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| 800270000 | Method of breeding involving a mutation step | 48 |
| 20080209585 | GENES WHICH PRODUCE STAYGREEN CHARACTERISTICS IN MAIZE AND THEIR USES - The present invention is directed to plant genetic engineering. In particular, it is directed to producing green leaves in maize through inhibition of ethylene. The genes involved in producing this phenotype include 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate (“ACC”) synthase, ACC oxidase, ACC deaminase, ethylene response sensor (“ERS”), ethylene resistant (“ETR”), and ethylene insensitive (“EIN”). | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080209586 | NOVEL TOBACCO COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING - The present disclosure describes tobacco varieties having reduced levels of DVTs, methods of making such varieties, and tobacco compositions including such varieties. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090055962 | Use of the Naked-Tufted Mutant in Upland Cotton to Improve Fiber Quality, Increase Seed Oil Content, Increase Ginning Efficiency, and Reduce the Cost of Delinting - Described is a naked-tufted seed mutant line of | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090205067 | Zea mays ABA Signaling Genes and Methods of Use - Compositions and methods for modulating abscisic acid (ABA) perception and signal transduction in developing seed are provided. The methods and compositions find use in increasing yield in plants, particularly under abiotic stress. Compositions comprise genetic constructs known to affect ABA sensitivity, particularly ABA biosynthetic mutants and fragments and variants thereof. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090288214 | GENETIC SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE FLORAL DEVELOPMENT OF A DICOTYLEDON PLANT, AND IMPLEMENTATION IN DETECTION AND SELECTION PROCESSES - A genetic system for controlling the type of floral development of a dicotyledon plant, includes the combination of two genetic control elements, respectively:
| 11-19-2009 |
| 20100017904 | Genes and uses for plant improvement - 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. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100017905 | NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES MEDIATING PLANT MALE FERTILITY AND METHOD OF USING SAME - Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. In one such method, the homozygous recessive condition of male sterility causing alleles is maintained after crossing with a second plant, where the second plant contains a restoring transgene construct having a nucleotide sequence which reverses the homozygous condition. The restoring sequence is linked with a hemizygous sequence encoding a product inhibiting formation or function of male gametes. The maintainer plant produces only viable male gametes which do not contain the restoring transgene construct. Increase of the maintainer plant is also provided by self-fertilization, and selection for seed or plants which contain the construct. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100017906 | NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES MEDIATING PLANT MALE FERTILITY AND METHOD OF USING SAME - Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. In one such method, the homozygous recessive condition of male sterility causing alleles is maintained after crossing with a second plant, where the second plant contains a restoring transgene construct having a nucleotide sequence which reverses the homozygous condition. The restoring sequence is linked with a hemizygous sequence encoding a product inhibiting formation or function of male gametes. The maintainer plant produces only viable male gametes which do not contain the restoring transgene construct. Increase of the maintainer plant is also provided by self-fertilization, and selection for seed or plants which contain the construct. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100017907 | NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES MEDIATING PLANT MALE FERTILITY AND METHOD OF USING SAME - Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. In one such method, the homozygous recessive condition of male sterility causing alleles is maintained after crossing with a second plant, where the second plant contains a restoring transgene construct having a nucleotide sequence which reverses the homozygous condition. The restoring sequence is linked with a hemizygous sequence encoding a product inhibiting formation or function of male gametes. The maintainer plant produces only viable male gametes which do not contain the restoring transgene construct. Increase of the maintainer plant is also provided by self-fertilization, and selection for seed or plants which contain the construct. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100162428 | Method Of Excising A Nucleic Acid Sequence From A Plant Genome - The present invention relates to a method for excising a nucleic acid sequence from the genome of a plant or a plant cell. This method is based on the steps of transforming a plant cell with a construct encoding a DNA double strand break inducing enzyme (DSBI), generating a transgenic plant line, performing a transient assay to analyze the functionality of the transgenic enzyme, crossing the plant line with a line containing a nucleic acid sequence to be excised and performing an immature embryo conversion or a tissue culture regeneration through callus formation. The method can also be reversed, which means that a plant cell is transformed with a construct encoding a nucleic acid sequence to be excised, and the crossing is performed with a plant line containing a DSBI. As an alternative to the crossing step, a re-transformation of a transgenic plant line with a second construct can also be performed. The invention is also directed to a plant obtained by this method, or progeny, propagation material, part, tissue, cell or cell culture, derived from such a plant. Finally, the invention relates to the use of a plant or progeny, propagation material, part, tissue, cell or cell culture, derived from this method, as aliment, fodder or seeds or for the production of pharmaceuticals or chemicals. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100175145 | PLANT TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORS - The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having improved tolerance to drought, shade, and low nitrogen conditions, as compared to wild-type or reference plants. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100186105 | YIELD AND STRESS TOLERANCE IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS III - Polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into expression vectors have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. The polypeptides of the invention have been shown to confer at least one regulatory activity and confer increased yield, greater height, greater early season growth, greater canopy coverage, greater stem diameter, greater late season vigor, increased secondary rooting, more rapid germination, greater cold tolerance, greater tolerance to water deprivation, reduced stomatal conductance, altered C/N sensing, increased low nitrogen tolerance, increased low phosphorus tolerance, or increased tolerance to hyperosmotic stress as compared to the control plant as compared to a control plant. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100186106 | YIELD AND STRESS TOLERANCE IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS IV - Polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into expression vectors have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. The polypeptides of the invention have been shown to confer at least one regulatory activity and confer increased yield, greater height, greater early season growth, greater canopy coverage, greater stem diameter, greater late season vigor, increased secondary rooting, more rapid germination, greater cold tolerance, greater tolerance to water deprivation, reduced stomatal conductance, altered C/N sensing, increased low nitrogen tolerance, increased low phosphorus tolerance, or increased tolerance to hyperosmotic stress as compared to the control plant as compared to a control plant. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100192249 | YIELD AND STRESS TOLERANCE IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS II - Polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into expression vectors have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. The polypeptides of the invention have been shown to confer at least one regulatory activity and confer increased yield, greater height, greater early season growth, greater canopy coverage, greater stem diameter, greater late season vigor, increased secondary rooting, more rapid germination, greater cold tolerance, greater tolerance to water deprivation, reduced stomatal conductance, altered C/N sensing, increased low nitrogen tolerance, increased low phosphorus tolerance, or increased tolerance to hyperosmotic stress as compared to the control plant as compared to a control plant. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100218270 | TOBACCO PLANTS HAVING A MUTATION IN A NICOTINE DEMETHYLASE GENE - The present invention generally relates to methods and materials involved in producing tobacco plants having reduced levels of conversion of nicotine to nornicotine. In certain embodiments, the invention is directed to mutations in a nicotine demethylase gene, tobacco plants comprising mutations in a nicotine demethylase gene, and tobacco compositions and products thereof. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100223689 | PLANTS WITH ENHANCED SIZE AND GROWTH RATE - Polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into expression vectors have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. The polypeptides of the invention regulate transcription in these plants and have been shown to confer at least one regulatory activity that results in increased size, biomass, growth rate, and/or yield as compared to a control plan. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100287654 | METHODS OF INCREASING PLANT GROWTH - This invention relates to methods of increasing the growth and/or biomass of plants by partially suppressing the expression of a SHORT-ROOT (SHR) polypeptide, such as AtSHR or PtSHR. Manipulation of SHORT-ROOT expression may be useful, for example, in accelerating growth and increasing biomass production in transgenic plants. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110030088 | METHOD FOR TRANSFORMATION OF GRASSES - The invention provides methods for transforming grass plants with | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110078814 | SPONTANEOUS NODULATION IN PLANTS - Formation of nitrogen fixing root nodules in legumes is induced by perception of lipochitin-oligosaccharide signal molecules secreted by compatible | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110167513 | PROCESS OF PRODUCING MALE STERILE MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS - The present invention relates to a process of producing male sterile monocotyledonous plants by introducing into said plants fragments of a nucleotide sequence coding for a protein which provides for male sterility and reconstituting the complete protein which provides for male sterility by intein-mediated trans-splicing. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120210457 | NOVEL PLANT VARIETY OF HIGH FERTILITY XBRASSICORAPHANUS WITH STABILIZED SEED PRODUCTIVITY - The present invention relates to a method for breeding a novel plant variety of high fertility | 08-16-2012 |
| 20130024986 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH CONTROLLED DISTRIBUTION OF A TRAIT TO PROGENY - A process of producing transgenic multi-cellular plants or parts thereof expressing a trait of interest that has a controlled distribution of said trait to progeny, comprising (i) producing a first plant or a cell thereof having in a first locus of a nuclear chromosome a first heterologous nucleotide sequence comprising a first fragment of a nucleotide sequence encoding said trait of interest, (ii) producing a second plant or a cell thereof having in a second locus of a nuclear chromosome homologous to said nuclear chromosome of step (i), a second heterologous nucleotide sequence comprising a second fragment of the nucleotide sequence encoding said trait of interest, and (iii) hybridising said first and said second plants or cells thereof to generate progeny exhibiting said functional trait of interest. Also disclosed is a process of producing hybrid seeds for agriculture. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130091597 | Protein IPA1 Related To Plant Architecture, Its Coding Genes And Uses - The present invention discloses a protein IPA1 related to plant architecture, its coding genes and uses, wherein the protein is 1) or 2) as follows: 1) the protein consisting of the amino acid sequence showed by sequence 1 in the sequence list; 2) the protein derived from the protein of 1) by substitution and/or deletion and/or addition of one or several amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence defined in 1) and relating to plant architecture. IPA1 gene can be used for molecular marker-assisted breeding, cultivating new rice varieties and improving rice yield. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130198891 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A WHEAT PLANT WITH IMPROVED YIELD PROPERTIES AND A NEW TYPE OF WHEAT OBTAINED BY SAID METHOD - The description of a method to obtain a wheat plant with improve yield properties that consists in the generation of genetic variability by means of the following stages: a) the construction of a wheat plant FI by means of the crossing of two genetically distant parents and of opposed industrial qualities; b) the permanent application through the whole development of the inflorescence of said plant of a high concentration of sunlight without spectrum filtration; and c) the germination of the resulting seeds and the analysis of the descendants for the search of stable variants having different chromosomal number. Also, the description of wheat plants obtained in this way that preferably have crown root, high production capacity of fertile shoots, shoot capacity, perennial habit, high level of grain productivity, high protein level and industrial qualities similar to the hard wheat of best quality, that qualify to be designated as a new type of wheat commonly called Megawheat. The productivity level of the wheat plants described exceeds a 60% the production of the conventional wheat and yield seeds with a weight over 55 g, preferably over 70 g. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130219547 | FERULOYL-CoA:MONOLIGNOL TRANSFERASE - The invention relates to nucleic acids encoding a feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase and the feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzyme that enables incorporation of monolignol ferulates, for example, including p-coumaryl ferulate, coniferyl ferulate, and sinapyl ferulate, into the lignin of plants. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130232639 | SONICATION-ASSISTED POLLEN-MEDIATED PLANT TRANSFORMATION METHOD - A transformation method, including the following steps: preparing an | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130239251 | QUARTET BREEDING - The invention relates to a method for the production of a set of seeds which are genetically identical to the male gametes from which they arise, which may comprise placing a limited number of paternal gametes that have the form of tetrads or dyads on the stigma of a flower to fertilize maternal egg cells to obtain a number of zygotes; and inducing the loss of maternal chromosomes from the zygotes to obtain a seed set containing a limited number of seeds in which the maternal chromosomes are absent. In a preferred embodiment the father plant exhibits suppression of chromosome recombination or second division restitution (SDR) during meiosis. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130263324 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING A COMPLEX TRANSGENIC TRAIT LOCUS - Methods for producing in a plant a complex transgenic trait locus comprising at least two altered target sequences in a genomic region of interest are disclosed. The methods involve the use of two or more double-strand-break-inducing agents, each of which can cause a double-strand break in a target sequence in the genomic region of interest which results in an alteration in the target sequence. Also disclosed are complex transgenic trait loci in plants. A complex transgenic trait locus comprises at least two altered target sequences that are genetically linked to a polynucleotide of interest. Plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising one or more complex transgenic trait loci are also disclosed. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140007286 | LINE DESIGN | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140020130 | csRRM2 GENE AND ITS USE FOR IMPROVING TRAITS IN INDUSTRIAL CROPS - The present invention clones the second RNA recognition motif (RRM2) gene of FCA-γ gene in | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140101788 | GENOME SHUFFLING METHOD FOR AUTOGAMOUS PLANTS UTILIZING DOMINANT MALE STERILITY OBTAINED BY GENE ENGINEERING TECHNIQUE, AND RECURRENT SELECTION BREEDING SYSTEM BASED ON THE GENOME SHUFFLING METHOD - A genome shuffling method for autogamous plants, including producing individuals having the following three traits in a tight coupling linkage by a gene engineering technique selected from a transgenic technique and a gene targeting technique: 1) dominant male sterility, 2) chemical tolerance and 3) lethality inducible by activating an inducible promoter, selecting, from progeny of the individuals, male-sterile individuals by means of the chemical tolerance described in 2) and male-fertile individuals by means of the lethality described in 3), arranging the male-sterile individuals and the male-fertile individuals close together in flowering periods thereof, so that the male-sterile individuals are crossed with the male-fertile individuals, harvesting seeds from the male-sterile individuals, and repeating outcrossing using the seeds from generation to generation. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140123338 | NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES MEDIATING MALE FERTILITY AND METHOD OF USING SAME - Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences and promoter sequences are useful in methods mediating male fertility in plants, as described. Vectors, plant cells, and plants comprising the nucleotide sequences and/or promoter regions are also provided. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140173774 | SOYBEAN TRANSFORMATION FOR EFFICIENT AND HIGH-THROUGHPUT TRANSGENIC EVENT PRODUCTION - A method is disclosed for the | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140196168 | DROUGHT RESISTANT PLANTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME USING TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORS - A method for producing a genetically modified plant with increased tolerance and/or resistance to water deficit and/or salt as compared to a corresponding non-genetically modified wild type plant is provided. Furthermore, a genetically modified annual or perennial crop plant having increased tolerance and/or resistance to water deficit and/or salt as compared to a corresponding non-genetically modified wild type plant is provided, said plants being capable of achieving a higher plant biomass under conditions of water deficit or soil salt salinity. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140196169 | METHODS AND MEANS TO MODIFY A PLANT GENOME - Methods and means are provided to modify in a targeted manner the genome of a plant in close proximity to an existing elite event using a double stranded DNA break inducing enzyme. Also provided are plants, in particular cotton plants showing tolerance to a field dose of at least 1× of at least one HPPD inhibitor, and methods for making such plants. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140201861 | POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES THAT CONFER INCREASED YIELD, SIZE OR BIOMASS - The present description relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant, including the traits of increased yield, size or biomass. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140259208 | Reverse Breeding - A method for efficiently producing homozygous organisms from a heterozygous non-human starting organism, comprising providing of a heterozygous starting organism; allowing the starting organism to produce haploid cells; creating homozygous organisms from the haploid cells thus obtained; and selecting the organisms having the desired set of chromosomes; wherein during production of the haploid cells no recombination occurs in order to obtain a limited number of genetically different haploid cells. Recombination can also be prevented or suppressed. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140259209 | ROOT SOAKING METHOD TO PRODUCE DOUBLE HAPLOID INBRED LINES IN CORN - The subject invention pertains to a method of generating double haploid (DH) corn inbred lines from haploid corn plants. The roots of haploid corn plants are contacted with a solution/composition comprising about 0.0015M colchicine and about 0.11M dimethyl sulfoxide and the treated haploid corn plants are grown. DH corn plants are selected from the treated haploid corn plants and the selected DH corn plants are used to produce DH corn inbred lines. The present invention also provides a method for increasing the DH success rate with corn plants. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140289895 | Dominant Gene Suppression Transgenes and Methods of Using Same - Pairs of plants are provided in which complementing constructs result in suppression of a parental phenotype in the progeny. Methods to generate and maintain such plants, and methods of use of said plants, are provided, including use of parental plants to produce sterile plants for hybrid seed production. Also provided are methods for testing allelic variants. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140380520 | MANIPULATING PLANT SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT - The present disclosure identifies new genes which have the potential to increase broad acre yield in crops. This disclosure is based upon our fundamental knowledge of light signal transduction and our understanding of the roles these genes play in regulating plant growth and development in response to light. Transgenic plants with gain- or loss-of-function of one of these genes, or in combination, are expected to show significant improvements in broad acre yield and stress tolerance. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150074844 | DROUGHT TOLERANT TRANSGENIC PLANTS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to drought tolerant transgenic plants and methods of creating the drought tolerant transgenic plants. In one embodiment, plants are transformed such that a PYL polypeptide is overexpressed in the plant. In an embodiment, the plant is transformed with a cassette or vector that comprises a polynucleotide encoding for one or more of the PYL polypeptides, which may be under the control of an inducible or constitutive promoter. In embodiments, overexpression of PYL13 results in plants having increased drought tolerance, such as a decreased transpiration rate, a decreased stomatal conductance, an increased photosynthetic rate, accelerated stress responsive gene expression, and increased water use efficiency, and/or an increased survival rate compared to a control plant. In some embodiments, other PYL proteins having the single point mutations identified in PYL13 are expressed in the plant. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150082478 | PLANT GENOME MODIFICATION USING GUIDE RNA/CAS ENDONUCLEASE SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE - Compositions and methods are provided for genome modification of a target sequence in the genome of a plant or plant cell. The methods and compositions employ a guide RNA/Cas endonuclease system to provide an effective system for modifying or altering target sites within the genome of a plant, plant cell or seed. Also provided are compositions and methods employing a guide polynucleotide/Cas endonuclease system for genome modification of a nucleotide sequence in the genome of a cell or organism, for gene editing, and/or for inserting or deleting a polynucleotide of interest into or from the genome of a cell or organism. Once a genomic target site is identified, a variety of methods can be employed to further modify the target sites such that they contain a variety of polynucleotides of interest. Breeding methods and methods for selecting plants utilizing a two component RNA guide and Cas endonuclease system are also disclosed. Compositions and methods are also provided for editing a nucleotide sequence in the genome of a cell. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150106970 | BREEDING METHOD FOR TWO LINES HYBRID RICE BASED ON THE RICE OSMS4 GENE MUTANT - Provided is a breeding method for two lines hybrid rice based on the rice mutant osms4 ( | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150135360 | STRESS TOLERANCE IN PLANTS - Transcription factor polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into nucleic acid constructs, including expression vectors, have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. Transgenic plants transformed with many of these constructs have been shown to be more resistant to disease (in some cases, to more than one pathogen), or more tolerant to an abiotic stress (in some cases, to more than one abiotic stress). The abiotic stress may include, for example, salt, hyperosmotic stress, water deficit, heat, cold, drought, or low nutrient conditions. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150353958 | FERTILITY GENE AND USE THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a fertility gene and the use thereof, and relates to the biotechnology field, particularly to a method of plant hybrid breeding including creation of a sterile line and preparation of hybrid seeds, more particularly to a fertility gene FL2, a mutant thereof and use thereof in hybrid breeding. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160032308 | Papaver Somniferum Strain with High Concentration of Thebaine - The present invention is directed to an improved poppy straw, concentrate of poppy straw and opium of | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160060646 | NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES ENCODING TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS REGULATING ALKALOID BIOSYNTHESIS AND THEIR USE IN MODIFYING PLANT METABOLISM - Plant metabolism and alkaloid levels can be regulated by transcription factors that regulate the nicotinic alkaloid biosynthetic pathway. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a transcription factor that negatively regulates alkaloid biosynthesis, such as nicotine biosynthesis. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160115494 | TRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE ACTIVATION - The present invention relates to transcriptional gene activation. More specifically, the present invention relates to the methylation of the gene body using inverted repeat RNAs which results in the activation of gene expression without changing the tempo-spatial regulatory patterns of the gene expression. | 04-28-2016 |
