The Polynucleotide Confers Resistance To Heat Or Cold (e.g., Chilling, Etc.) Patents (Class 800/289)
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Patent number: 8329987Abstract: Disclosed herein is a transgenic plant transformed with an isolated nucleic acid comprising a plant arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein coding sequence operatively linked to a plant-expressible transcription regulatory sequence, wherein the plant arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein (AIRAP) coding sequence encodes a polypeptide that is at least 95% identical to a polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:13, or SEQ ID NO:14, wherein the plant arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein coding sequence encodes a polypeptide that confers resistance to an environmental stress, wherein greater than or equal to about 25% of transgenic plants are resistant to an environmental stress, and wherein the environmental stress inhibits the growth of wild type plants.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2011Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: The University of MassachusettsInventors: Om Parkash, Anirudha Dixit
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Patent number: 8324455Abstract: This invention relates generally to nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins that are associated with abiotic stress responses and abiotic stress tolerance in plants. In particular, this invention relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins that confer drought, heat, cold, and/or salt tolerance to plants.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2005Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Piotr Puzio, Agnes Chardonnens, Harry Wild, Gunnar Plesch, Bryan McKersie
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Patent number: 8314304Abstract: An inbred pepper line, designated PPL0789 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred pepper line PPL0789, to the plants of inbred pepper line PPL0789 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing the inbred line PPL0789 with itself or another pepper line. The invention further relates to hybrid pepper seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line PPL0789 with another pepper line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a pepper plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred pepper lines derived from the inbred PPL0789.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Sakata Seed America, Inc.Inventors: Mary Riley, William H. McCarthy
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Publication number: 20120291158Abstract: Five novel plant transcription terminators MYB2, KTI1, PIP1, EF1A2, and MTH1 are isolated from soybean and their functions in the regulation of RNA transcription and processing in plants are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: Zhongsen Li
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Patent number: 8309830Abstract: A wheat variety designated MSU Line E0028, the plants and seeds of MSU Line E0028, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety E0028 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety E0028 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety E0028. The present technology also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from MSU Line E0028 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2010Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventors: Richard W. Ward, Lee F. Siler
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Patent number: 8304620Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XB16N10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB16N10, cells from soybean variety XB16N10, plants of soybean XB16N10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB16N10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB16N10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB16N10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB16N10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB16N10 are further provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: Bradley R. Hedges, Michael T. Roach, Martin A. Fabrizius
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Publication number: 20120272408Abstract: A method of increasing tolerance of a plant to an abiotic stress or increasing biomass, vigor or yield of a plant is disclosed. The method comprising upregulating within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide of a microRNA or a precursor thereof, wherein the microRNA is selected from the group consisting of miR-156, miR-169, miR-164, miR-159, miR-167, miR-529, miR-168, ppt-miR395, sof-miR408a, ath-miR408, miR-1039, miR-1091, miR-1118, miR-1134 and miR-1129, thereby increasing the tolerance of the plant to the abiotic stress or increasing the biomass, vigor or yield of the plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventor: Rudy Maor
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Patent number: 8293989Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XBP00801 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP00801, cells from soybean variety XBP00801, plants of soybean XBP00801, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP00801. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP00801 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XBP00801, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP00801. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP00801 are further provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: Martin A. Fabrizius, Michael T. Roach
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Patent number: 8293990Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XB00G10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB00G10, cells from soybean variety XB00G10, plants of soybean XB00G10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB00G10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB00G10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB00G10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB00G10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB00G10 are further provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: Martin A. Fabrizius, Michael T. Roach
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Patent number: 8293987Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XBP56002 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP56002, cells from soybean variety XBP56002, plants of soybean XBP56002, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP56002. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP56002 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XBP56002, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP56002. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP56002 are further provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventor: Mark J. Hood
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Publication number: 20120266326Abstract: The present disclosure relates to freeze-tolerant transgenic Eucalyptus, including methodology for making and products produced there from. Following exposure to cold temperature, and compared to a control plant, the freeze-tolerant Eucalyptus displays a freeze-tolerant phenotype characterized by at least one of increased height, less leaf damage, less dieback of main stem, less crown defoliation, and/or improved tree stem form.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2011Publication date: October 18, 2012Inventors: Chunsheng Zhang, Brian Kwan, Shujun Chang, Peter Raymond
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Patent number: 8283527Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XB02U10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB02U10, cells from soybean variety XB02U10, plants of soybean XB02U10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB02U10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB02U10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB02U10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB02U10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB02U10 are further provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: Martin A. Fabrizius, Michael T. Roach
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Patent number: 8278520Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XB58U10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB58U10, cells from soybean variety XB58U10, plants of soybean XB58U10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB58U10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB58U10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB58U10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB58U10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB58U10 are further provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventor: Mark J. Hood
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Patent number: 8278519Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XBP57002 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP57002, cells from soybean variety XBP57002, plants of soybean XBP57002, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP57002. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP57002 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XBP57002, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP57002. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP57002 are further provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventor: Mark J. Hood
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Publication number: 20120227135Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a plant having enhanced resistance to environmental stress by controlling the expression of a histone modifying enzyme in a plant. The present invention relates to a method of producing a plant having enhanced resistance to environmental stress, comprising a step of suppressing or increasing the expression of a histone deacetylase gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: RIKENInventors: Motoaki Seki, Taiko To, Jong-Myong Kim
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Publication number: 20120222169Abstract: Polynucleotides, polypeptides, plant cells expressing same and methods of using same for increasing abiotic stress tolerance water use efficiency (WUE), fertilizer use efficiency (FUE), biomass, vigor and/or yield of a plant. The method is effected by expressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 80% homologous to the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:33, 34, 30, 27-29, 31, 32, 35-52, 1401-1403, 1405-1435, 1437-1494, 1496-1542, 1544-1553, 1555-1559, 1561-1827, 1829-1866, 1868-2450, 2453-2458, 2460-2463, 2465-2481, 2483, 2485-2746, 2765-2769, 3052-3065 and 3067-3259, thereby increasing the water use efficiency (WUE), the fertilizer use efficiency (FUE), the biomass, the vigor and/or the yield of the plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: Evogene Ltd.Inventors: Gil RONEN, Basia Judith Vinocur, Alex Diber, Sharon Ayal, Hagai Karchi, Yoav Herschkovitz
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Patent number: 8252978Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of transgenic plants with given phenotypes, especially plants with enhanced drought tolerance. Provided are SHINE proteins and nucleic acid sequences encoding these, which are useful in conferring these phenotypes to plants.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig OnderzoekInventors: Asaph Aharoni, Chital Dixit, Andy Pereira
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Patent number: 8247651Abstract: This invention relates generally to nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins that are associated with abiotic stress responses and abiotic stress tolerance in plants. This invention further relates to transformed plant cells with altered metabolic activity compared to a corresponding non transformed wild type plant cell, wherein the metabolic activity is altered by transformation with a Stress-Related Protein (SRP) coding nucleic acid and results in increased tolerance and/or resistance to an environmental stress as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type plant cell.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2010Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Piotr Puzio, Agnes Chardonnens, Amber Shirley, Xi-Qing Wang, Rodrigo Sarria-Millan, Bryan McKersie, Ruoying Chen
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Patent number: 8247652Abstract: The present invention relates to populations of trangenic plants encompassing a substantial part of all codogenic gene segments of a donor organism, and to biological material derived therefrom, plasmid collections and populations of transformed host organisms with which plants can be transformed in a suitable manner. There are also described methods for generating the plants and the material, and the use of the plants and of the material for functional studies. The codogenic gene segments are integrated into the genome of the plants. For example, there are described a population of plants of the species Arabidopsis thaliana into whose genome the codogenic gene segments from Saccharomyces cerevisiae are integrated, and their morphological analysis under normal conditions and stress conditions.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2003Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Metanomics GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Astrid Blau, Mathieu Klein, Birgit Wendel
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Publication number: 20120210458Abstract: This disclosure provides purified nucleic acids and polypeptides and various uses of these sequences such as transcript profiling. Also provided are transgenic plants, seeds, and plant cells containing DNA for expression of the proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants, methods of making such plants and methods of making agricultural commodity including seeds and hybrid seeds from such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Inventors: Yongwei Cao, Jeffrey M. Staub, Bo-Xing Qiu, James A. Morrell, Wei Wu
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Publication number: 20120204291Abstract: The invention relates to methods for increasing stress tolerance in plants by expressing a nucleic acid encoding a FId polypeptide and a nucleic acid sequence encoding a FNR polypeptide in a plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2010Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: Plant Bioscience LimitedInventors: Nestor Carrillo, Mariana Giro, Anabella Fernanda Lodeyro, Matias Daniel Zurbriggen
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Publication number: 20120198587Abstract: Gene expression is controlled at the transcriptional level by very diverse group of proteins called transcription factors (TFs). 5671 soybean (Glycine max) genes have been identified and disclosed as putative transcription factors through mining of soybean genome sequences. Distinct classes of the TFs are also disclosed which may be expressed and or function in a manner that is tissue specific, developmental stage specific, biotic and/or abiotic stress specific. Manipulation and/or genetic engineering of specific transcription factors may improve the agronomic performance or nutritional quality of plants. Transgenic plants expressing a select number of these TFs are disclosed. These transgenic plants show some promising traits, such as improving the capability of the plant to grow and reproduce under drought conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: August 2, 2012Inventors: Henry T. Nguyen, Gary Stacey, Dong Xu, Jianlin Cheng, Trupti Joshi, Marc Libault, Babu Valliyodan
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Publication number: 20120192311Abstract: The presence of expansins was investigated in various developmental and ripening stages of cherry fruits by SDS PAGE and immunoblotting. An expansin gene and three fragments (242, 607, and 929 bp) of its promoter region were cloned. The genomic clone of the expansin gene contained three introns, two exons spanning a 1.6 kb and a 1.0 kb upstream region. Semi quantitative PCR analysis showed that this gene was ripening specific Chimeric promoter—GUS constructs were made and truncated forms of the expansin promoter were introduced into tomatoes by agroinjection and fruits were analyzed for GUS expression by histochemical GUS staining and enzyme activity assays. The 0.60 kb expansin promoter efficiently induced GUS expression in transgenic tomatoes, whereas constructs with the 0.25 kb promoter did not display significant GUS staining. The highest GUS activity was detected in tomatoes containing the 1.0 kb promoter construct.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: Cornell Center for Technology, Enterprise & CommercializationInventors: Geza Hrazdina, Mehmet Karaaslan
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Patent number: 8227664Abstract: The invention concerns a method for increasing plant yield by introducing into a plant a cyclin A nucleic acid, preferably encoding a cyclin A protein, which cyclin A nucleic acid is operably linked to a seed-preferred promoter. By using this method, plant yield may be increased in optimal and sub-optimal growing conditions. The method results in plants having increased yield relative to corresponding wild type plants and relative to transgenic plants constitutively expressing cyclin A.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2004Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: CropDesign N.V.Inventors: Valerie Frankard, Vladmir Mironov
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Publication number: 20120185964Abstract: We characterise a plant transcription factor and disclose its use in modifying plant responses to stress conditions, including freezing, drought, salinity and pathogen invasion. Microarray analyses were performed indicating that such tolerance occurs via the increase of antifreeze proteins localized in the cellular apoplast which inhibit the growth of large extracellular ice crystals. We also disclose the use of such proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2010Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventors: Julieta Virginia Cabello, Agustin Lucas Arce, Raquel Lia Chan
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Patent number: 8212112Abstract: The present invention provides a gene participating in the low temperature germinability in rice and utilization of the same, and the invention relates to a gene for a low temperature germinability which is an isolated qLTG-3-1 gene from the rice line Italica Livorno, has low temperature germinability and has the base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; an amino acid sequence encoded by the gene; a transgenic plant transformed with the gene for the low temperature germinability to improve the low temperature germinability; a method of analyzing low temperature germinability, including analyzing the low temperature germinability of a cultivar by comparing the base sequence of the gene for the low temperature germinability with the genotype of the cultivar; a method of improving the low temperature germinability of rice, including transforming the gene for the low temperature germinability into a rice cultivar to improve the low temperature germinability of the cultivar under low temperature conditions; and a method of aType: GrantFiled: September 5, 2008Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Hokuren Federation of Agricultural CooperativesInventors: Kenji Fujino, Hiroshi Sekiguchi
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Publication number: 20120167249Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicants: E.I. du PONT de NEMOURS and COMPANY, PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Carl R. Simmons
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Publication number: 20120167250Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicants: E.I. du PONT de NEMOURS and COMPANY, PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Carl R. Simmons
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Patent number: 8207401Abstract: The present invention provides a polypeptide which binds to a cis-element in the vicinity of a gene related to an iron-acquisition mechanism. The polypeptide can increase expression of the gene related to the iron-acquiring mechanism. This makes it possible to obtain a plant improved in tolerance to iron deficiency.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2008Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Japan Science and Technology AgencyInventors: Naoko Nishizawa, Satoshi Mori, Takanori Kobayashi, Yuko Ogo
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Publication number: 20120144518Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: MENDEL BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Bradley K. Sherman, Jose Luis Riechmann, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline E. Heard, Volker Haake, Robert A. Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, Luc J. Adam, T. Lynne Reuber, James Keddie, Pierre E. Broun, Marsha L. Pilgrim, Arnold N. DuBell, III, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu
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Publication number: 20120137382Abstract: Transcription factor polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into nucleic acid constructs, including expression vectors, have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. Transgenic plants transformed with many of these constructs have been shown to be more resistant to disease (in some cases, to more than one pathogen), or more tolerant to an abiotic stress (in some cases, to more than one abiotic stress). The abiotic stress may include, for example, salt, hyperosmotic stress, water deficit, heat, cold, drought, or low nutrient conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Peter P. Repetti, T. Lynne Reuber, Oliver Ratcliffe, Karen S. Century, Katherine Krolikowski, Robert A. Creelman, Frederick D. Hempel, Roderick W. Kumimoto, Luc J. Adam, Neal I. Gutterson, Roger D. Canales, Emily L. Queen, Jennifer M. Costa
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Publication number: 20120131691Abstract: Light-regulated promoter sequences were identified that respond to differential light conditions and so can be used to regulate gene expression in a light- or dark-inducible manner. These promoters may be used to produce transgenic plants that have an altered trait relative to control plants. In preferred embodiments, the transgenic plants with the improved traits are morphologically and/or developmentally similar to control plants (examples of the latter include wild-type or non-transformed plants of the same species). Any of these light-regulated promoters may be incorporated into a nucleic acid construct that comprises a polynucleotide regulated by one such promoter and that encodes a polypeptide or RNA molecule that, when ectopically expressed, confers an improved trait in plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Peter P. Repetti, Rajnish Khanna, Hans E. Holtan, T. Lynne Reuber, Oliver J. Ratcliffe
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Patent number: 8173868Abstract: Methods of increasing tolerance of a plant to stress are provided. According to an exemplary aspect a method of increasing tolerance of a plant to a biotic stress is provided. The method comprising expressing within the plant an exogenous fibrillin/CDSP34 thereby increasing the tolerance of the plant to the biotic stress. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs and transgenic plants comprising same.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2007Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of JerusalemInventors: Alexander Vainstein, Elena Shklarman, Yael Leitner-Dagan
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Publication number: 20120110698Abstract: The invention relates to methods of producing a desired phenotype in a plant by manipulation of gene expression within the plant. The method relates to means to increase expression level of a bHLH subgroup 1b gene expression or activity, wherein a desired phenotype such as increased heat tolerance relative to a wild type control plant following heat stress results in reduced flower abortion and increased yield. Included are plants produced by said methods. The invention also relates to nucleic acid sequences and constructs useful such methods and methods of generating and isolating plants having increased expression of a bHLH subgroup 1b expression or activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: PERFORMANCE PLANTS, INCInventors: Jiangxin Wan, Yafan Huang
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Patent number: 8168864Abstract: Methods are provided for imparting desirable phenotypic traits to transgenic plants, among them being increased tolerance to external stresses such as drought, freezing temperatures, high salt conditions, and the like. In addition, the present invention is directed toward methods for increasing the yield of seeds from plants by using the pollen from a transgenic plant transformed to overexpress a vacuolar proton-pumping pyrophosphatase to fertilize plants, and to the pollen of transgenic plants itself.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2005Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterInventors: Roberto A. Gaxiola, Seth L. Alper, Gerald R. Fink
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Patent number: 8153861Abstract: A gene comprising the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and another gene comprising the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, the latter being artificially synthesized according to plant preferred codons. Both genes encode a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:3. Also provided are recombinant vectors containing each of the genes and host cells transformed with the recombinant vectors. The host cells can be prokaryotic cells [[and]] or eukaryotic cells. The transgenic plants comprising the gene having the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 show improved salt and drought tolerance after the [[said]] gene is expressed in the transgenic plants.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2007Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Biotechnology Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesInventors: Min Lin, Ming Chen, Jin Wang, Jie Pan, Zhengfu Zhou, Wei Zhang, Wei Lu, Shuzhen Ping
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Publication number: 20120060236Abstract: The invention is directed to isolated polynucleotide and polypeptides of the PsAFB2 and PsAFB6 genes from Pisum sativum; nucleic acid constructs, vectors and host cells incorporating the polynucleotide sequences; and methods of producing and using same. Also provided are transformed cells, and transgenic seeds and plants with enhanced abiotic stress tolerance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTAInventors: Jocelyn OZGA, Dennis REINECKE, Courtney NADEAU
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Publication number: 20120060237Abstract: A method for providing thermotolerance of a plant and the genetic engineering applications thereof are disclosed. DNA fragment containing a gene encoded EXPORTIN1A is transferred into a plant cell to provide or enhance thermotolerance of the plant. The method can be applied in genetic engineering to select transgenic plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Shaw-Jye WU, Lian-Chin WANG, Shin-Jye WU, Ching-Hui YEH, Chun-An LU
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Publication number: 20120060234Abstract: Provided are isolated polynucleotides which comprise a nucleic acid sequence at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 3487, 1-239, 467-1973, 3481-3486, 3488-3674, 3738 or 3739; isolated polypeptides which comprise an amino acid sequence at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 246, 240-245, 247-465, 1974-3480, 3675-3736 or 3737, and methods of using same for increasing a yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality, abiotic stress tolerance, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of a plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: Evogene Ltd.Inventors: Eyal Emmanuel, Alex Diber, Sarah R. Pollock, Hagai Karchi
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Publication number: 20120054913Abstract: Five novel plant transcription terminators MYB2, KTI1, PIP1, EF1A2, and MTH1 are isolated from soybean and their functions in the regulation of RNA transcription and processing in plants are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: Zhongsen Li
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Patent number: 8119855Abstract: The invention relates to a method for conferring tolerance to abiotic stress to plants or plant cells. This is done by introducing a gene coding for an RKS protein, especially a gene coding for an RKS subgroup II protein, more specifically RKS1, RKS4 or truncated RKS4, or a gene from RKS subgroup III, more preferably RKS12. The effect of overexpression of the RKS gene may be enhanced by additionally treating the plant with a brassinosteroid compound.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2009Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Expressive Research B.V.Inventors: Adeline Amandine Colette Bordier, Dianne Antoinette Maria Van Der Kop, Anne Douwe De Boer, Paul Alexandre Passarinho
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Publication number: 20120036597Abstract: Disclosed are chill- or cold-tolerant plants and methods of making the plants. Also disclosed are methods for identifying a plant that is tolerant to chill.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: Academia SinicaInventors: Su-May Yu, Chin-Fen Su
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Patent number: 8106266Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB31E09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB31E09, to the plants of soybean XB31E09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB31E09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB31E09 with another soybean plant, using XB31E09 as either the male or the female parent.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventor: Debra K. Steiger
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Patent number: 8106265Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB40H09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB40H09, to the plants of soybean XB40H09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB40H09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB40H09 with another soybean plant, using XB40H09 as either the male or the female parent.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: Leon G. Streit, Jeffrey A. Thompson
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Publication number: 20120023611Abstract: This disclosure provides purified nucleic acids and polypeptides and various uses of these sequences such as transcript profiling. Also provided are transgenic plants, seeds, and plant cells containing DNA for expression of the proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants, methods of making such plants and methods of making agricultural commodity including seeds and hybrid seeds from such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Yongwei Cao, Jeffrey M. Staub, Bo-Xing Qiu, James A. Morrell, Wei Wu
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Patent number: 8101828Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated RJS09002. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety RJS09002, to the plants of soybean RJS09002 to plant parts of soybean variety RJS09002 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety RJS09002 with another soybean plant, using RJS09002 as either the male or the female parent.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: Martin A. Fabrizius, Michael T. Roach
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Patent number: 8101830Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated RJS37003. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety RJS37003, to the plants of soybean RJS37003 to plant parts of soybean variety RJS37003 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety RJS37003 with another soybean plant, using RJS37003 as either the male or the female parent.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventor: Thomas C. Corbin
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Patent number: 8101829Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated RJS35006. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety RJS35006, to the plants of soybean RJS35006 to plant parts of soybean variety RJS35006 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety RJS35006 with another soybean plant, using RJS35006 as either the male or the female parent.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: Thomas C. Corbin, Paul A. Stephens
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Patent number: 8097781Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated RJS08001. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety RJS08001, to the plants of soybean RJS08001 to plant parts of soybean variety RJS08001 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety RJS08001 with another soybean plant, using RJS08001 as either the male or the female parent.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: Martin A. Fabrizius, Michael T. Roach
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Patent number: 8097779Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated RJS06001. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety RJS06001, to the plants of soybean RJS06001 to plant parts of soybean variety RJS06001 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety RJS06001 with another soybean plant, using RJS06001 as either the male or the female parent.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: Martin A. Fabrizius, Michael T. Roach