Brassica Patents (Class 800/306)
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Publication number: 20130145501Abstract: The invention relates to a polypeptide having carbohydrate material degrading activity which comprises the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 4, or a variant polypeptide or variant polynucleotide thereof, wherein the variant polypeptide has at least 96% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or the variant polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide that has at least 96% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2. The invention features the full length coding sequence of the novel gene as well as the amino acid sequence of the full-length functional protein and functional equivalents of the gene or the amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to methods for using the polypeptide in industrial processes. Also included in the invention are cells transformed with a polynucleotide according to the invention suitable for producing these proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2010Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Cornelis Maria Jacobus Sagt, Margot Elisabeth Francoise Schooneveld-Bergmans, Johannes Andries Roubos, Alrik Pieter Los
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Patent number: 8455714Abstract: Transgenic oilseeds having increased total fatty acid content of at least 10% and altered fatty acid profiles when compared to the total fatty acid content of null segregant oilseeds are described. Novel DGAT genes are used to achieve the increase in seed storage lipids.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignees: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: Keith Roesler, Knut Meyer, Howard Glenn Damude, Bo Shen, Changjiang Li, Ericka Bermudez, Mitchell C. Tarczynski
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Publication number: 20130133099Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated G152964H. Also included are seeds of canola G152964H, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola G152964H and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola G152964H with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola G152964H.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: AGRIGENETICS, INC.Inventors: Gregory R. Gingera, Thomas J. Kubik, Donna C. Knievel
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Publication number: 20130133096Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated CL121460H. Also included are seeds of canola CL121460H, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola CL121460H and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola CL121460H with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola CL121460H.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: AGRIGENETICS, INC.Inventors: Van L. Ripley, Michelle E. Beaith
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Publication number: 20130133097Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated G069467. Also included are seeds of canola G069467, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola G069467 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola G069467 with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola G069467.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: AGRIGENETICS, INC.Inventors: Gregory R. Gingera, Thomas J. Kubik
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Publication number: 20130133098Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated G152950H. Also included are seeds of canola G152950H, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola G152950H and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola G152950H with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola G152950H.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: AGRIGENETICS, INC.Inventors: Gregory R. Gingera, Thomas J. Kubik, Donna C. Knievel
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Publication number: 20130133095Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated CL117235H. Also included are seeds of canola CL117235H, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola CL117235H and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola CL117235H with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola CL117235H.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: AGRIGENETICS, INC.Inventors: Van L. Ripley, Michelle E. Beaith
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Publication number: 20130133100Abstract: A radish line designated E66V70336 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of radish cultivar E66V70336, to the plants and plant parts of radish cultivar E66V70336 and to methods for producing a radish plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the radish cultivar E66V70336 with itself or another radish line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a radish 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 radish lines derived from the radish cultivar E66V70336.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: ENZA ZADEN BEHEER B.V.Inventor: ANDREA SCHIEDER
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Publication number: 20130133094Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated DN051465. Also included are seeds of canola DN051465, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola DN051465 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola DN051465 with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola DN051465.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Inventors: Chibwe Chungu, Thomas J. Kubik
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Patent number: 8445752Abstract: At least one embodiment of the present invention relates to Brassica oleracea plants with a resistance gene to Albugo candida, the cause of white blister. At least one embodiment of the invention also relates to a method for providing a Brassica oleracea plant with a resistance to Albugo candida, the at least one embodiment including a) providing a first B. oleracea plant which comprises a resistance gene to A. candida; (b) crossing the resistant plant with a susceptible second B. oleracea plant; (c) isolating genomic DNA from the progeny for detecting the presence of an introgression with the resistance gene using one or more specific DNA markers linked to the resistance gene; and (d) selecting from the progeny a B. oleracea plant in which the presence of the introgression with the resistance gene has been demonstrated in step (c).Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2008Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Bejo Zaden B.V.Inventors: Jan De Geus, Albertus Johannes Maria Schrijver, Johannes Gerardus Maria Hoogland, Adriana Dorien Postma-Haarsma
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Publication number: 20130125268Abstract: The invention relates generally to a method for improving growth of plants, under normal and under stress conditions, more particularly under osmotic stress and/or temperature extremes, comprising modifying plant haemoglobin gene expression and/or by modifying plant haemoglobin protein levels in a plant. The invention furthermore relates to a method for increasing yield of a plant, comprising modifying plant gene expression and/or by modifying plant haemoglobin levels in a plant. The invention also relates to a nucleic acid encoding a haemoglobin conferring this altered growth and stress tolerance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: CropDesign N.V.Inventors: Jose Miguel Mulet Salort, Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Ramon Serrano Salom
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Publication number: 20130125263Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating biomass levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding biomass-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased biomass levels and plant products produced from plants having increased biomass levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Inventors: Nestor Apuya, Vijay Sharma, Chuan-Yin Wu
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Publication number: 20130117891Abstract: The present invention relates to fusion proteins that promote plant growth. More specifically, it relates to fusion proteins of polypeptides of the SAUR family fused to a heterologous polypeptide, preferably fused at the N-terminal end of the SAUR polypeptide. Said polypeptide can be expressed in a transgenic plant, possible in combination with other recombinant genes, to obtain an additive or even synergistic effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Inventors: Dirk G Inzé, Nathalie Gonzalez, William M. Gray, Angela K. Spartz
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Publication number: 20130104264Abstract: The invention relates to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a variant polypeptide or variant polynucleotide thereof, wherein the variant polypeptide has at least 96% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or the variant polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide that has at least 96% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2. The invention features the full length coding sequence of the novel gene as well as the amino acid sequence of the full-length functional polypeptide and functional equivalents of the gene or the amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to methods for using the polypeptide in industrial processes. Also included in the invention are cells transformed with a polynucleotide according to the invention suitable for producing these proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Margot Elisabeth Francoise Schoonneveld-Bergmans, Wilbert Herman Marie Heijne, Rene Marcel De Jong, Robbertus Antonius Damveld
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Publication number: 20130104256Abstract: The present invention relates to unique isoforms of eukaryotic initiation Factor 5A (“eIF-5A”): senescence-induced eIF-5A; wounding-induced eIF-5A; and growth eIF-5A, as well as polynucleotides that encode these three factors. The present invention also relates to methods involving modulating the expression of these factors. The present invention also relates to deoxyhypusine synthase (“DHS”), polynucleotides that encode DHS, and methods involving modulating the expression of DHS.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventors: John E. THOMPSON, Tzann-Wei Michael Wang
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Publication number: 20130104255Abstract: This invention relates generally to nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins and homologs 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: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Florian Schauwecker, Amber Shirley
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Publication number: 20130101727Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an IMQ nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil quantity phenotype or improved meal quality phenotype.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: AGRIGENETICS, INC.Inventor: Agrigenetics, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130095532Abstract: The invention relates to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a variant polypeptide or variant polynucleotide thereof, wherein the variant polypeptide has at least 82% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or the variant polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide that has at least 82% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2. The invention features the full length coding sequence of the novel gene as well as the amino acid sequence of the full-length functional polypeptide and functional equivalents of the gene or the amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to methods for using the polypeptide in industrial processes. Also included in the invention are cells transformed with a polynucleotide according to the invention suitable for producing these proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Margot Elisabeth Francoise Schoonneveld-Bergmans, Wilbert Herman Marie Heijne, Alrik Pieter Los
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Publication number: 20130095553Abstract: The invention relates to a polypeptide which comprises the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a variant polypeptide or variant polynucleotide thereof, wherein the variant polypeptide has at least 76% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or the variant polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide that has at least 76% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2. The invention features the full length coding sequence of the novel gene as well as the amino acid sequence of the full-length functional polypeptide and functional equivalents of the gene or the amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to methods for using the polypeptide in industrial processes. Also included in the invention are cells transformed with a polynucleotide according to the invention suitable for producing these proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Margot Elisabeth Francoise Schooneveld-Bergmans, Wilbert Herman Marie Heijne, Alrik Pieter Los
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Publication number: 20130097737Abstract: Recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides useful for improvement of plants are provided. The disclosed recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides find use in production of transgenic plants to produce plants having improved properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Monsanto Technology LLC
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Publication number: 20130095531Abstract: The invention relates to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a variant polypeptide or variant polynucleotide thereof, wherein the variant polypeptide has at least 70% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or the variant polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide that has at least 70% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2. The invention features the full length coding sequence of the novel gene as well as the amino acid sequence of the full-length functional polypeptide and functional equivalents of the gene or the amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to methods for using the polypeptide in industrial processes. Also included in the invention are cells transformed with a polynucleotide according to the invention suitable for producing these proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Margot Elisabeth Francoise Schooneveld-Bergmans, Wilbert Herman Marie Heijne, Rene Marcel De Jong, Robbertus Antonius Damveld
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Patent number: 8420890Abstract: The present invention discloses transgenic plants having an altered level of NAP protein compared to that of a non-transgenic plant, where the transgenic plants display an altered leaf senescence phenotype relative to a non-transgenic plant, as well as mutant plants comprising an inactivated NAP gene, where mutant plants display a delayed leaf senescence phenotype compared to that of a non-mutant plant. The present invention also discloses methods for delaying leaf senescence in a plant, as well as methods of making a mutant plant having a decreased level of NAP protein compared to that of a non-mutant plant, where the mutant plant displays a delayed leaf senescence phenotype relative to a non-mutant plant. Methods for causing precocious leaf senescence or promoting leaf senescence in a plant are also disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of identifying a candidate plant suitable for breeding that displays a delayed leaf senescence and/or enhanced yield phenotype.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2007Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Susheng Gan, Yongfeng Guo
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Patent number: 8420888Abstract: The invention provides for identification and use of certain chloroplast transit peptides for efficient processing and localization of dicamba monooxygenase (DMO) enzyme in transgenic plants. Methods for producing dicamba tolerant plants, methods for controlling weed growth, and methods for producing food, feed, and other products are also provided, as well as seed that confers tolerance to dicamba when it is applied pre- or post-emergence.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Paul C. C. Feng, Marianne Malven, Stanislaw Flasinski
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Publication number: 20130081151Abstract: A plant comprising a modified Flowering Locus (FT) polynucleotide expressing a modified polypeptide exhibits altered flowering time, floral numbers and/or increased seed production. Different mutant sequences conferring different phenotypes are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Inventors: Yiguo Hong, Steve Jackson, Chunyang Li
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Publication number: 20130081155Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Piotr Puzio, Agnes Chardonnens, Harry Wild, Gunnar Plesch, Bryan McKersie
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Publication number: 20130081156Abstract: Brassica plants producing oils with a low alpha-linolenic acid content and methods for producing such plants are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventor: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
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Patent number: 8404926Abstract: A recombinant DNA construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding an ODP1 polypeptide operably linked to a sucrose synthase 2 promoter where this construct can be used to increase oil content in the seeds of a cruciferous oilseed plant while maintaining normal germination is disclosed. A method for increasing oil content in the seeds of a cruciferous oilseed plant while maintaining normal germination using this construct is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Knut Meyer, Howard Glenn Damude, John D. Everard, Kevin G. Ripp, Kevin L. Stecca
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Publication number: 20130074202Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Thomas Adams, Ameeta K. Agarwa, Jeffrey Ahrens, James A. Ball, Amarjit Basra, Erin Bell, Terry L. Bradshaw, Paul S. Chomet, James H. Crowley, Jill Deikman, Molian Deng, Meghan Donnarummo, Kimberly Faye Zobrist Duff, Stephen Duff, Michael D. Edgerton, Banu Gopalan, Xiaoping He, Mackenzie Heal, Brendan S. Hinchey, Shihshieh Huang, Richard G. Johnson, Vincent Jung, Keith Kretzmer, Lucille B. Laccetti, Chao Qiang Lai, Garrett J. Lee, Michael H. Luethy, Timothy J. Leland, Jingdong Liu, Bin Lu, Adrian A. Lund, Linda L. Madson, Kathleen P. Malloy, Marcus Paul McNabnay, Manchikanti Padmavati, Thomas Ruff, William Start, Daniel Tennessen, Carl P. Urwin, Gabriela Vaduva, K. R. Vidya, Steven Thomas Voss, Christine Voyles, Zhango Xin, Nanfei Xu, Qingzhang Xu, Qiang Zhang, Yajuan Zhao, Li Zhou
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Publication number: 20130074205Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Savitha Madappa, Pranesh Badami, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, Sangeetha Singh, Vidya Kammaradi Ramanth Bhat, Stephen M. Duff, Steve S. He, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Tymagondlu V. Venkatesh
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Patent number: 8399736Abstract: Transgenic soybean seed having increased total fatty acid content of at least 10% and altered fatty acid profiles when compared to the total fatty acid content of non-transgenic, null segregant soybean seed are described. DGAT genes from oleaginous organisms are used to achieve the increase in seed storage lipids.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2011Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Knut Meyer, Howard Glenn Damude, Kevin G. Ripp, Kevin L. Stecca
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Publication number: 20130067610Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of broccoli hybrid RS05151611 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of broccoli hybrid RS05151611 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a broccoli plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another broccoli plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventor: Carl E. Mero
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Publication number: 20130061354Abstract: The invention relates to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a variant polypeptide or variant polynucleotide thereof, wherein the variant polypeptide has at least 93% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or the variant polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide that has at least 93% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2. The invention features the full length coding sequence of the novel gene as well as the amino acid sequence of the full-length functional polypeptide and functional equivalents of the gene or the amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to methods for using the polypeptide in industrial processes. Also included in the invention are cells transformed with a polynucleotide according to the invention suitable for producing these proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: DSM IP ASSETSInventors: Cornelis Maria Jacobus Sagt, Margot Elisabeth Francoise Schoonneveld-Bergmans, Johannes Andries Roubos, Alrik Pieter Los
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Patent number: 8389811Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola cultivar, designated DN051607. Also included are seeds of canola cultivar DN051607, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola DN051607 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola DN051607 with itself or another canola cultivar, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola DN051607.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Dow AgroSciences, LLC.Inventors: Chibwe Chungu, Thomas J. Kubik
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Publication number: 20130055457Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods for using favorable functional allele variants to optimize transgene effects and achieve the maximum potential of transgene efficacy. The present disclosure provides heterozygous allelic combinations of the transgene by stacking alleles from different heterotic pools, methods to increase crop yield by driving genes (maize or other species) by using heterozygous promoter allele combinations that consist of differentially regulatory allelic elements from heterotic pools, methods to increase crop yield utilizing transgenic complementary paired alleles controlling plant growth and yield. Plants, plant progeny, seeds and tissues created by these methods are also described. Polynucleotides encoding the alleles are provided for expression in a plant of interest. Expression cassettes, plants, plant cells, plant parts and seeds comprising the sequences of the disclosure are further provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventor: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INC.
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Patent number: 8378186Abstract: The invention relates generally to the expression of desaturase enzymes in transgenic corn plants and compositions derived therefrom. In particular, the invention relates to the production of oils with improved omega-3 fatty acid profiles in corn plants and the seed oils produced thereby. Such oils may contain stearidonic acid, which is not naturally found in corn plants and has been shown to have beneficial effects on health.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2005Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Virginia Ursin, Byron Froman, A. J. Nava, Jennifer Gonzales
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Patent number: 8378177Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola cultivar, designated DN051493. Also included are seeds of canola cultivar DN051493, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola DN051493 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola DN051493 with itself or another canola cultivar, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola DN051493.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2011Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Dow AgroSciences, LLCInventors: Chibwe Chungu, Thomas J. Kubik
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Publication number: 20130042367Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low-nitrogen tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low nitrogen tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased[RCL2] low-nitrogen tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: CERES, INC.Inventor: Ceres, Inc.
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Patent number: 8367892Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an IMQ nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil quantity phenotype or improved meal quality phenotype.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2012Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.Inventors: John P. Davies, Hein Tsoeng (Medard) Ng, D. Ry Wagner
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Patent number: 8367896Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola cultivar, designated DN051535. Also included are seeds of canola cultivar DN051535, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola DN051535 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola DN051535 with itself or another canola cultivar, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola DN051535.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2011Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Dow AgroSciences, LLCInventors: Chibwe Chungu, Thomas J. Kubik
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Publication number: 20130031667Abstract: The invention provides novel polypeptides, and variants and fragments thereof, having pesticidal activity against nematodes. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, biopesticide compositions, expression cassettes, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the invention. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant parasitic nematodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INCInventors: Steven D. Gruver, Lu Liu, Ute Schellenberger, Jun-Zhi Wei, Wieping Xie, Genhai Zhu
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Publication number: 20130031678Abstract: Brassica plants producing oils with a low total saturated fatty acid content and methods for producing such plants are described. The oils have a low total saturated fatty acid in combination with a low, mid, or high oleic acid content.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: January 31, 2013Inventors: Honggang Zheng, Kevin Brandt, Richard Fletcher, Daren Kenneth Coonrod
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Publication number: 20130031677Abstract: This invention pertains to methods for protecting a propagule or a plant grown therefrom from invertebrate pests comprising contacting the propagule or the locus of the propagule with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I, its N-oxide or an agriculturally suitable salt thereof wherein A and B and R1 through R8 are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also relates to propagules treated with a compound of Formula I and compositions comprising a Formula I compound for coating propagules.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: RICHARD ALAN BERGER, Issac Billy Annan, John Lindsey Flexner, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Patent number: 8362328Abstract: Polynucleotides and polypeptides involved in the biosynthetic pathway of chlorogenic acids in the coffee plant are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for using these polynucleotides and polypeptides for the manipulation of flavor, aroma, and other features of coffee beans, as well as for the protection of coffee plants against diseases or oxidative stress.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Nestec, S.A.Inventors: Steven D. Tanksley, Chenwel Lin, Maud Lepelley, James Gérard McCarthy, Vincent Petiard, Gerald Cheminade
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Patent number: 8362318Abstract: The present invention is related to biosynthetic oil compositions and methods of making thereof. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the use of endogenous enzymes in plants capable of synthesizing oil. In preferred embodiments, said plants are algae. In further embodiments, said algae are from the family Chlamydomonas, Nannochloropsis, Dunaliella, Chlorella and Scenedesmus. In still further embodiments, said endogenous enzymes are diacylglycerol acyltransferases.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventors: Christoph Benning, Rachel Miller, Eric R. Moellering
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Publication number: 20130025001Abstract: Isolated nucleic acids and proteins associated with lipid and sugar metabolism regulation are provided. In particular, lipid metabolism proteins (LMP) and encoding nucleic acids originating from Arabidopsis thaliana are provided. The nucleic acids and proteins are used in methods of producing transgenic plants and modulating levels of seed storage compounds. Preferably, the seed storage compounds are lipids, fatty acids, starches or seed storage proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Volker Mittendorf, Heiko A. Haertel, Petra Cirpus
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Publication number: 20130025000Abstract: The invention is directed to a promoter isolated from maize. The promoter of the invention have particular utility in driving root preferred expression, specifically root-cap expression, of heterologous genes that impart increased agronomic, horticultural and/or pesticidal characteristics to a given transgenic plant. The invention is also drawn to DNA molecules comprising the promoter of the invention and transformed plant tissues containing DNA molecules comprising a promoter of the invention operably linked to a heterologous gene or genes, and seeds thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2010Publication date: January 24, 2013Inventors: Tong Zhu, Vance Cary Kramer, Anthony Todd Richmond
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Publication number: 20130024999Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating (e.g., increasing or decreasing) low light tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding polypeptides that confer plants with tolerance to low light are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low light tolerance and plant products produced from plants having increased low light tolerance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Inventors: Shing Kwok, Sam Harris, James Burns
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Patent number: 8357837Abstract: A Brassica plant comprising a unique recombination event resulting from a break at a position along a nucleic acid segment derived from Ogura Raphanus sativus between the restorer locus and the glucosinolate locus and subsequent rejoining to produce a new recombination event, BLR1. The BLR1 recombination event expresses fertility restoring resulting from expression of the restorer gene derived from Raphanus sativus and a GSL content no higher than normal double low open pollinated varieties. The Brassica inbred line BLR-038, Deposit Number NCIMB-41193, is one example of a plant that contains the BLR1 recombination event. The BLR1 recombination event is introgressed into different Brassica genetic backgrounds using breeding techniques known to those skilled in the art. For example, the Brassica inbred line BLR-038 or another Brassica plant containing the BLR1 recombination event may be crossed with male sterile inbreds to produce hybrids expressing low GSL content and superior agronomic traits.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Stephan Christopher Pleines, Gunther Rudolf-Karl Stiewe, Katja Brummermann, Johannes Jacobus Ludgerus Gielen
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Publication number: 20130019344Abstract: The present invention provides thermostable polypeptides related to Arabidopsis Rubisco Activase polypeptides. Nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides of the invention are also provided. Methods for using the polypeptides and nuclei acids of the invention to enhance resistance of plants to heat stress are encompassed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventor: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130014290Abstract: The present disclosure concerns methods and compositions relating to UXS polypeptides and/or nucleic acids encoding UXS polypeptides. In certain claims, the methods and compositions are of use to improve digestibility and/or ease of grain processing. Such improvements relate to a modulation in arabinoxylan and/or hemicellulose content in transgenic plants. Such plants can, for example, comprise one or more nucleic acid sequences that inhibit expression of one or more UDP-Xylose Synthase (USX) genes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL, INCInventors: Xiaoming Bao, George W. Singletary, Deborah J. Wetterberg, Ramesh Nair, Kanwarpal S. Dhugga, Matthias Liebergesell, David A. Selinger