Rice Patents (Class 800/320.2)
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Publication number: 20130167270Abstract: This technology is generally related to a method for differentiating fertile and sterile plant lines at the DNA level, by detecting polymorphisms in chloroplast DNA and compositions and uses thereof. More specifically, the technology is directed to a method for detecting plant line contamination by detecting polymorphic markers targeting simple sequence repeats (SSRs) that distinguish normal fertile plant lines from cytoplasmic male sterile (cms) plant lines in chloroplast DNA. This method may be applied to plants that have not yet flowered or to plant seeds. The technology also relates to a method of mitigating seed contamination based on this differentiation method by selecting plants essentially free of contamination or rejecting a plant if it exhibits contamination. The technology also relates to a plant seed lot produced by these same processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: ANGLO NETHERLANDS GRAIN B.V.Inventor: Anglo Netherlands Grain B.V.
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Publication number: 20130167266Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-resistance plant gene JAZ5a and use thereof. The inventors of the present invention isolated for the first time a heat resistance gene from the plant of Brassica spp., which can greatly improve the heat-resistance ability of the plant, especially in the bolting stage. The present invention further provides a protein encoded by said gene and its preparation method, vectors and host cells containing said gene, and a method for preparing a transgenic plant containing said gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: SHANGHAI INSTITUTES FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Yu-Ke He, Chuan-Bao Sun
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Patent number: 8470995Abstract: This invention relates to isolated polynucleotides encoding enzymes consisting of a carboxypeptidase-like protein, a methyltransferase and a glucosyltransferase, involved in the biosynthesis of ?-amyrin-derived triterpenes in plants and seeds. The invention also relates to the construction of recombinant DNA constructs comprising all or a portion of the isolated polynucleotides of the invention, in sense or antisense orientation, operably linked to at least one regulatory sequence.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2007Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Plant Bioscience LimitedInventors: Anne Osbourn, Xiaoquan Qi
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Publication number: 20130160165Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and to the methods for enhancing various economically important yield-related traits in plants. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression of a nucleic acid encoding an OsRSZ33 RRM polypeptide or a growth-related protein (GRP) having at least 25% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:251 or a ZPR polypeptide. The present invention also relates to plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding an OsRSZ33 RRM polypeptide or a growth-related polypeptide as defined herein or a ZPR polypeptide. Such plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to controls. The invention also provides hitherto unknown OsRSZ33 RRM-encoding nucleic acids or GRP-encoding nucleic acids or a ZPR polypeptide, and constructs comprising the same, which are useful in performing the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company BmbHInventors: Christophe Reuzeau, Steven Vandenabeele, Valerie Frankard
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Publication number: 20130160161Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for inhibiting the expression of the gene Snl6 in plants. Plants with inhibited expression of Snl6 have use in biofuel production, e.g., by increasing the amount of soluble sugar that can be extracted from the plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Rebecca Bart, Mawsheng Chern, Pamela Ronald, Miguel Vega-Sanchez
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Publication number: 20130160158Abstract: The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the protein GS. The invention provides genomic sequence for the GS gene. GS is responsible for controlling nitrogen utilization efficiency in plants. Glutamine synthase sequences are provided for improving grain yield and plant growth. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells and transgenic plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2013Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INCInventor: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
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Publication number: 20130152224Abstract: Transgenic seed for crops with improved traits are provided by trait-improving recombinant DNA in the nucleus of cells of the seed where plants grown from such transgenic seed exhibit one or more improved traits as compared to a control plant. Of particular interest are transgenic plants that have increased yield. The present invention also provides recombinant DNA molecules for expression of a protein, and recombinant DNA molecules for suppression of a protein.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Mark Scott Abad, Marie Coffin, Barry S. Goldman
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Patent number: 8461413Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing various economically important yield-related traits in plants. More specifically, the present invention concerns a method for increasing seed yield in plants by increasing expression in a plant of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a Dwarf1 (DWF1) polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having increased expression of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a DWF1 polypeptide, which plants have increased seed yield relative to control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in performing the methods of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2008Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: CropDesign N.V.Inventor: Valerie Frankard
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Publication number: 20130145499Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of transgenic and non-transgenic plants with novel phenotypes. Provided are Solanum lycopersicum Auxin Response Factor 9 (SlARF9) proteins and nucleic acid sequences encoding these, which are useful in conferring novel phenotypes to plants, especially increased fruit size.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Inventors: Willem Hendrik Vriezen, Celestina Mariani, Maaike De Jong
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Publication number: 20130145495Abstract: This invention provides genetically modified photosynthetic organisms and methods and constructs for enhancing inorganic carbon fixation. A photosynthetic organism of the present invention comprises a RUBISCO fusion protein operatively coupled to a protein-protein interaction domain to enable the functional association of RUBISCO and carbonic anhydrase.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTERInventor: Richard T. Sayre
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Publication number: 20130145493Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Inventors: Edwards Allen, Veena S. Anil, Amarjit Basra, Christopher T. Bauer, Prasanna R. Bhat, Raghunatha P. Chari, Jaishree Chittoor, Paul Chomet, Karen K. Gabbert, Cara Griffith, Bill Hendrix, Alberto Iandolino, Hongwu Jia, Kevin R. Kosola, Saritha V. Kuriakose, Paul J. Loida, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Mingsheng Peng, Ying Peng, Bellur Narasimha Prasad, Monnanda S. Rajani, Monica P. Ravanello, Donald Todd, Srikanth Babu Venkatachalayya, Tyanamagondlu V. Venkatesh, K. R. Vidya, Huai Wang
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Publication number: 20130145497Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an SGT1 polypeptide, or a CLC-pKG polypeptide, or a HD-hydrolase-like polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding an SGT1 polypeptide, or a CLC-pKG polypeptide, or a HD-hydrolase-like polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2010Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventors: Yang Do Choi, Doil Choi, Christophe Reuzeau, Ji-Young Song, Youn-Il Park
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Publication number: 20130139279Abstract: This invention relates to isolated polynucleotides encoding WUS polypeptides. The invention further provides isolated WUS polypeptides. The invention also provides methods of using the polynucleotides to modulate the level of WUS, improve transformation efficiency, to stimulate plant cell growth, including stem cells, to stimulate organogenesis, to stimulate somatic embryogenesis, to induce apomixis, and to provide a positive selection for cells comprising the polynucleotide. The invention also relates to cells, plants and seeds comprising the polynucleotides of the invention or produced by the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2013Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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Publication number: 20130139280Abstract: Methods for enhancing various economically important yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a LEJ1 (Loss of timing of ET and JA biosynthesisI) polypeptide, ExbB polypeptide, NMPRT (nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase) polypeptide, AP2-26-like polypeptide or HD8-like polypeptide are provided. Plants produced by the methods are also provided, which have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. Constructs comprising a nucleic acid encoding a LEJ1, ExbB, NMPRT, AP2-26-like or HD8-like polypeptide and uses thereof are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Inventors: Jeong Sheop Shin, Kwang Wook Jung, Youn-Il Park, Ji-Young Song, Ju Kon Kim, Yang Do Choi, Christophe Reuzeau
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Publication number: 20130133112Abstract: Plant genome design method defines DNA markers M1 to M5, for target region, DNA marker M2 is defined at an end on an upstream side of a target region, or upstream thereof, DNA marker M1 is defined upstream of the DNA marker M2, DNA marker M4 is defined at an end on a downstream side of the target region, or downstream thereof, DNA marker M5 is defined downstream of the DNA marker M4, and DNA marker M3 is defined in the target region; and designs a genome so that a substitution region, containing the target region, in a chromosome of the original cultivar to be substituted with a chromosome fragment derived from the foreign cultivar has an end on an upstream side between DNA marker M1 and DNA marker M2, and an end on a downstream side of the substitution region between DNA marker M4 and DNA marker M5.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2012Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Publication number: 20130133110Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions comprise novel polypeptides involved in modulating gene expression in response to abiotic stress such as cold or drought, and the polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. Methods for expressing the polynucleotides in a plant and improving cold and/or drought tolerance of plants are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2012Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventor: Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.
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Publication number: 20130133103Abstract: The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the protein GS. The invention provides genomic sequence for the GS gene. GS is responsible for controlling nitrogen utilization efficiency in plants. Glutamine synthase sequences are provided for improving grain yield and plant growth. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells and transgenic plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2012Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventor: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
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Patent number: 8445764Abstract: A novel maize variety designated 10872490 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety 10872490 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 10872490 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety 10872490, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety 10872490. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety 10872490.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International IncInventor: Steven Paul King
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Publication number: 20130125262Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing various economically important yield-related traits in plants. More specifically, the present invention concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an POI (Protein Of Interest) polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding an POI polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants. The invention also provides hitherto unknown POI-encoding nucleic acids, and constructs comprising the same, useful in performing the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventors: Jenny Russinova, Christophe Reuzeau
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Publication number: 20130125264Abstract: Nucleic acids and the encoded embryonic flower 2 (EMF2) polypeptides or Ubiquitin C-terminal Hydrolase 1 (UCH1-like) polypeptides are provided. A method of enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression of nucleic acids encoding EMF2 polypeptides or UCH1-like polypeptides is provided. Plants with modulated expression of the nucleic acids encoding EMF2 polypeptides or UCH1-like polypeptides have enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventors: Valerie Frankard, Steven Vandenabeele
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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: 20130125256Abstract: This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding high affinity nitrate transport components. The invention also relates to the construction of recombinant DNA constructs encoding all or a portion of nitrate transport components, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct may alter levels of the nitrate transport components in a transformed host cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2013Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicants: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC, E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company, Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
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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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Patent number: 8440891Abstract: A rice cultivar designated CL 142-AR is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar CL 142-AR, to the plants of rice CL 142-AR, to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar CL 142-AR with itself or another rice variety, and to methods for controlling weeds in the vicinity of plants of rice cultivar CL 142-AR, which comprises increased resistance to acetohydroxyacid synthase-inhibiting herbicides. The invention further relates to hybrid rice seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar CL 142-AR with another rice cultivar.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Akransas, N.A.Inventor: Karen A. K. Moldenhauer
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Patent number: 8440892Abstract: A rice cultivar designated CL 181-AR is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar CL 181-AR, to the plants of rice CL 181-AR, to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar CL 181-AR with itself or another rice variety, and to methods for controlling weeds in the vicinity of plants of rice cultivar CL 181-AR, which comprises increased resistance to acetohydroxyacid synthase-inhibiting herbicides. The invention further relates to hybrid rice seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar CL 181-AR with another rice cultivar.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, N.A.Inventor: Karen A. K. Moldenhauer
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Publication number: 20130117883Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of transcribable polynucleotides in plant cells, plant tissues, and plants. Compositions include regulatory polynucleotide molecules capable of providing expression in plant tissues and plants. Methods for expressing polynucleotides in a plant cell, plant tissue, or plants using the regulatory polynucleotide molecules disclosed herein are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Inventors: Tedd D. Elich, Philip N. Benfey, Jee W. Jung
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Publication number: 20130117872Abstract: This invention relates to the field of biotechnology or genetic engineering. Specifically, this invention relates to the field of gene expression. More specifically, this invention relates to novel substitution mutant receptors and their use in a Group H nuclear receptor-based inducible gene expression system and methods of modulating the expression of a gene in a host cell for applications such as gene therapy, large scale production of proteins and antibodies, cell-based high throughput screening assays, functional genomics and regulation of traits in transgenic organisms.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Inventors: Subba Reddy PALLI, Mohan Basavaraju Kumar, Dean Ervin Cress, Ted Tsutomu Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20130117888Abstract: Nucleic acids and the encoded CER2-like polypeptides, At1g68440-like polypeptides or DEAD-box RNA helicase polypeptides are provided. A method of enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression of nucleic acids encoding CER2-like polypeptides or At1g68440-like polypeptides is provided. A method of enhancing yield-related traits in plants by reducing or substantially eliminating expression of nucleic acids encoding DEAD-box RNA helicase polypeptides and/or the activity of DEAD-box RNA helicase polypeptides in said plants is provided. Plants with modulated expression of the nucleic acids encoding CER2-like polypeptides or At1g68440-like polypeptides have enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants. Plants with reduction or elimination of the expression of endogenous nucleic acids encoding DEAD-box RNA helicase polypeptides have enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventors: Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Steven Vandenabeele
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Publication number: 20130117894Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for increasing the phosphate content of starches of genetically modified plant cells in comparison with starches from corresponding wild-type plant cells by introducing a foreign nucleic acid molecule which codes for a soluble starch synthase II. The present invention furthermore relates to the overexpression of this soluble starch synthase II in the genetically modified plant cells. Furthermore, the present invention relates to rice starch and rice flour with improved quality characteristics, to rice grains comprising this rice starch, and to rice plants on which these rice grains grow.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: Bayer CropScience AGInventors: Claus FROHBERG, Ralf-Christian Schmidt
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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: 20130111632Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for obtaining a transgenic plant that overproduces jasmonic acid, and optionally OPDA, a jasmonic acid precursor. Said methods include transforming the plant using a nucleic acid encoding ORA47. The accumulation of jasmonic acid confers in particular to the transformed plant an improved resistance to pathogenic agents. The transgenic plants obtained may also be used for the production of pharmaceutically important secondary metabolites whose synthesis is induced by jasmonates.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUEInventors: Antony Champion, Michel Nicole, Patrick Doumas
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Patent number: 8431805Abstract: A rice cultivar designated Roy J is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar Roy J, to the plants of rice cultivar Roy J, to plant parts of rice cultivar Roy J, and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing rice cultivar Roy J with itself or with another rice variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a rice plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic rice plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to rice cultivars, or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from rice cultivar Roy J, to methods for producing other rice cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from rice cultivar Roy J, and to the rice plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid rice seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing rice cultivar Roy J with another rice cultivar.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, N.A.Inventor: Karen A. K. Moldenhauer
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Publication number: 20130104262Abstract: Microarrays are employed to analyze soybean transcriptions under water stress conditions in both root and leaf tissues at vegetative stage. Novel drought responsive genes may be thus identified and may be used for enhancing drought tolerance in soybean or other plants through genetic/metabolic engineering. This disclosure pertains to nucleic acid molecules isolated from Soybean that encode polypeptides that may be important for drought tolerance. The disclosure also relates to methods of using these genes from soybean in transgenic plants to confer the desired agronomic traits, and to use such genes or regulatory elements thereof to assist germplasm enhancement by molecular breeding or to identify other factors or chemicals that may enhance a plant's capability to grow under drought conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURIInventor: The Curators Of The University Of Missouri
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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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Patent number: 8426704Abstract: The invention relates to a method for improving the kernel productivity of a maize plant, wherein said method comprises overexpressing in said plant at least one glutamine synthetase isoenzyme, in order to increase the number and/or the size of kernels.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2007Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Genoplante-ValorInventors: Bertrand Hirel, Pascual Perez
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Patent number: 8426708Abstract: A rice cultivar designated M-105 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar M-105, to the plants of rice M-105 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar M-105 with itself or another rice variety. The invention further relates to hybrid rice seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar M-105 with another rice cultivar.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2012Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Carl W. Johnson, Kent S. McKenzie
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Publication number: 20130097738Abstract: Methods of increasing nitrogen utilization efficiency in monocot plants through genetic modification to increase the levels of alanine aminotransferase expression and plants produced there from are described. In particular, methods for increasing the biomass and yield of transgenic monocot plants grown under nitrogen limiting conditions compared to non-transgenic plants are described. In this way, monocot plants may be produced that maintain a desired yield while reducing the need for high levels of nitrogen application.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.Inventor: Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.
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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: 20130091605Abstract: The NR enzymes described herein were discovered in the red algae of Porphyra perforata (PpNR) and Porphyra yezoensis (PyNR). The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering NR activity, nitrogen utilization and/or uptake in plants. The invention relates to a method for the production of plants with maintained or increased yield under low nitrogen fertility. The invention provides isolated nitrate reductase (NR) nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants. Plants transformed with nucleotide sequences encoding the NR enzyme show improved properties, for example, increased yield and growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INCInventors: Dale F. Loussaert, Dennis O'Neill, Carl R. Simmons, Haiyin Wang
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Publication number: 20130086712Abstract: The invention provides for the regulation of opine synthesis and catabolism providing improved nitrogen responsiveness, utilizing opine synthase and oxidase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering nitrogen utilization and/or uptake in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells and transgenic plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INCInventor: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
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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: 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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Patent number: 8404930Abstract: The invention provides improved plant transformation methods. In particular the method provides increased transformation frequency, especially in recalcitrant plants. The method includes various transformation protocols for monocots, such as maize and sorghum, using a combination of media and light conditions to achieve increased efficiency of monocot transformation and increased callus initiation frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: Xinli E. Wu, Myeong-Je Cho, Zuo-Yu Zhao
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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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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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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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Publication number: 20130036516Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing various economically important yield-related traits in plants. More specifically, the present invention concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a CLE-type 2 polypeptide or a Bax Inhibitor-1 (BI-1) polypeptide or a SEC22 polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a CLE-type 2 polypeptide or a BI-1 polypeptide or a SEC22 polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits compared with control plants. The invention also provides constructs comprising CLE-type 2-encoding nucleic acids, useful in performing the methods of the invention. The invention also provides novel BI-1-encoding nucleic acids and constructs comprising the same, useful in performing the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventors: Yves Hatzfeld, Christophe Reuzeau
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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