. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the inbred corn plant 5750, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred corn plant 5750 with itself or with another corn plant, such as another inbred. This invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred plant 5750 with another corn plant, such as another inbred, and to crosses with related species. This invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of the inbred corn plant 5750, and also to the SSR and genetic isozyme typing profiles of inbred corn plant 5750.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods to control the spread of recombinant DNA molecules between sexually compatible plants of differing genetic composition. The invention describes the production of transgenic plants that comprise recombinant traits of interest or concern linked to repressible lethal genes. The lethal genes are blocked by the action of repressor molecules produced by the expression of repressor genes located at a different genetic locus. The lethal phenotype is only expressed after the segregation of the repressible lethal gene construct and the repressor gene following meiosis. The present invention may be employed for both open-pollinated and hybrid seed production systems and may be used to maintain genetic purity by blocking unintended introgression of genes from plants devoid of the specific repressor gene.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of breeding plants that are glyphosate resistant due to a transgene whereby all of the resulting progeny plants or seed are also glyphosate resistant due to inheritance of the transgene by elimination of male gametes that do not carry a resistance transgene.

Abstract: Genetic constructs and methods are disclosed for the production, maintenance and control of transgenes in transgenic eukaryotic organisms that undergo meiosis in which pollen or sperm can be outcrossed; this includes: transgenic animals, plant cells, plant tissues and whole plants. More specifically, this invention relates to the control of transgene transmission by male and/or female gametes or gametophytes using a gametophytic sterility trait (GST). The genetic constructs and methodologies of the present invention provide the ability to control the undesired spread of transgenes. In addition, this invention also provides the tools and methodologies to enrich a plant or other eukaryotic genome for dispersed and/or stable transposition events.

Abstract: A process is described for producing fertile hybrid seed or hybrid seed comprising fertile and sterile seed using male-sterile plants created by employing molecular techniques to manipulate anti-sense gene and other genes that are capable of controlling the production of fertile pollen in plants. Said plants are functionally male-sterile plants with pollen from male-fertile plants. Hybrid seed production is simplified and improved by this invention and can be extended to plant crop species for which commercially acceptable hybrid seed production methods are not currently available.

Abstract: Methods of preparing hybrid seed are described. One such method comprises interplanting a male parent plant which is male fertile and homozygous recessive female sterile and a female parent plant which is homozygous recessive male sterile and female fertile, allowing cross-pollination and obtaining the seed produced therefrom. The genomic material of each parent plant may also have integrated therein a gene construct comprising a promoter sequence-responsive to the presence or absence of an exogenous chemical inducer, optionally operably linked to one or more enhancer or intron sequences, operably linked to a gene which fully restores the fertility of each parent plant, the gene being expressed by the application to the plant of an external chemical inducer thereby allowing each parent to self-pollinate.

Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated NP2015, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line NP2015, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred line NP2015 with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line NP2015 with another maize line or plant.

Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated NP2073, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line NP2073 and descendants thereof, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred line NP2073 with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line NP2073 with another maize line or plant

Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated PSA104, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line PSA104, methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred maize line PSA104 with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line PSA104 with another maize line or plant.

Abstract: A plant, the nuclear genome of which is transformed with a foreign DNA sequence encoding a product which selectively disrupts the metabolism, functioning and/or development of stamen cells of the plant. The foreign DNA sequence also optionally encodes a marker.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the production of male sterile plants by providing them with a recombinant DNA capable of specific expression in the male reproductive system of a plant of the enzyme trehalose phosphate (TPP). Resotration of the fertility can be established either by providing said male sterile plants with a recombinant DNA capable of expression of trehalose phosphate synthase (TPS) under control of an inducible promoter or with a recombinant DNA capable of expression of a suppressor protein which suppresses expression of TPP under control of an inducible promoter. This inducible restoration possibilities enable the maintenance of a homozygous male sterile line. Restoration can also be done by spraying the male sterile plants with gibberellic acid.

Abstract: A synthetic hybrid corn line having the designation P741, produced by crossing the inbred Qx47 and the synthetic P732. P741 imparts a high oil level in the grain of certain male sterile hybrids when used as a pollinator. P741 is also gives higher test weight in grain than other pollinators of similar oil levels when used in the TOPCROSS® grain production system. P741 has shown excellent productivity in TC BLEND® seed blends of medium to late season adaptability. This invention thus relates to the seeds, plants and plant parts of P741 and its components, to plants regenerated from tissue culture of the plants of P741, to a method of producing P741, and to a method for producing high oil grain using P741 as a pollinator.

Abstract: A method for identifying a product involves the steps of: (1) associating with the product a marker ligand; and (2) detecting the marker ligand in the product at a later point in time as a means of identifying the product by contacting the product with a detector composition. The detector composition comprises one or more first nucleotide sequences encoding one or more natural or synthetic ligand-dependent transcription factors, wherein said factors comprise at least one ligand binding domain, at least one DNA binding domain and at least one transactivation domain; and a second nucleotide sequence encoding a reporter gene under the regulatory control of a receptor response element or a modified or synthetic response element, and a second promoter.

Abstract: This invention relates to transgenic winter oilseed rape (WOSR) plants, plant material and seeds, wherein harboring a specific transformation event. It pertains to winter oilseed rape plants, more particularly to a pair of winter oilseed rape plants, which is particularly suited for the production of hybrid seed. More specifically, one plant is wherein being male-sterile, due to the presence in its genome of a male sterility gene, while the other is wherein carrying a fertility-restorer gene, capable of preventing the activity of the male-sterility gene. The invention further provides a method for producing hybrid seed, a process for producing a transgenic WOSR plant oil or plant, and a method to identify a transgenic plant, cell or tissue. A kit for identifying the transgenic plants comparing the elite event of the present invention is also described.

Abstract: The invention provides methods altering organ size/mass and fertility or both in plants through the modulation of cell proliferation. The methods involve producing transgenic plants comprising a recombinant expression cassette containing an ANT nucleic acid linked to a plant promoter.

Abstract: A maize hybrid designated RPG824, the plants and seeds of maize hybrid RPG824, methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the maize hybrid RPG824 with itself, with another maize plant, or transforming said maize hybrid.

Abstract: This invention relates to transgenic Brassica plants, plant material and seeds, characterized by harboring a specific transformation event, particularly by the presence of a male-sterility gene, at a specific location in the Brassica genome. The invention also relates to the seed deposited a the ATCC which will grow into a male sterile, herbicide resistant plant. The invention further provides a process producing a transgenic cell of a Brassica plant and a method of identifying a transgenic plant, or cells or tissues thereof. A kit for identifying the transgenic plants comprising the elite event of the prsent invention is also described. The Brassica plants of the invention combine the male-sterility phenotype with optimal agronomic performance, genetic stability and adaptability to different genetic backgrounds.

Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated RPK7346, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line RPK7346, methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred maize line RPK7346 with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line RPK7346 with another maize line or plant.

Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated RPK7250, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line RPK7250, methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred maize line RPK7250 with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line RPK7250 with another maize line or plant.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I362697. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I362697, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I362697 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. This invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety I362697 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line, and to crosses with related species. This invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety I362697, and also to the SSR and isozyme typing profiles of corn variety I362697.

Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated NP 2010, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line NP 2010, to the plants of inbred corn line NP 2010 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing inbred line NP 2010 with itself or with another corn plant. The invention further relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing inbred line NP 2010 with another corn line.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I181664. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I181664, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I181664 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. This invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety I181664 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line, and to crosses with related species. This invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety I181664, and also to the SSR and isozyme typing profiles of corn variety I181664.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I465837. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I465837, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I465837 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. This invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety I465837 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line, and to crosses with related species. This invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety I465837, and also to the SSR and isozyme typing profiles of corn variety I465837.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided an inbred corn plant designated WQDS7. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the inbred corn plant WQDS7, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred corn plant WQDS7 with itself or with another corn plant, such as another inbred, This invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred plant WQDS7 with another corn plant, such as another inbred, and to crosses with related species. This invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of the inbred corn plant WQDS7, and also to the SSR and genetic isozyme typing profiles of inbred corn plant WQDS7.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I014738. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I014738, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I014738 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. This invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety I014738 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line, and to crosses with related species. This invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety I014738, and also to the SSR and isozyme typing profiles of corn variety I014738.

Abstract: Broadly this invention provides in invention which is inbred corn line G1900. The methods for producing a corn plant by crossing the inbred line G1900 are also encompassed by the invention. Additionally, the invention relates to the various parts of inbred G1900 including culturable cells. This invention relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line G1900 with at least one other corn line.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided an inbred corn plant designated 89AHD12. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the inbred corn plant 89AHD12, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred corn plant 89AHD12 with itself or with another corn plant, such as another inbred. This invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred plant 89AHD12 with another corn plant, such as another inbred, and to crosses with related species. This invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of the inbred corn plant 89AHD12, and also to the SSR and genetic isozyme typing profiles of inbred corn plant 89AHD12.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I889291. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I889291, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I889291 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. This invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety I889291 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line, and to crosses with related species. This invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety I889291, and also to the SSR and isozyme typing profiles of corn variety I889291.

Abstract: This invention relates to yellow field corn inbreds and hybrids. More specifically, the invention relates to methods of producing inbreds and hybrid plants and to methods of producing corn seed which restricts the amount of foreign pollen cross pollination.

Abstract: Broadly this invention provides an invention which is inbred corn line G3000. The methods for producing a corn plant by crossing the inbred line G3000 are also encompassed by the invention. Additionally, the invention relates to the various parts of inbred G3000 including culturable cells. This invention relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line G3000 with at least one other corn line.

Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated IT201, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line IT201, to the plants of inbred corn line IT201 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line IT201 with itself or another corn line. The invention further relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line IT201 with another corn line.

Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated PH77C, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line PH77C, methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred maize line PH77C with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line PH77C with another maize line or plant.

Abstract: Broadly this invention provides in invention which is inbred corn line G1500. The methods for producing a corn plant by crossing the inbred line G1500 are also encompassed by the invention. Additionally, the invention relates to the various parts of inbred G1500 including culturable cells. This invention relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line G1500 with at least one other corn line.

Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated 9034, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line 9034, to the plants of inbred corn line 9034 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line 9034 with itself or another corn line. The invention further relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line 9034 with another corn line.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I389972. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I389972, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I389972 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. This invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety I389972 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line, and to crosses with related species. This invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety I389972, and also to the SSR and isozyme typing profiles of corn variety I389972.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a hybrid maize plant, designated as 33K81, produced by crossing two Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize lines. This invention relates to the hybrid seed 33K81, the hybrid plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and trivial modifications of hybrid 33K81. This invention also relates to methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic maize plants produced by that method. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize lines derived from hybrid maize line 33K81 and to the maize lines derived by the use of those methods.

Abstract: The methods and materials disclosed herein are directed to the control of gene expression in plants by means of translational repression. RNA-binding proteins binding specifically to operator sequences positioned in the 5′ untranslated region of an MRNA reduce translation. Such translation repression systems are useful, for example, for reducing expression of an herbicide-tolerance gene in reproductive tissues of a plant that retains vegetative tolerance. Application of the herbicide renders the plant male- or female-sterile.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for rapidly increasing the amount and the quality of a transgenic biomass, in particular in the production of transgenic plants which produce a recombinant protein for therapeutic use, and applies more particularly to maize.

Abstract: Broadly this invention provides in invention which is inbred corn line G1900. The methods for producing a corn plant by crossing the inbred line G1900 are also encompassed by the invention. Additionally, the invention relates to the various parts of inbred G1900 including culturable cells. This invention relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line G1900 with at least one other corn line.