Ornamental Plant Patents (Class 800/323)
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Publication number: 20110247105Abstract: The instant invention relates to an altered flower shape in plants belonging to the genera Osteospermum and Dimorphoteca, which is induced by a mutant allele, as well as to the method of breeding Osteospermum and Dimorphoteca plants having this altered flower shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: KLEMM+SOHN GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Andrea Dohm, Ulrich Sander, Nils Klemm
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Publication number: 20110247103Abstract: The materials and methods disclosed provide for polynucleotide molecules sufficiently divergent from polynucleotides naturally contained in plants, or polynucleotides previously introduced into plants as transgenes to permit trait stacking in plant breeding methods or plant transformation methods. The disclosure also provides for methods and compositions to detect the polynucleotides of the invention in plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Inventor: Stanislaw Flasinski
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Patent number: 8026414Abstract: The present invention relates to a cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) resistance-associated molecular marker and the use thereof, and more particularly to a nucleic acid consisting of nucleotide sequence having a very high association with the CMV-resistant character of plants, a primer comprising a partial nucleotide sequence of the nucleic acid, and a method for detecting CMV-resistant plants using the nucleic acid or the primer. The inventive molecular marker has advantages in that it can detect CMV-resistant plants in a rapid and precise manner without inoculating CMV directly into plants, and also can determine the genotype of CMV-resistant plants.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2004Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: FNP Corp., Ltd.Inventors: Shinje Kim, Ju-Kwang Hwang, Goon-Bo Kim, Su Kim
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Publication number: 20110231945Abstract: Disclosed is a gold evening primrose, a novel variety of evening primrose. The gold evening primrose has a height of 20 to 40 cm, panicle-type uniflorous large yellow flowers blooming during the day, and leaves tinged with reddish purple in winter enduring a low temperature of ?15° C. The gold evening primrose adapts well to a variety of environments, develops large flowers, blossoms during the day, has high ornamental value due to long blooming period ranging from early June to late July, exhibits superior fertility, is resistant to harmful insects, can be semi-permanent Iy gardened through a single planting, thereby reducing costs, and has evergreen leaves that are tinged with red in winter, thus being suitable for use in landscaping and gardening throughout all four seasons.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: September 22, 2011Inventor: Bong Ho Kim
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Patent number: 8013226Abstract: Methods for reducing leaf senescence in plants or portions thereof by treating them with methyl dihydrojasmonate are disclosed. The methyl dihydrojasmonate may be in the form of an aqueous foliar spray, which may also include additives such as wetting agents, adjuvants, emulsifiers, dispersants, spreaders, surfactants, anchorage, disintegrants, and plant nutrients.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: New Biology, Inc.Inventors: Barbara Scheer, Justin Scheer
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Publication number: 20110195843Abstract: A method for producing a plant with increased yield as compared to a corresponding wild type plant comprising at least the following step: increasing or generating in a plant or a part thereof one or more activities selected from the group consisting of 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase, Adenylate kinase, B2758-protein, Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase, cysteine synthase, Exopolyphosphatase, geranylgeranyl reductase, Mating hormone A-factor precursor, mitochondrial succinate-fumarate transporter, modification methylase HemK family protein, Myo-inositol transporter, oxidoreductase subunit, peptidy-prolyl-cis-trans-isomerase, protein kinase, Ribose-5-phosphate isomerase, slr1293-protein, YDR049W-protein, YJL181W-protein, and YPL109C-protein-activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2009Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Oliver Thimm, Gerhard Ritte, Hardy Schön, Oliver Bläsing
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Publication number: 20110197320Abstract: The present invention relates to a dye composition for flower petals that dyes various colors seldom found in nature onto various plants including live flowers, or carries out noctilucence or photoluminescence treatment on the colors of live flowers as is to afford an opportunity to appreciate new beauty aesthetically and even in dark places so that the added value of merchandise may be further enhanced, and enables preservation over a long period as the petals do not wilt easily and also carry out noctilucence, photoluminescence, and dyeing treatment of flow petals easily and quickly stressing natural colors of live flower regardless of conditions and environments anywhere, at any time, and by any one, and with the dyeing method for same and a plant furnished with petals dyed thereby.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2009Publication date: August 11, 2011Inventor: Hyeong Il Kweon
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Publication number: 20110191907Abstract: To provide a highly expressed F3?5?H gene, whereby a blue moth orchid can be produced and a method using the gene for producing Orchids having blue flowers. A gene encoding a flavonoid 3?,5?-hydroxylase of Commelina communis, which has an amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ ID No: 2 or an amino acid sequence having at least 90% of homology to the amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ ID No: 2. A method for producing an orchid having a blue flower, which comprises transfecting a white moth orchid with the gene, a gene encoding a dihydroflavonol 4-reductase of Torenia or Gerbera; a gene encoding a flavanone 3-hydroxylase; and a gene encoding an anthocyanidin synthase and expressing the genes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2008Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA LTD.Inventors: Shunji Yuki, Satoshi Araki, Takanori Suzuki
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Patent number: 7985905Abstract: African Violet plants exhibiting the multiflorescence trait with at least one leaf axil that produces two or more flower stems are provided. African Violet plants carrying the multiflorescence trait bloom continuously. The multiflorescence trait has been successfully bred into diverse African Violet plants. The multiflorescence trait can be combined with many desirable traits including different flower colors, leaf colors and growth habit, to produce a wide variety of unique cultivars.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2002Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: International Plant Breeding AGInventor: Reinhold Holtkamp, Sr.
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Publication number: 20110179519Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing transgenic plants. In specific embodiments, transgenic plants comprise a construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding CCA1, GLK1 or bZIP1, operably linked to a plant-specific promote, wherein the CCA1, GLK1 or bZIP1 is ectopically overexpressed in the transgenic plants, and wherein the promoter is optionally a constitutive or inducible promoter. In other embodiments, transgenic plants in which express a lower level of CCA1, GLK1 or bZIP1 are provided. Also provided herein are commercial products (e.g., pulp, paper, paper products, or lumber) derived from the transgenic plants (e.g., transgenic trees) produced using the methods provided herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Inventors: Gloria Coruzzi, Rodrigo A. Gutierrez, Damion C. Nero
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Publication number: 20110179524Abstract: To provide a method for changing the flower color of a moth orchid, particularly a method for producing a moth orchid having a red or reddish flower color from a white moth orchid. A method for producing a moth orchid having a modified flower color, which comprises transfecting a moth orchid with a gene encoding a flavanone 3-hydroxylase, a gene encoding a flavonoid 3?-hydroxylase, a gene encoding a dihydroflavonol 4-reductase and a gene encoding an anthocyanidin synthase and expressing the genes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2008Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Araki, Takanori Suzuki, Kouichi Katayama
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Patent number: 7982110Abstract: The present invention relates to an Echinacea plant, seed, variety and hybrid. More specifically, the invention relates to an Echinacea plant having a compact, well-branched plant, having bright, deep rose-colored flowers. The invention relates to the seeds of Echinacea purpurea G0052Y, to the plants of Echinacea purpurea G0052Y, to plant parts of Echinacea purpurea G0052Y and to methods for producing an Echinacea plant produced by crossing Echinacea purpurea G0052Y with itself or with another Echinacea variety or hybrid. The invention also relates to methods for producing an Echinacea plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic Echinacea plants and plant parts produced by those methods.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2008Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Ball Horticultural CompanyInventor: Jianping Ren
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Patent number: 7973224Abstract: A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid named ‘FUSION’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 42 cm to 48 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, dark green color foliage, measuring about 30 cm to 35 cm in length and about 3.0 cm to 4.0 cm in width; superior floral bract production; bracts have a unique dark purple color which distinguishes this cultivar from typical Guzmania; round, compound inflorescence, measuring about 30 cm in height and about 18 cm in diameter; and long-lasting habit.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Corn.Bak B.V.Inventors: Elly Bak, Nicolaas D. M. Steur
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Patent number: 7960628Abstract: A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid named ‘ECLIPSE’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 42 cm to 48 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, green color foliage, measuring about 32 cm to 38 cm in length and about 3.4 cm to 4.6 cm in width; superior floral bract production; bracts have a unique, round, compound red-purple inflorescence which distinguishes this cultivar from typical Guzmania; compound inflorescence, measuring about 7 cm in height and about 15 cm in diameter; and long-lasting habit.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2009Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Corn.Bak B.V.Inventors: Elly Bak, Nicolaas D. M. Steur
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Patent number: 7956260Abstract: A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid named ‘MISTY’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 42 cm to 46 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, relatively narrow (measuring about 28 cm to 32 cm in length and about 1.5 cm to 2.5 cm in width color foliage, green in color foliage; superior floral bract production; bracts are greyed-purple in color (closest to RHS 187C); spike inflorescence, measuring about 16 cm in height and about 8 cm to 10 cm in diameter; and long-lasting habit.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2009Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Corn . Bak B.V.Inventors: Elly Bak, Nicolaas D. M. Steur
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Patent number: 7956259Abstract: A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid named ‘TECHNO’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 44 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, yellow-green color foliage, measuring about 30 cm to 42 cm in length and about 3.0 cm to 3.5 cm in width; superior floral bract production; bracts have a unique, compound pinkish red inflorescence (closest to RHS 53B) which distinguishes this cultivar from typical Guzmania; compound inflorescence, measuring about 15 cm in height and about 20 cm in diameter; and long-lasting habit.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2009Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Corn.Bak B.V.Inventors: Elly Bak, Nicolaas D. M. Steur
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Patent number: 7956258Abstract: A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid named ‘METEOR’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 42 cm to 48 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, green color foliage, measuring about 32 cm to 38 cm in length and about 3.4 cm to 4.6 cm in width; superior floral bract production; bracts have a unique, compound red inflorescence (closest to RHS 46A) which distinguishes this cultivar from typical Guzmania; compound inflorescence, measuring about 7 cm in height and about 15 cm in diameter; and long-lasting habit.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2009Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Corn.Bak B. V.Inventors: Elly Bak, Nicolaas D. M. Steur
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Publication number: 20110131688Abstract: The relationship between F-box proteins and proteins involved in the ethylene response in plants is described. In particular, F-box proteins may bind to proteins involved in the ethylene response and target them for degradation by the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway. The transcription factor EIN3 is a key transcription factor mediating ethylene-regulated gene expression and morphological responses. EIN3 is degraded through a ubiquitin/proteasome pathway mediated by F-box proteins EBF1 and EBF2. The link between F-box proteins and the ethylene response is a key step in modulating or regulating the response of a plant to ethylene. Described herein are transgenic plants having an altered sensitivity to ethylene, and methods for making transgenic plant having an altered sensitivity to ethylene by modulating the level of activity of F-box proteins. Methods of altering the ethylene response in a plant by modulating the activity or expression of an F-box protein are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2011Publication date: June 2, 2011Inventors: Hongwei Guo, Joseph R. Ecker
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Patent number: 7943837Abstract: A new and distinct Vriesea plant named ‘MUNDO’ characterized as a funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 48 cm in height (above the pot when flowering) and 40 cm in diameter; simple spike inflorescence, measuring about 20 cm in height and about 2.5 cm in diameter, and greyed-purple (closest to RHS 187A) in color; and linear-lanceolate foliage, measuring about 20 cm to 28 cm in length and about 2.5 cm to 3.5 cm in width, and green (RHS 137A) in color.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2009Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Corn.Bak B.V.Inventors: Elly Bak, Nicolaas D. M. Steur
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Publication number: 20110107463Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing a flowering plant which can flower at a low light intensity. Specifically, the invention relates to a transgenic plant which can flower in a low light environment; a method for producing the same; a method for inducing the same to flower; and so on. More specifically, the invention relates to a transgenic plant which is engineered so as to flower in a low light environment (e.g., indoors) by introducing a FT gene thereinto; a method for producing the same; a method for inducing the same to flower; and so on.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2008Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITEDInventor: Yoshikazu Tanaka
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Publication number: 20110088125Abstract: A rose is produced in which an introduced gene is only present in a part of the cells thereof, such as cells of the L1 layer of flower petals, but is not present in germ cells such as pollen cells or ovule cells. Since the introduced gene is not propagated to other roses even when this rose is crossed with other roses, the possibility of dispersal of the introduced gene can be completely negated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: International Flower Developments Proprietary LimitedInventors: Junichi Togami, Ekaterina Mouradova
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Patent number: 7915504Abstract: The present invention relates to novel tetraploid Lobularia maritima plants having pigmented flower petals. The present invention also relates to methods for creating novel tetraploid Lobularia maritima plants having pigmented flower petals.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Ball Horticultural CompanyInventors: Troy Thorup, Tau-San Chou
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Patent number: 7915503Abstract: A Ptilotus variety designated BEPT107 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of Ptilotus variety BEPT107, to the plants of Ptilotus BEPT107, to plant parts of Ptilotus variety BEPT107 and to methods for producing a Ptilotus plant produced by crossing Ptilotus variety BEPT107 with itself or with another Ptilotus variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a Ptilotus plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic Ptilotus plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to Ptilotus varieties or breeding varieties and plant parts derived from Ptilotus variety BEPT107, to methods for producing other Ptilotus varieties, lines or plant parts derived from Ptilotus variety BEPT107 and to the Ptilotus plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid Ptilotus seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the variety BEPT107 with another Ptilotus variety.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2007Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Ernst Benary Samenzucht GmbHInventor: Gerald Raser
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Publication number: 20110055980Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule, comprising a nucleotide sequence, which encodes a polypeptide with chalcone 3-hydroxylase activity, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises SEQ ID NO. 1 or has at least a 60% identity with SEQ ID NO. 1 or is able to hybridize with a molecule comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1, wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide, which comprises the motif FASRPLSX1X2G(X3)m(GSAGGD)n (SEQ ID NO. 3), wherein X1 is threonine or serine, X2 is alanine or glycine, X3 is any amino acid, m is an integer between 50 and 200, and n is 0 or 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT WIENInventors: Heidrun Halbwirth, Karin Schlangen, Karl Stich
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Publication number: 20110041198Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Pelargonium hortorum-interspecific plants having dark red to burgundy or darker pigmented flower petal, a trailing growth habit, dark leaf color and tolerance to high temperatures, high light and edema. The present invention also relates to methods for creating novel Pelargonium hortorum-interspecific hybrid plants having dark red to burgundy or darker pigmented flower petals, a trailing growth habit and tolerance to high temperatures, high light and edema.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Inventor: Mitchell E. Hanes
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Publication number: 20110035842Abstract: The promoters of a soybean SC194 polypeptide and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2010Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: ZHONGSEN LI
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Publication number: 20110030089Abstract: The invention relates to transgenic plants exhibiting dramatically enhanced growth rates, greater seed and fruit/pod yields, earlier and more productive flowering, more efficient nitrogen utilization, increased tolerance to high salt conditions, and increased biomass yields. In one embodiment, transgenic plants engineered to over-express both glutamine phenylpyruvate transaminase (GPT) and glutamine synthetase (GS) are provided. The GPT+GS double-transgenic plants of the invention consistently exhibit enhanced growth characteristics, with T0 generation lines showing an increase in biomass over wild type counterparts of between 50% and 300%. Generations that result from sexual crosses and/or selfing typically perform even better, with some of the double-transgenic plants achieving an astounding four-fold biomass increase over wild type plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicants: Los Alamos National Security, LLC, University of Maine System Board of TrusteesInventors: Pat J. Unkefer, Penelope S. Anderson, Thomas J. Knight
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Patent number: 7880073Abstract: A Pentas variety designated 99/280-6 is disclosed. The invention relates to the tissue of Pentas clone 99/280-6, to the plants of Pentas 99/280-6, to plant parts of Pentas clone 99/280-6 and to methods for producing a Pentas plant produced by crossing Pentas clone 99/280-6 with itself or with another Pentas variety. The invention also related to the vegetative propagation of Pentas clone 99/280-6. The invention also relates to methods for producing a Pentas plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic Pentas plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to Pentas varieties or breeding varieties and plant parts derived from Pentas clone 99/280-6, to methods for producing other Pentas varieties, lines or plant parts derived from Pentas clone 99/280-6 and to the Pentas plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2007Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Ernst Benary Samenzucht GmbHInventor: Roland Jürgen Dörr
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Patent number: 7875781Abstract: A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid named ‘TINTO’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 21 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, relatively narrow, green color foliage, measuring about 23 cm in length and about 2.0 cm to 3.5 cm in width; superior floral bract production; bracts have a unique wine red color which distinguishes this cultivar from typical Guzmania; round, singular inflorescence, measuring about 6 cm in height and about 13 cm in diameter; and long-lasting habit.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Corn. Bak B.V.Inventors: Elly Bak, Nicolaas D. M. Steur
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Publication number: 20110008523Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a genetic sequence encoding a polypeptide having methyltransferase activity and the use of the genetic sequence and/or the polypeptide to modify one or more phenotypic characteristics of a plant. More particularly, the methyltransferase of the present invention acts on flavonoids, preferably wherein the flavonoid is an anthocyanin. Even more particularly, the present invention relates to a polypeptide having S-adenosyl-L-methionine: anthocyanin 3?-O-methyltransferase or S-adenosyl-L-methionine: anthocyanin 3?, 5?-O-methyltransferase activity. The present invention still further provides a genetic sequence encoding a polypeptide having methyltransferase activity derived from Petunia, Torenia Fuchsia or Plumbago or botanically related plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY. LTD.Inventors: Filippa BRUGLIERA, Linda DEMELIS, Ronald KOES, Yoshikazu TANAKA
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Patent number: 7858857Abstract: A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid named ‘GLOSSITA’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 21.5 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, relatively narrow, green color foliage, measuring about 20 cm to 25 cm in length and about 1.8 cm to 2.8 cm in width; superior floral bract production; bracts have a unique pink color (closest to RHS 39A and RHS 39B of the Red Group) which distinguishes this cultivar from typical Guzmania; round, spike-like inflorescence, measuring about 5 cm in height and about 11 cm in diameter; and long-lasting habit.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Corn. Bak B.V.Inventors: Elly Bak, Nicolaas D. M. Steur
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Patent number: 7851678Abstract: A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid named ‘RITMO’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 20 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, relatively narrow, green color foliage, measuring about 25 cm in length and about 2.4 cm to 2.7 cm in width; superior floral bract production; bracts have a unique orange color which distinguishes this cultivar from typical Guzmania; round, spike-like inflorescence, measuring about 5 cm in height and about 11 cm in diameter; and long-lasting habit.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Corn.Bak B.V.Inventors: Elly Bak, Nicolaas D. M. Steur
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Patent number: 7851683Abstract: A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid named ‘ROCK’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 42 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, relatively narrow, green color foliage, measuring about 30 cm in length and about 2.7 cm to 3.7 cm in width; superior floral bract production; bracts have a unique gray-purple color which distinguishes this cultivar from typical Guzmania; compound inflorescence, measuring about 38 to 48 cm in height and about 50 cm in diameter; and long-lasting habit.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2008Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Corn. Bak B.V.Inventors: Elly Bak, Nicolaas D. M. Steur
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Publication number: 20100293668Abstract: The present invention relates to genetically modified plants expressing altered inflorescence. More particularly, expression of at least two flavonoid 3?S? hydroxylases and at least one dihydroflavonol-4-reductase is achieved, leading to the production of dephinidin pigments and altered colour phenotypes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2008Publication date: November 18, 2010Inventor: Filippa Brugliera
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Publication number: 20100287668Abstract: The invention provides a rose characterized by comprising a flavone and delphinidin added by a genetic modification method. The flavone and delphinidin are typically produced by expression of a transferred flavone synthase gene and flavonoid 3?,5?-hydroxylase gene, respectively. The flavone synthase gene is, for example, a flavone synthase gene of the family Scrophulariaceae, and specifically it may be the flavone synthase gene of snapdragon of the family Scrophulariaceae, or the flavone synthase gene of torenia of the family Scrophulariaceae. The flavonoid 3?,5?-hydroxylase gene is, for example, the pansy (Viola×wittrockiana) flavonoid 3?,5?-hydroxylase gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2008Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: International Flower Developments Proprietary Limi tedInventors: Yoshikazu Tanaka, Yukihisa Katsumoto, Yuko Fukui, Masako Mizutani, Noriko Nakamura, Junichi Togami
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Publication number: 20100287667Abstract: The invention provides a rose characterized by comprising a flavone added by a genetic modification method. The flavone is typically produced by expression of a transferred flavone synthase gene. The flavone synthase gene is, for example, a flavone synthase gene of the family Scrophulariaceae, and specifically it may be the flavone synthase gene of snapdragon of the family Scrophulariaceae, or the flavone synthase gene of torenia of the family Scrophulariaceae.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2008Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: International Flower Developments Proprietary LtdInventors: Yoshikazu Tanaka, Yukihisa Katsumoto, Yuko Fukui, Masako Mizutani, Noriko Nakamura, Junichi Togami
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Publication number: 20100281568Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Euphorbia pulcherrima (Poinsettia). The invention also relates to Euphorbia pulcherrima plants which have been transformed in this way and to plant material obtained therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: Jihong Liu Clarke, Dag Ragnar Blystad, Sissel Britt Haugslien
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Publication number: 20100281575Abstract: The invention provides a rose characterized by comprising a flavone and malvidin added by a genetic modification method. The flavone and malvidin are typically produced by expression of a transferred flavone synthase gene, pansy flavonoid 3?,5?-hydroxylase gene and anthocyanin methyltransferase gene. The flavone synthase gene is, for example a flavone synthase gene of the family Scrophulariaceae, and specifically it may be the flavone synthase gene of snapdragon of the family Scrophulariaceae, or the flavone synthase gene of torenia of the family Scrophulariaceae. The flavonoid 3?,5?-hydroxylase gene is, for example, the pansy flavonoid 3?,5?-hydroxylase gene. The anthocyanin methyltransferase gene is, for example, the methyltransferase gene of torenia of the family Scrophulariaceae.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: International Flower Developments Proprietary Limi tedInventors: Yoshikazu Tanaka, Yukihisa Katsumoto, Yuko Fukui, Masako Mizutani, Noriko Nakamura, Junichi Togami
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Patent number: 7807877Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a genetic sequence encoding a polypeptide having methyltransferase activity and the use of the genetic sequence and/or the polypeptide to modify one or more phenotypic characteristics of a plant. More particularly, the methyltransferase of the present invention acts on flavonoids, preferably wherein the flavonoid is an anthocyanin. Even more particularly, the present invention relates to a polypeptide having S-adenosyl-L-methionine:anthocyanin 3?-O-methyl-transferase or S-adenosyl-L-methionine:anthocyanin 3?,5?-O-methyltransferase activity. The present invention still further provides a genetic sequence encoding a polypeptide having methyltransferase activity derived from Petunia, Torenia Fuchsia or Plumbago or botanically related plants.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2003Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: International Flower Developments Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Filippa Brugliera, Linda Demelis, Ronald Koes, Yoshikazu Tanaka
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Patent number: 7807905Abstract: The instant invention relates to an Impatiens plant having a trailing growth habit during its vegetative and generative growth phase. The invention particularly relates to such plants belonging to the African group of ornamental Impatiens. The invention further relates to pollen, seed and sexual as well as asexual progeny of such plants, to methods for obtaining Impatiens plants with a trailing growth habit, to methods for propagating said plants and to uses of said plants.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2005Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventor: Monica Maria Adelheid Sanders
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Publication number: 20100162433Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic plants that have increased nitrogen use efficiency, stress tolerance, or both and that have been transformed using a novel vector construct including nucleic acid sequences that modulate nitrogen use in plants. In various embodiments, the vector construct includes one or more nucleic acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, or 38. The invention also relates to isolated vectors for transforming plants and to antibodies used for detecting transformed plants. The invention also relates to methods of expressing in plants the nucleic acid molecules corresponding to the nucleic acid sequences that modulate nitrogen use in plants or are modulated by nitrogen conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2007Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: James McLaren, Nicholas Duck, Brian Vande Berg, Alissa Schawalder, Vadim Beilinson, Jill Hinson
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Publication number: 20100115665Abstract: The present invention relates to plants with enhanced tolerance to viral diseases, particularly to diseases caused by insect-transmitted viruses. The invention discloses transgenic plants expressing GroEL protein, and to engrafted plant comprising said transgenic plants or parts thereof, that are tolerant to insect-transmitted viral diseases. The present invention further discloses means and methods of producing same.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventor: Hanokh Czosnek
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Publication number: 20100107277Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a genetic sequence encoding a polypeptide having flavonoid 3?,5?-hydroxylase (F3?5?H) activity and to the use of the genetic sequence and/or its corresponding polypeptide thereof inter alia to manipulate color in flowers or parts thereof or in other plant tissue. More particularly, the F3?5?H has the ability to modulate dihydrokaempferol (DHK) metabolism as well as the metabolism of other substrates such as dihydroquercetin (DHQ), naringenin and eriodictyol. Even more particularly, the present invention provides a genetic sequence encoding a polypeptide having F3?5?H activity when expressed in rose or gerbera or botanically related plants. The instant invention further relates to antisense and sense molecules or RNAi-inducing molecules corresponding to all or part of the subject genetic sequence or a transcript thereof. The present invention further relates to promoters which operate efficiently in plants such as rose, gerbera or botanically related plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY. LTD.Inventors: Filippa BRUGLIERA, Yoshikazu TANAKA, John MASON
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Patent number: 7696418Abstract: Perennial ryegrass plants with a spreading habit are provided. The perennial ryegrass plants of the present invention display a growth habit with intertwining tillers that form a very dense sward of 10,000 tillers or more per square foot within one growing season. The ryegrass plants of the present invention also display secondary tillers, something not seen in currently available commercial perennial ryegrass varieties. The spreading growth habit of the plants of the present invention makes a very attractive turfgrass when grown for turf and also provides high seed production.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2008Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Ledeboer Seed, LLCInventor: Fred Ledeboer
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Publication number: 20100077504Abstract: 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: October 2, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Inventors: Qi Wang, Lisa M. Weaver, Tim N. Oulmassov, Jeffrey Ahrens, Patrice Dubois, Jeffrey Q. Shen
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Patent number: 7683244Abstract: An object of the present invention is to develop a novel Lobelia plant and a breeding method thereof, which allow for first-filial-generation (F1) hybrids exhibiting morphological forms (having the advantages of their two parents and far exceeding the traits of the two parents) desired by their breeder. The present invention thus provides a novel Lobelia plant by crossing Lobelia richardsonii (seed parent) and Lobelia valida (pollen parent), which while being a hybrid in first-filial-generation (F1) population of the genetically stable wild species, nevertheless the F1 population exhibits an even distribution over a range from a hybrid close to the seed parent to a hybrid close to the pollen parent.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2006Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Kirin Agribio Company, LimitedInventor: Daigaku Takeshita
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Publication number: 20100043096Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for enhancement of photosynthesis and biomass of a plant by plastid transformation with MDH gene, more precisely a method for enhancement of photosynthesis and biomass of C3 plant by plastid transformation system with MDH gene. The MDH plastid transgenic plant prepared by the method of the present invention exhibits not only increased photosynthesis efficiency but also increased growth rate, leaf area, stem diameter and biomass of the plant, compared with the control plant. Therefore, the plastid transformed C3 plant prepared by C4 type gene introduction can be effectively used for enhancing photosynthesis and biomass of the plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2007Publication date: February 18, 2010Inventors: Jang Ryol Liu, Hwa-Jee Chung, Sung Ran Min, Won Joong Jeong, Hyun Tae Kim, Ju Young Park, Jung He Hur
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Publication number: 20090313728Abstract: Polynucleotides encoding polypeptides that comprise the biosynthetic pathway for lignins 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 the manipulation resistance to pathogen, herbivore, and insect attack in the coffee plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2006Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicants: NESTEC S. A., CORNELL UNIVERSITYInventors: Maud Lepelley, James Gérard McCarthy, Vincent Petiard, Gerald Cheminade, Steven D. Tanksley, Chenwei Lin
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Publication number: 20090307801Abstract: Disclosed are novel genetically modified plant cells wherein a SHI (short internodes) family gene is integrated into the nuclear genome. Also disclosed are plant cells where a SHI antisense gene is integrated or plants including heterologous expression control of autologous SHI genes. The plant cells confer novel phenotypes upon plants incorporating the SHI family gene. The invention also discloses transgenic plants and methods for plant production, where the plants are dwarfed, but exhibit normal or increased flower set after induction of flowering with GA. The plants of the invention are obtained without use of any growth retardants.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2006Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: Kobenhavens UniversitetInventor: Lilli Sander Jensen
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Patent number: 7626102Abstract: A method is disclosed for creating and utilizing genetic male-sterile Erysimum cheiri plants for hybrid wallflower production. The method makes use of a mutated male sterility allele, which suppresses pollen production in otherwise fertile plants. Individual plants expressing the male sterility factor are incapable of self-pollination and can be used as female parents in hybrid seed production. Methods are disclosed for transferring this system into any line of interest for use in hybrid seed production in Erysimum cheiri.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2003Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: A. L. Tozer LtdInventor: Frances Gawthrop