Wheat Patents (Class 800/320.3)
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Publication number: 20120317679Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of plant genetic engineering. More specifically, the present invention relates to seed specific gene expression during a defined period of embryogenesis. The present invention provides promoters capable of transcribing heterologous nucleic acid sequences in seeds, and methods of modifying, producing, and using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Inventors: Qi Wang, Lisa M. Weaver, Tim N. Oulmassov, Jeffrey Ahrens, Patrice Dubois, Jeffery Q. Shen
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Publication number: 20120317677Abstract: 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: April 11, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Inventors: Scott E. Andersen, Yongwei Cao, Stanton B. Dotson, Michael D. Edgerton, David K. Kovalic, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Zhidong Xie, Gregory R. Heck, Thomas J. La Rosa, Jingdong Liu, Jingrui Wu, Garrett J. Lee, Thomas R. Adams, Donald E. Nelson, Timothy Conner
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Publication number: 20120311737Abstract: The invention relates to the use, for producing partially or totally apomictic plants, of a gene, of a transcript of this gene, or of the ORF thereof, encoding a protein comprising a DNA methyltransferase motif.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2010Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: Daniel Grimanelli, Olivier Leblanc, Marcelina Garcia Aguilar
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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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Publication number: 20120297508Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided which allow for a single microRNA (miRNA) to reduce the level of expression of at least two members of the same protein and/or gene family. Such methods and compositions employ miRNA expression constructs having a structure such that the most abundant form of miRNA produced from the construct is a 22-nucleotide miRNA. The 22-nucleotide miRNA produced from the miRNA expression construct thereby reduces the level of expression of not only the target sequence for the miRNA, but also reduces the level of expression of at least one additional sequence from the same protein and/or gene family as the target sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: Brian McGonigle
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Publication number: 20120297505Abstract: 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: July 20, 2010Publication date: November 22, 2012Inventors: Chuan-Yin Wu, Han-Suk Kim, Gerard Magpantay, Fasong Zhou, Julissa Sosa, Greg Nadzan, Roger I. Pennell, Mircea Achiriloaie, Wuyi Wang
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Patent number: 8314315Abstract: A wheat variety designated 25W36, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 25W36, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 25W36 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 25W36 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety 25W36. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 25W36 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2010Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: Kyle J. Lively, Gregory C. Marshall, William J. Laskar
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Publication number: 20120291155Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a gene of the Argonaute family, a transcript of said gene or the ORF of said gene in order to produce plants that are completely or partially apomictic. The invention can be used to control apomixis in cultivated species having sexual reproduction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2010Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventors: Daniel Grimanelli, Olivier Leblanc
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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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Publication number: 20120284880Abstract: 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: June 20, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventors: Tedd D. Elich, Philip N. Benfey, Al-Jiuan Wu, David A. Orlando, Ian Davis
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Publication number: 20120284872Abstract: The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the protein AMT. The invention provides genomic sequence for the AMT gene. AMT is responsible for controlling nitrogen utilization efficiency in plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc.Inventors: RAJEEV GUPTA, Juan Liu, Kanwarpal S. Dhugga, Carl R. Simmons
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Publication number: 20120284813Abstract: The invention provides a wheat cell, part, tissue culture or whole plant comprising at least one disrupted KRP gene of the present invention. The present invention also provides methods of increasing weight, size, and/or number of one or more organs, and/or yield of a wheat plant by utilizing the disrupted KRP genes of the present invention. Furthermore, methods of breeding wheat plants to produce new wheat plants having increased weight, size, and/or number of one or more organs, and/or yield are provided. The present invention provides isolated Kinase Inhibitor Protein (KIP) Related Protein (KRP) polynucleotide sequences and isolated KRP polypeptide sequences and methods of their use.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: TARGETED GROWTH, INC.Inventors: Jean Paul OLIVIER, Tom TODARO, Jorge DUBCOVSKY
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Publication number: 20120284876Abstract: The invention provides isolated NUE (nitrogen utilization efficiency) 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: July 17, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: Pioneer Hi Bred International IncInventors: HOWARD P. HERSHEY, Carl R. Simmons, Dale Loussaert
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Publication number: 20120284878Abstract: The invention provides a method to identify a plurality of plant promoters having specified characteristics and promoters identified by the method. Also provided are transgenic plants comprising the genes identified by the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventors: Devon L. Brown, John Hipskind
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Publication number: 20120284881Abstract: The invention provides a method to identify a plurality of plant promoters having specified characteristics and promoters identified by the method. Also provided are transgenic plants comprising the genes identified by the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventors: Devon L. Brown, John Hipskind
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Publication number: 20120278949Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of transgenic plants with novel phenotypes, especially plants with enhanced drought tolerance. Provided are SHINE proteins and nucleic acid sequences encoding these, which are useful in conferring novel phenotypes to plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig OnderzoekInventors: Asaph AHARONI, Chital Dixit, Andy Pereira
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DOWN-REGULATION OF A HOMEODOMAIN-LEUCINE ZIPPER I-CLASS HOMEOBOX GENE FOR IMPROVED PLANT PERFORMANCE
Publication number: 20120278947Abstract: Methods for modulating plants using optimized ZmME293 down-regulation constructs are disclosed. Also disclosed are nucleotide sequences, constructs, vectors, and modified plant cells, as well as transgenic plants displaying increased seed and/or biomass yield, improved tolerance to abiotic stress such as drought or high plant density, improved nitrogen utilization efficiency, increased ear number and/or reduction in time to scenescence.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INCInventors: Mei Guo, Xiaomu Niu, Mary Rupe, Jeffrey R. Schussler -
Publication number: 20120272353Abstract: The present invention provides methods to increase crop yield utilizing transgenic complementary paired genes controlling plant growth and yield. The specific genes increase female reproductive organs and are paired with genes responsible for modifying the growth of non-yield specific plant tissues. Plants, plant progeny, seeds and tissues created by these methods are also described. Polynucleotides encoding the paired sequences are provided for expression in a plant of interest. Expression cassettes, plants, plant cells, plant parts and seeds comprising the sequences of the invention are further provided. In specific embodiments, the polynucleotide is operably linked to a constitutive promoter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INCInventors: Mei Guo, Dale F. Loussaert, Yongzhong Wu
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Publication number: 20120272400Abstract: The invention relates to methods of increasing the photosynthesis rate of a plant cell and/or the production of biomass in a plant, as well as to plant cells and plants with increased photosynthesis rate/production of biomass. The present invention also relates to a phosphatase of the light-harvesting complex of photosystem II, to nucleic acids coding for such phosphatase, and to mutants of such nucleic acids. Moreover, the present invention relates to plant cells and plants, wherein the activity of said phosphatase is inhibited; in particular the present invention relates to plant cells and plants comprising the mutant nucleic acids.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Dario Leister, Mathias Pribil
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Publication number: 20120272407Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides that alter tocol content in seeds. The invention further provides expression cassettes, host cells and transformed plants containing the nucleic acids. The present invention further provides methods for altering tocol content in seeds.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: E.I. Dupont de Neumours and CompanyInventors: Edgar B. Cahoon, Sean J. Coughlan, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Karlene H. Butler
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Publication number: 20120266327Abstract: 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 CLC-like (Chloride Channel-like) polypeptide, or an OsBURP-like (BURP-domain containing protein) polypeptide, or an AP2/ERF polypeptide or a protein fusion comprising a TPS (trehalose-6-phosphate synthase) and a TPP (trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase) polypeptide or modulating one or more nucleic acid encoding a TPS and a TPP enzyme, whether comprised in the same or in separate molecules. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acids and constructs comprising them, useful in performing the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2010Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicants: Crop Functional Genomics Center, BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventors: Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Steven Vandenabeele, Christophe Reuzeau, Yang Do Choi, Ju Kon Kim
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Publication number: 20120266329Abstract: The invention provides polypeptides, including enzymes, structural proteins and binding proteins, polynucleotides encoding these polypeptides, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Polypeptides, including enzymes and antibodies, and nucleic acids of the invention can be used in industrial, experimental, food and feed processing, nutritional and pharmaceutical applications, e.g., for food and feed supplements, colorants, neutraceuticals, cosmetic and pharmaceutical needs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: BP Corporation North America Inc.Inventors: Eric J. Mathur, Cathy Chang
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Publication number: 20120266324Abstract: Compositions and methods for the production of self-reproducing hybrid plants are provided. Compositions include suppression cassettes encoding polynucleotides and promoters that result in the MiMe diploid gamete phenotype compositions and suppression cassettes and expression cassettes useful for genome elimination of a parental diploid gamete in a fertilized zygote. The methods involve crossing a first plant comprising a first suppression cassette responsible for producing the MiMe diploid gamete phenotype and a first expression cassette expressing an active CENH3 mutant with a second plant comprising a second suppression cassette that reduces the level of wild-type CENH3 and a second expression cassette comprising a polynucleotide expressing CENH3 specifically in the ovule. Self fertilization of the resultant progeny plant results in the elimination of the female diploid genome in the zygote and normal development of the endosperm.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventor: SHAI J. LAWIT
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Publication number: 20120260373Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating biomass composition 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 enhanced biomass composition and plant products produced from plants having enhanced biomass composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2010Publication date: October 11, 2012Inventor: Nestor Apuya
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Publication number: 20120255064Abstract: The invention provides isolated floral transition nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering floral transition in plants. The invention further provides regulatory elements, recombinant expression cassettes, host cells and transgenic plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicants: E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: OLGA DANILEVSKAYA, Milo J. Aukerman, Pedro Hermon, Evgueni Ananiev, David Mark Shirbroun, Michael G. Muszynski
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Publication number: 20120255067Abstract: 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: June 13, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Volker Mittendorf, Heiko A. Haertel, Petra Cirpus
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Patent number: 8278506Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 9, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Volker Mittendorf, Heiko A. Haertel, Petra Cirpus
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Publication number: 20120246748Abstract: This disclosure provides purified nucleic acids and polypeptides. 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: January 13, 2010Publication date: September 27, 2012Inventors: Liang Guo, David K. Kovalic, Bo-Xing Qiu, Jack E. Tabaska, Wei Wu
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Publication number: 20120246766Abstract: Transgenic lignocellulosic plants are provided according to embodiments of the present invention, the transgenic plants transformed with an expression cassette encoding a protein operably linked to a signal peptide which targets the protein to a cell wall of the transgenic plant, where at least 5% of the total amino acid residues of the protein are tyrosine, lysine, serine, threonine or cysteine. Methods of increasing lignin-protein bonds in a lignocellulosic plant are provided according to embodiments of the present invention which include expressing a recombinant nucleic acid in a lignocellulosic plant, the recombinant nucleic acid encoding a protein operably linked to a signal peptide which targets the protein to the cell wall of a plant, where at least 5% of the total amino acid residues of the protein are tyrosine, lysine, serine, threonine or cysteine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: The Penn State Research FoundationInventors: Ming Tien, John Carlson, Haiying Liang
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Patent number: 8273952Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for improving plant growth characteristics. More specifically, the present invention concerns a method for improving plant growth characteristics by modulating expression in a plant of a plant nucleic acid encoding a cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) and/or by modulating activity in a plant of a plant CDK protein, which CDK protein comprises different motifs or which CDK nucleic acid encodes such protein. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a plant CDK nucleic acid and/or modulated activity of a plant CDK protein, which CDK protein comprises different sequence motifs or which nucleic acid encodes such protein and which plants have improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild type plants.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2007Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Stefan Henkes, Christian Dammann
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Publication number: 20120237664Abstract: 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: May 21, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventors: John P. Davies, Hein Tsoeng (Medard) Ng, D. Ry Wagner
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Publication number: 20120240286Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid sequence comprising a nucleotide sequence which corresponds to a promoter-active region of a DNA sequence is provided herein, wherein the isolated nucleic acid sequence is derived from a cereal seed. The isolated nucleic acid sequences are useful for the control of high levels of gene expression within specific tissues of a cereal seed. Also provided are genetic constructs comprising the isolated nucleic acid sequences (and variants thereof) operably-linked to a transcribable sequence, methods of producing a recombinant protein using said genetic constructs and methods of facilitating target expression to a plant endosperm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2007Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: Grains Foods CRC Ltd.Inventors: Robert J. Henry, Allison C. Crawford
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Patent number: 8269082Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides, and polynucleotides encoding therefor, which influence seed dormancy in cereals such as wheat and barley. In particular, the present invention relates to polypeptides with ABA 8?-hydroxylase activity, and polynucleotides encoding these proteins. Also provided are cereal plants which produce seeds that have altered rates of germination, and/or levels of dormancy, when compared to seeds from wild-type plants, as well as methods of producing such plants.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2006Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationInventors: Anthony Alan Millar, John Viggo Jacobsen, Franz Jacques Marie Gubler
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Patent number: 8269062Abstract: This invention relates to nucleic acid sequences coding for a Lunaria annua, Cardamine graeca or Teesdalia nudicaulis fatty acid elongase, yeast cells expressing the genes/enzymes, plants themselves and cells of such plants and seeds which contain a heterologous gene coding for a L. annua, C. graeca or T. nudicaulis fatty acid elongase gene, the plant or seed being capable of producing increased proportion of a very long chain monounsaturated fatty acid, especially nervonic acid and eicosenoic acid, beyond that of a control plant or seed lacking the heterologous FAE gene or genes.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2006Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: National Research Council of CanadaInventors: Vesna Katavic, Elzbieta Mietkiewska, David C. Taylor, Yiming Guo, Jennifer M. Brost
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Publication number: 20120233724Abstract: 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: May 24, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventors: John P. Davies, Hein Tsoeng (Medard) Ng, D. Ry Wagner
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Publication number: 20120227120Abstract: Provided are hydrolases, including lipases, saturases, palmitases and/or stearatases, and polynucleotides encoding them, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Further provided are polypeptides, e.g., enzymes, having a hydrolase activity, e.g., lipases, saturases, palmitases and/or stearatases and methods for preparing low saturate or low trans fat oils, such as low saturate or low trans fat animal or vegetable oils, e.g., soy or canola oils.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Tim HITCHMAN, Christopher L. G. DAYTON, Katie A. KLINE, Jonathan LYON, Mark A. WALL, Nelson R. BARTON
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Publication number: 20120227131Abstract: 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: September 8, 2011Publication date: September 6, 2012Inventors: Mark S. Abad, Thomas R. Adams, Ameeta K. Argarwal, James A. Ball, Paolo Castiglioni, Banu Gopalan, Erin Bell, Shobha Char, Robert J. Bensen, Raghava S. Boddupalli, Alessandra Frizzi, Jill Deikman, Robert D'Ordine, Michael D. Edgerton, Xianfeng Chen, Mary Fernandes, Paul S. Chomet, Stephen Duff, Deborah G. Rucker, Changlin Fu, Jeffrey E. Ahrens, Stanton B. Dotson, Richard E. Finger, Jinzhuo Dong, Molian Deng
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Publication number: 20120227134Abstract: A method for producing a plant with increased yield as compared to a corresponding wild type plant whereby the method comprises at least the following step: increasing or generating in a plant or a part thereof one or more activities of a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase, 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase, 3?-phosphoadenosine 5?-phosphate phosphatase, 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol kinase, 5OS chloroplast ribosomal protein L21, 57972199. R01.1-protein, 60952769. R01.1-protein, 60S ribosomal protein, ABC transporter family protein, AP2 domain-containing transcription factor, argonaute protein, AT1 G29250.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2010Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventors: Hardy Schön, Oliver Thimm, Gerhard Ritte, Oliver Bläsing, Stefan Henkes, Koen Bruynseels, Yves Hatzfeld, Valerie Frankard, Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Christophe Reuzeau, Steven Vandenabeele, Bryan McKersie, Krishna Kolliparra, Christian Dammann
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Publication number: 20120227123Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of improved plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass in plants challenged with saline and/or oxidative stress conditions. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass that are improved in saline and/or oxidative stress conditions with respect to wild-type plants grown under similar conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: CERES, INC.Inventors: Fasong ZHOU, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Julissa Sosa
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Publication number: 20120227132Abstract: The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the protein CNR. The invention provides genomic sequence for the CNR gene. CNR is responsible for controlling cell number.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INCInventors: Mei Guo, Carl R. Simmons, Howard P. Hershey
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Publication number: 20120227133Abstract: 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 O-FUT polypeptide, or a By-Pass (BPS) polypeptide, or a SIZ1 polypeptide, or a bZIP-S polypeptide, or a SPA15-like polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding an O-FUT polypeptide, or a By-Pass (BPS) polypeptide, or a SIZ1 polypeptide, or a bZIP-S polypeptide, or a SPA15-like polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants. The invention also provides hitherto unknown an O-FUT, or By-Pass (BPS) polypeptide, or SIZ1, or bZIP-S, or SPA15-like-encoding nucleic acids, and constructs comprising the same, useful in performing the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2010Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventors: Yves Hatzfeld, Christophe Reuzeau, Valerie Frankard
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Publication number: 20120222168Abstract: 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, Brassica napus, and Physcomitrella patens 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: April 26, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Volker Mittendorf, Heiko A. Haertel, Joerg Bauer, Oliver Oswald
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Publication number: 20120222148Abstract: The present invention describes an approach to increase taurine or hypotaurine production in prokaryotes or eukaryotes. More particularly, the invention relates to genetic transformation of organisms with genes that encode proteins that catalyze the conversion of cysteine to taurine, methionine to taurine, cysteamine to taurine, or alanine to taurine. The invention describes methods for the use of polynucleotides that encode functional cysteine dioxygenase (CDO), cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) and sulfinoalanine decarboxylase (SAD) or glutamate decarboxylase (GAD), cysteamine dioxygenase (ADO), taurine-pyruvate aminotransferase (TPAT), TPAT and sulfoacetaldehyde acetyltransferase (SA), taurine dioxygenase (TDO) or the small (ssTDeHase) and large subunits of taurine dehydrogenase (lsTDeHase) polypeptides in plants to increase taurine, hypotaurine or taurine precursor production. The preferred embodiment of the invention is in plants but other organisms may be used.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: PLANT SENSORY SYSTEMS LLCInventors: Frank J. Turano, Kathleen A. Turano, Peter S. Carlson, Alan M. Kinnersley
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Publication number: 20120220012Abstract: The invention provides isolated cellulose synthase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cellulose synthase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants comprising said nucleic acids.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INCInventors: Kanwarpal S. Dhugga, Haiyin Wang, Dwight Tomes, Timothy G. Helentjaris
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Publication number: 20120222172Abstract: Wheat plants, seeds and plant parts are disclosed that are resistant to both yellow dwarf virus (YD) and fusarium head blight (FHB).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventor: Herbert W. Ohm
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Publication number: 20120216320Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated CCP nucleic acid molecules, which encode novel cell cycle associated polypeptides. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing CCP nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and transgenic plants in which a CCP gene has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated CCP proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-CCP antibodies. Agricultural, diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: CropDesign N.V.Inventors: Dirk Inze, Veronique Boudolf, Lieven de Veylder, Juan Antonio Torres Acosta, Zoltan Magyar
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Publication number: 20120216315Abstract: The invention provides a transgenic plant, which expresses a transgene encoding a citrate synthase (CS) wherein the transgenic plant seed of the invention is characterized by increased yield and/or enhanced levels of protein, essential amino acids or oil, when compared to an isoline that does not express the transgene; and also provides methods of producing transgenic plants with economically relevant traits and provides expression vectors comprising polynucleotides encoding Citrate Synthase.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: BASF Plant ScienceInventors: Hanping Guan, Beomseok Seo
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Publication number: 20120210469Abstract: Methods and means are provided for reducing the phenotypic expression of a nucleic acid of interest in eukaryotic cells, particularly in plant cells, by providing aberrant, preferably unpolyadenylated, target-specific RNA to the nucleus of the host cell. Preferably, the unpolyadenylated target-specific RNA is provided by transcription of a chimeric gene comprising a promoter, a DNA region encoding the target-specific RNA, a self-splicing ribozyme and a DNA region involved in 3? end formation and polyadenylation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2011Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationInventors: Peter Michael WATERHOUSE, Ming-Bo Wang
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Publication number: 20120210464Abstract: Improved compositions and methods for controlling pests are disclosed. In particular, novel engineered Cry1Ba (eCry1Ba) proteins having improved toxicity to lepidopteran insect pests are provided. By substituting at least one amino acid in domain I of a Cry1Ba protein an engineered Cry1Ba protein having substantially altered insecticidal properties is designed. Further, a method of making the engineered Cry1Ba proteins and methods of using the ecry1Ba nucleic acid sequences, for example in transgenic plants to express eCry1B proteins to confer protection from insect damage are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Yan Gao, Jared Conville, Jeng Shong Chen
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Publication number: 20120210456Abstract: Altering the activity of specific regulatory proteins in plants, for example, with the use of heterologous repression domains fused to HY5 or STH2 clade proteins, can have beneficial effects on plant performance, including improved stress tolerance and yield.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Rajnish Khanna, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reyber