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| 20080201804 | Protein Production - The present invention relates to a method for producing heterologous glycosylated proteins in non-animal eukaryotic cells such as in transformed bryophyte, yeast, ciliate or algae cells. In particular, the method relates to a method for producing glycosylated proteins comprising animal glycosylation patterns—comprising sialic acid residues—, such as pharmaceutical proteins for use in mammals, e.g. humans, in bryophyte cells such as those of | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080201805 | Polypeptides Having Beta-Glucosidase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080209596 | PLANT SUGAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS - This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a sugar transport protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the sugar transport protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the sugar transport protein in a transformed host cell. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080216200 | Alternative splicing factors polynucleotides, polypeptides and uses thereof - The invention provides isolated polynucleotides and their encoded proteins that are involved in splicing or modulating splicing activity. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering splicing protein content and/or composition of plants. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080216201 | Gene Expression Modulating Element - The present invention provides a method of screening for the purpose of obtaining gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements. The invention includes a method of identifying gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements through use of the following steps: a) locating intergenic regions of a plant genome that are flanked by a gene on each side that have differing gene expressions b) taking that intergenic region or a portion of that intergenic region and adding it to a cassette comprising an isolated gene c) introducing the cassette into a plant cell d) analyzing expression of the isolated gene. The present invention also includes identified sequences that act as gene expression modulating elements. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080235829 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ALTERED LEVELS OF PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS - Methods for altering levels in plants of one or more phenolic compounds that are intermediates or final products of the plant phenylpropanoid pathway are provided. One method comprises transforming a plant cell with an expression construct comprising a nucleic acid which encodes a transactivator protein comprising the myb domain of the maize “ZmMyb-IF35” protein and an activation domain. Another method comprises transforming a plant cell with an expression construct comprising a transgene which encodes an antisense ZmMyb-IF35 RNA. The present invention also relates to expression constructs and vectors used in the present methods, transformed plant cells and transgenic plants prepared according to the present methods, and the seeds of such transgenic plants. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080244793 | BNLEA3-1 promoter - Late embryogenesis abundant (Lea) proteins accumulate in maturing seeds after many of the storage compounds have been synthesized, and they are considered relevant to maturation. We report here the molecular organization and expression of BnLea3-1, a novel Group 3 Lea gene from | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080244794 | Stem-Regulated, Plant Defense Promoter and Uses Thereof in Tissue-Specific Expression in Monocots - The invention is directed to isolated promoters from stem-regulated, defense-inducible genes, such as OMT promoters. The promoters are useful in expression cassettes and expression vectors for the transformation of plants. Particularly, the invention provides transgenic plants of rice and sugarcane that have been modified such that expression of a heterologous coding sequence is directed by an OMT promoter and is limited to stem tissues or may be upregulated by the presence of a defense-inducing agent. The invention also discloses methods for producing the expression vectors and transgenic plants. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080263729 | Stress Tolerant Organisms Expressing a Map Kinase Homologue - The present invention provides a MAP kinase homologue gene, designated EhHOG, isolated from | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080271210 | Oryza Sativa Lectin-Like Receptor Kinase 1 (Oslrk1), a Gene Involved in Plant Development - The present invention is directed to a novel gene, Oslrk1, that is in involved in plant development, including root expansion. Methods of influencing this development are also described, as are transformed cells and transgenic plants comprising the described sequences. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080289066 | Self-Processing Plants and Plant Parts - The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activated under suitable activating conditions to act upon the desired substrate. Also provided are “self-processing” transgenic plants, and plant parts, e.g., grain, which express one or more of these enzymes and have an altered composition that facilitates plant and grain processing. Methods for making and using these plants, e.g., to produce food products having improved taste and to produce fermentable substrates for the production of ethanol and fermented beverages are also provided. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080289067 | Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080289068 | Analyte Detection System - A method for the determination of a target analyte in a sample, said method comprising: a) applying a liquid sample suspected of containing said target analyte to a solid support capable of allowing lateral flow of liquid therethrough, which support has diffusibly arranged thereon, (i) either (a) a labelled binding partner for said analyte or (b) a labelled analogue of said analyte, and (ii) a labelled control reagent; b) allowing the sample, labelled binding partner for said analyte or a labelled analogue of said analyte and labelled control reagent to flow through a detection zone on said solid support, wherein in the case of (i) (a) above, a predetermined amount of an analogue of the target analyte is immobilised, or, in the case of (i) (b) above a predetermined amount of a binding partner for said analyte or, labelled analogue is immobilised; c) allowing the sample, labelled binding partner for said analyte or a labelled analogue of said analyte and labelled control reagent to flow through a control zone which is spaced from said detection zone, and in which a binding agent which binds the labelled control reagent is immobilised, said binding agent being present in an amount sufficient to give a similar signal to that which occurs in the detection zone when it is fully occupied by either the labelled binding partner for said analyte or the labelled analogue of said analyte; d) detecting the label density in the detection zone (T), and the label density in the control zone (C) and comparing these densities. The method allows semi-quantitative determination of analytes such as agrochemicals and hormones. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080301843 | Slow-Maturing, Determinate Peas - A determinate pea plant, where peas of the pea plant have a wrinkled-seed phenotype, and where the pea plant is slow-maturing. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080307548 | Arabinogalactan Protein Having Activity of Improving Tolerance to Heat or Moisture Stress - It is intended to provide a gene encoding a protein having an activity of improving a tolerance to an environmental stress such as salt, moisture, or heat stress, in particular, a tolerance to water stress; a protein having an activity of improving a tolerance to an environmental stress; a transgenic plant having an enhanced tolerance to an environmental stress, and so on. A halophyte | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080307549 | Polysaccharide Synthases - The present invention relates generally to polysaccharide synthases. More particularly, the present invention relates to (1,3;1,4)-beta-D-glucan synthases. The present invention provides, among other things, methods for influencing the level of (1,3;1,4)-beta-D-glucan produced by a cell and nucleic acid and amino acid sequences which encode (1,3;1,4)-beta-D-glucan synthases. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090007299 | FORAGE BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVAR - “Goodwell” is a hybrid forage bermudagrass. It has larger stems and wider leaves, and produces a more dense sod compared to “hay type” varieties. The stem size and leaf width is much greater compared to “grazing type” varieties while the sod density is somewhat less compared to the grazing type varieties. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090007300 | SYNTHETIC ZINC FINGER PROTEIN ENCODING SEQUENCES AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention relates to the field of plant and agricultural technology. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of zinc finger proteins and fusions of said proteins to regulate gene expression and metabolic pathways in plants. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090019607 | TRANSGENIC PLANT CELLS EXPRESSING A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR - We describe a transgenic plant with altered expression of a gene that encodes a sequence variant of a transcription factor and which has altered seed dormancy. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090019608 | Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090031453 | Alanine 2, 3 aminomutases - Alanine 2,3-aminomutase sequences are disclosed, as are cells having alanine 2,3-aminomutase activity and methods of selecting for such cells. Methods for producing beta-alanine, pantothenate, 3-hydroxypropionic acid, as well as other organic compounds, are disclosed. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090031454 | Fatty Acid Hydroxylases and Uses Thereof - The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode novel fatty acid hydroxylases. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors including hydroxylase nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and methods for the production of hydroxyl fatty acids such as 12-hydroxyoctadec-9-enoic acid (ricinoleic acid). | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090038033 | WOOD AND CELL WALL GENE MICROARRAY - The invention provides polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences isolated from | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090038034 | Polynucleotides Encoding Stop Codons in Multiple Reading Frames and Methods of Use - Compositions having polynucleotides encoding multiple translational stop signals in more than one reading frame are provided. The compositions include isolated polynucleotides, expression cassettes, and vectors, as well as host cells, prokaryotic organisms, and eukaryotic organisms comprising the polynucleotide(s). Methods include using the polynucleotides to stop translation of an mRNA into a protein, to produce a transformed cell and/or organism comprising the polynucleotide, and to identify transformed cells or organisms of a specific lineage. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090044299 | Artichoke hybrid named 'PS-H2015' - A new and distinct hybrid of artichoke named ‘PS-H2015’, characterized by its numerous bud numbers, fleshiness of bracts, fleshiness of hearts, uniformity of head shapes; strong violet blush coloration; and ability to bolt in warm summer conditions (reduced vernalization requirements) allowing spring/summer planting and fall production. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090055973 | Novel Omega-3 Fatty Acid Desaturase Family Members and Uses Thereof - The present invention relates to the isolation of a second omega-3 fatty acid desaturase (FAD3) gene in flax ( | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090055974 | Nucleic acids and proteins associated with sucrose accumulation in coffee - Disclosed herein are nucleic acid molecules isolated from coffee ( | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090055975 | Plant virus transmission inhibitor and methods - Provided is a peptide, peptide multimer or fusion protein containing such peptide which binds to the gut of sap-sucking insects, e.g., aphids. When bound, this peptide inhibits the binding of targeted virus to the insect gut. When this peptide or tandem repeat peptide is expressed (or is expressed as part of a fusion protein) in the fluids of transgenic plants, it is taken up by the insect with the sap, binds to gut receptors and thereby inhibits transmission of the virus from plant to plant via the insect vector. Thus, the use of such transgenic plants blocks or reduces the transmission of the targeted virus and others which share the peptide binding site within the insect gut among plants susceptible to the virus and thereby reduces losses due to viral infection. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090064375 | Paraquat Resistance Gene and a Vascular Tissue- and Trichome-specific Promoter - A paraquat resistance gene and a vascular tissue- and trichome-specific promoter are provided. The paraquat resistance gene and the vascular tissue- and trichome-specific promoter are isolated by identifying and analyzing genes of | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090064376 | Use of untranslated region of osmotin gene to enhance transgene expression in plants - The present invention provides methods, vectors and gene constructs for enhancing expression of a recombinant nucleic acid sequence in transgenic plants and plant tissues. According to the present invention, nucleic acid sequences are obtained and/or derived from the 5′ and 3′ untranslated regions of genes encoding osmotin proteins and engineered to flank respective portions of a selected coding region of a vector. The vector construct may be introduced into plants and/or plant tissues through conventional procedures, resulting in enhanced expression of the selected coding region. In a preferred embodiment, the selected coding region is a chimeric gene or gene fragment expressing one or more proteins known to impart a level of insecticidal activity to a transgenic plant and/or plant tissue. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090064377 | METHOD AND MEANS FOR TARGETED NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE - The invention pertains to a method for targeted alteration of a duplex acceptor DNA sequence, comprising combining the duplex acceptor DNA sequence with a donor oligonucleotide, wherein the duplex acceptor DNA sequence contains a first DNA sequence and a second DNA sequence which is the complement of the first DNA sequence and wherein the donor oligonucleotide comprises a domain that comprises at least one mismatch with respect to the duplex acceptor DNA sequence to be altered, preferably with respect to the first DNA sequence, and wherein a section of the donor oligonucleotide is methylated to a higher degree than the second DNA sequence and/or wherein the second DNA is methylated to a lower degree than the corresponding section of the donor oligonucleotide, optionally in the presence of proteins that are capable of targeted nucleotide exchange and to oligonucleotides for use in the method. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090070900 | Novel cherkasky materials and novel use of biomolecules and biomasses - Novel materials containing dispersed or aligned biomolecules and/or cells and biomasses, which are preferably chemically modified, can be preferably used as conductors, semiconductors, transistors, resistors or non-conductors and as artificial jewels and gemologic materials, materials for use in computer, aerospace, marine and automobile industries, as well as modified alloys for machines and pipelines, boring and drilling machines and materials, and for pumps and for oil industry, as well as for furniture, for wood paper and cellulose industry, as well as for textile industry. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090070901 | Modified rubisco large subunit n-methyltransferase useful for targeting molecules to the active-site vicinity of ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate - The present invention generally relates to a modified Rubisco large subunit | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090077695 | Interferon Produced In Plastids - Disclosed herein is an expression cassette containing a polynucleotide encoding an IFNα2b polypeptide and having two overlapping primers at a 5′ end encoding a polyhistidine tag and a thrombin cleavage site fused to the polypeptide, the expression cassette carried by a vector competent for integrating the expression cassette in a plastid genome. Also disclosed is a transgenic plastid, preferably a chloroplast, containing a genome transformed by integration of an expression cassette having a non-plant gene encoding an IFNα2b polypeptide and having regions that encode a polyhistidine tag and a thrombin cleavage site fused with the IFNα2b polypeptide. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090083884 | Method of Separating Embryo Suspension Mass - A method of separating an embryo suspension mass is provided. The method includes supplying an embryo suspension mass culture having a plurality of first particles of a first size and a plurality of second particles of a second size different at least in part from the first size of the first particles. The method also includes suspending the embryo suspension mass culture in a fluid to create a mixture and forcing the mixture through a filter while maintaining the mixture in the fluid to separate the first particles from the second particles. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090100549 | PLANT GALACTINOL SYNTHASE HOMOLOGS - Isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding galactinol synthase are disclosed. Recombinant DNA construct(s) for use in altering expression of endogenous genes encoding galactinol synthase are also disclosed. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090106863 | Overexpression of Starch Synthase in Plants - The present invention relates to a process for increasing the phosphate content of starches of genetically modified plant cells in comparison with starches from corresponding wild-type plant cells by introducing a foreign nucleic acid molecule which codes for a soluble starch synthase II. The present invention furthermore relates to the overexpression of this soluble starch synthase II in the genetically modified plant cells. Furthermore, the present invention relates to rice starch and rice flour with improved quality characteristics, to rice grains comprising this rice starch, and to rice plants on which these rice grains grow. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090106864 | NOVEL DNA SEQUENCES, VECTORS AND PROTEINS OF AVIAN INFLUENZA HEMAGGLUTININ - The subject invention provides novel amino acid sequences (including a consensus sequence) of the Avian Influenza A virus hemagglutinin protein. These newly constructed genes are designed to provide a broader spectrum of activity across the serotype family thus providing a basis for a vaccine that has broad heterologous disease protection. The novel genes have been further improved by the addition of strategic glycosylation sites into the amino acids sequences that they encode. These genes can also, optionally, be codon optimized for plant expression, inserted into the appropriate vector and cloned into plants for expression. Polypeptides produced by recombinant host cells or transgenic plants can also be used as source of antigen for the formulation of vaccines for the control of influenza in susceptible individuals. Additionally, transgenic plant material may also be used as source of antigen for the formulation of vaccines for the control of influenza in susceptible individuals. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090106865 | Systemic non-nodular endosymbiotic nitrogen fixation in plants - Non-leguminous crops, e.g. wheat, maize and rice, do not form nodules and are dependant for their nutrition on fixed nitrogen from the soil, or from chemical/nitrogenous fertilizers. The present invention provides non-leguminous plants and leguminous plants, including legumes that fail to nodulate with | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090106866 | Promoter, Promoter Control Elements, And Combinations, And Uses Thereof - The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090113574 | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants - Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from soybean are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed ESTs have particular utility in isolating genes and promoters, identifying and mapping the genes involved in developmental and metabolic pathways, and determining gene function. Sequence homology analyses using the ESTs provided in the present invention, will result in more efficient gene screening for desirable agronomic traits. An expanding database of these select pieces of the plant genomics puzzle will quickly expand the knowledge necessary for subsequent functional validation, a key limitation in current plant biotechnology efforts. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090119801 | Method for preserving cut flowers, cut flower preservation kit, method for manufacturing processed cut flowers, and processed cut flowers - A method for preserving a cut flower involving only an easy and simple procedure, whereby the cut flower can maintain qualities similar to those of the natural state for a long period of time, and a method for manufacturing a processed cut flower that can maintain qualities similar to those of the natural state for a long period of time. The method for preserving a cut flower by replacing the tissue fluid of the cut flower by a preservative solution includes the steps of: (1) a first replacement step in which the tissue fluid of the cut flower is replaced by a hydrophilic organic solvent; and (2) a second replacement step in which the hydrophilic organic solvent having replaced the tissue fluid in the cut flower is replaced by the preservative solution of an organic solvent that has an affinity for the hydrophilic organic solvent and is nonvolatile or hardly-volatile. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090126048 | Method For Growing Forskohlin Containing Coleus In A Temperate Climate - The present invention is a method of growing and harvesting forskohlin-containing cultivars of the | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090133163 | PROMOTER, PROMOTER CONTROL ELEMENTS, AND COMBINATIONS, AND USES THEREOF - The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090133164 | EG1117 polynucleotides and uses thereof - The present invention provides methods for identifying polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences which may be associated with commercially or aesthetically relevant traits in domesticated plants or animals. The methods employ comparison of homologous genes from the domesticated organism and its ancestor to identify evolutionarily significant changes and evolutionarily neutral changes. Sequences thus identified may be useful in enhancing commercially or aesthetically desirable traits in domesticated organisms or their wild ancestors. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090133165 | SEED DEVITALIZATION METHOD - The present invention relates to a method for devitalizing seeds that provides a non-viable (i.e., non-germinating) seed exhibiting substantially the same protein and/or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) characteristics as a viable seed and also relates to devitalized seeds produced by the method. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090144861 | Fungicides and Bioregulatory Mixtures - Fungicidal and bioregulatory mixtures, comprising | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090144862 | Ptilotus | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090151024 | Method for Controlling Rust Infections in Leguminous Plants - Method for controlling rust infections in leguminous plants by using heterocyclylcarboxanilides of the formula I | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090151025 | Indeterminate Gametophyte 1 (ig1), Mutations of ig1, Orthologs of ig1, and Uses Thereof - This invention provides the genes for indeterminate gametophyte1 (ig1), mutants of ig1, homologs of ig1, and orthologs of ig1, as well as the proteins encoded by these genes. This invention also provides compositions and methods which utilize these genes and proteins. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090151026 | Polypeptides having feruloyl esterase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having feruloyl esterase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090158468 | Metabolic engineering of lipid metabolism by improving fatty acid binding and transport - CHI like fatty acid binding proteins and genes, recombinant cells and organisms, methods of metabolic pathway engineering to improve lipid production in cells, Crystal structures of CHI like fatty acid binding proteins, methods of engineering CHI like fatty acid binding proteins and systems thereof are provided. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090172843 | Specific Promoter Region Expresses in Actively Dividing Young Tissues and the Aging Tissues in Plants as Well as its Application - A promoter capable of activating expression specifically in both of the vigorously divisible young tissues and separate-related aging tissues in plants, characterized in that the promoter is a promoter of Oncidium ethylene receptor gene OgERS1, and has a sequence as shown in SEQ ID No: 3. A gene expression cassette is composed of a promoter having a DNA sequence as shown in SEQ ID No: 3, and a polynucleotide that is linked to the 3′ terminal of the promoter and has an open reading frame, wherein the promoter can activate the transcription of the polynucleotide in a organism having the gene expression cassette therein. A gene expression vector is composed of a promoter having a DNA sequence as shown in SEQ ID No: 3. A plant or parts of organ, tissue or cell of the plant has been transformed to contain the gene expression cassette described above. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090178161 | METHOD FOR DIRECTING NUCLEIC ACIDS TO PLASTIDS - The invention relates to nucleic acid sequences naturally imported into a plant cell plastid, and use thereof for directing an RNA sequence of interest to a plastid, which permits, in particular, the directed expression of a protein of interest in a plant cell plastid. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090183283 | RICE PROMOTERS FOR REGULATION OF PLANT EXPRESSION - The present invention provides promoters from plants capable of driving gene expression in plant cells. The promoters vary in strength and in tissue specificity, and can be used to facilitate the development of transgenic plants in which tissue preferred expression, constitutive expression, and the strength of transgene expression is either more or less critical. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090183284 | NUCLEOTIDE SEQEUNCES 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 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. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090193545 | ONIONS WITH HIGH STORAGE ABILITY, HIGH SOLUBLE SOLIDS CONTENT AND/OR LOW PUNGENCY - Long-day onion plants, capable of producing onion bulbs comprising ‘high soluble solids’ combined with a ‘sweet taste’ as a result of low pungency, are provided, as are methods for producing such plants, bulbs and seeds. Such onions can be stored for long periods without a loss in quality and without an increase in pungency. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090193546 | Guzmania hybrid named 'METEOR' - A new and distinct | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090199313 | Non-mevalonate isoprenoid pathway - The present invention is directed to enzymes and intermediates of the non-mevalonate isoprenoid pathway downstream of 2C-methyl-D-erythritol 2,4-cyclopyrophosphate and upstream of isopentenyl pyrophosphate or dimethylallyl pyrophosphate. These are used as a basis for a screening method for inhibitors of these enzymes, and a method for identifying inhibitor-resistant variants thereof. Further disclosures refer to DNA coding for said enzymes and for inhibitor-resistant variants thereof, vectors containing said DNA, cells containing said vector, and plant seeds comprising cells containing said vector. This invention is useful for the inhibition of the biosynthesis of isoprenoids in plants, bacteria and protozoa, for conferring herbicide-resistance to plants, as well as for weed control in agriculture using a crop containing a herbicide-resistant gene and an effective amount of a suitable herbicide. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090199314 | DELAYED-EFFECT AGRONOMIC TREATMENT AGENT, IN PARTICULAR FOR SEED GERMINATION AND PLANT DEVELOPMENT - Agent for the agronomic treatment of a living plant supported by a moist substrate, for example a soil, wherein said agent is in the solid and divided state, and comprises solid particles containing at least one active entity for the agronomic treatment, characterized in that each particle comprises: —a nucleus consisting of a grain of a solid material which is inert with respect to the substrate, comprising an inner developed surface area which is greater than its apparent surface area and, as a result, suitable for adsorption and/or absorption, —the active entity for agronomic treatment, absorbed into the grain and/or adsorbed at the surface of said grain, —a membrane encapsulating the nucleus comprising the active entity, consisting of at least one hydrophilic polymer which is permeable to the outside with respect to the active entity, when it is in direct or indirect contact with the moist substrate. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090205082 | Rc, Brown Pericarp and Seed Coat - The present invention relates to the production of red pericarp and seed coat in rice, and in particular, compositions comprising a basic helix-turn-helix red anthocyanin transcription factor, Rc, and methods using Rc for identifying rice germplasm comprising Rc including but not limited to grain quality grading and seed certification analysis. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention further relates to promoter sequences Rc binding elements including but not limited to regulatory elements of genes associated with anthocyanidin/proanthocyanidin pathways and the use of these elements for controlling weedy red rice plants and controlling the spread of transgenes into weedy red rice plants. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090205083 | Engineered zinc finger proteins targeting 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate-3-phosphate synthase genes - The present disclosure relates to engineered zinc finger proteins that target 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) genes in plants and methods of using such zinc finger proteins in modulating gene expression, gene inactivation, and targeted gene modification. In particular, the disclosure pertains to zinc finger nucleases for targeted cleavage and alteration of EPSPS genes. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090205084 | Nucleotide and amino acid sequences from xenorhabdus and uses thereof - The invention provides isolated nucleotide sequences from | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090205085 | Nucleotide and amino acid sequences from Xenorhabdus bovienii strain Xs85831 and uses thereof - The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences from | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090205086 | Commercial production of polysaccharide degrading enzymes in plants and methods of using same - Expression of recombinant polysaccharide degrading enzymes in plants is described. In one embodiment, expression of the enzyme is preferentially directed to the seed of the plant. Expression may also be preferentially targeted to specific locations within the plant cell. Expression of cellulases in corn is shown. The result is the capacity to produce polysaccharide degrading enzymes in plants at commercially acceptable levels in a reliable manner. Methods of using same in production of ethanol is also described, including use of the plant-produced enzymes in the ethanol production process. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090210970 | Plant Genomic DNA Flanking SPT Event and Methods for Identifying SPT Event - Compositions and methods related to transgenic plants comprising seed production technology are provided. Specifically, maize plants having a E6611.32.1.38 event which confers seed production technology are provided. The plant harboring the E6611.32.1.38 event at the recited chromosomal location comprises the genomic/transgene junctions described. The plant genomic DNA flanking the integrated E6611.32.1.38 event can be used to design assays that will be specific for the E6611.32.1.38 event. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the E6611.32.1.38 event provides for an enhanced breeding efficiency and enables the use of molecular markers to track the transgene insert in the breeding populations and progeny thereof. Various methods and compositions for the identification, detection, and use of the maize E6611.32.1.38 event are provided. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090222956 | AZOXYSTROBIN FORMULATIONS - The present invention provides microemulsifiable concentrates and microemulsions comprising azoxystrobin and propiconazole. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090222957 | REGULATORY PROTEIN-REGULATORY REGION ASSOCIATIONS RELATED TO ALKALOID BIOSYNTHESIS - Materials and methods for identifying regulatory region-regulatory protein associations are disclosed. Materials and methods for modulating expression of a sequence of interest are disclosed. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090241227 | Expression cassettes for seed-preferential expression in plants - The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating nucleotide sequences with seed-preferential or seed-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090241228 | Nucleic Acid Molecules and Other Molecules Associated with Plants - Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from maize are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed ESTs have particular utility in isolating genes and promoters, identifying and mapping the genes involved in developmental and metabolic pathways, and determining gene function. Sequence homology analyses using the ESTs provided in the present invention, will result in more efficient gene screening for desirable agronomic traits. An expanding database of these select pieces of the plant genomics puzzle will quickly expand the knowledge necessary for subsequent functional validation, a key limitation in current plant biotechnology efforts. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090241229 | NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES AND OTHER MOLECULES ASSOCIATED WITH PLANTS - Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from wheat are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed ESTs have particular utility in isolating genes and promoters, identifying and mapping the genes involved in developmental and metabolic pathways, and determining gene function. Sequence homology analyses using the ESTs provided in the present invention, will result in more efficient gene screening for desirable agronomic traits. An expanding database of these select pieces of the plant genomics puzzle will quickly expand the knowledge necessary for subsequent functional validation, a key limitation in current plant biotechnology efforts. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090255014 | Transgenic organisms with lower growth temperature - The invention relates to the growth temperature of organisms, especially plants and microorganisms and the manipulation of the tolerable cultivation temperature. More specifically, the present invention relates to the expression of heterologous proteins in microorganisms, and especially to the heterologous expression of heat sensitive proteins in bacteria, either gram-negative or gram-positive. In a first aspect, the present invention provides a method for manipulation of cells and the resultant cells, wherein at least one gene from a psychrophilic micro organism coding for at least one chaperone or chaperonin is expressed. Such cells are selected among cultivated eukaryotic cells, i.e. animal and plant cells and entire plants, gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, fungi and yeasts. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090260111 | Maize Stress-Responsive Promoter - Methods and compositions for modulating plant development are provided. Polynucleotide sequences encoding ZmSNAC polypeptides are provided, as are the amino acid sequences of the encoded polypeptides. The sequences can be used in a variety of methods including modulating root development, modulating floral development, modulating leaf and/or shoot development, modulating senescence, modulating seed size and/or weight, and modulating tolerance of plants to abiotic stress. Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, and seed are also provided. A stress-inducible ZmSNAC1 promoter is also provided. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090265815 | Sequence-determined DNA fragments and corresponding polypeptides encoded therapy - The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination sequence, and are also useful in controlling the behavior of a gene in the chromosome, in controlling the expression of a gene or as tools for genetic mapping, recognizing or isolating identical or related DNA fragments, or identification of a particular individual organism, or for clustering of a group of organisms with a common trait. One of ordinary skill in the art, having this data, can obtain cloned DNA fragments, synthetic DNA fragments or polypeptides constituting desired sequences by recombinant methodology known in the art or described herein | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090265816 | Isolated nucleic acid molecules from the genome of citrus leprosis virus and uses thereof - The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules found in the genome of the Citrus Leprosis Virus (CiLV), which is associated to Citrus Leprosis (CiL) disease. The cloned CiLV nucleic acid molecules can be used as probes or can be used to design oligonucleotide primers useful in assays, such as a polymerase chain reaction, for detecting the presence of CiLV in biological samples, particularly leaves, roots and other tissues or organs of plants, such as plants from the genera | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090271896 | METHOD FOR AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF PLANTS - The invention provides methods and compositions for enhancing the efficiency of | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090276922 | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants - Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from cotton are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed ESTs have particular utility in isolating genes and promoters, identifying and mapping the genes involved in developmental and metabolic pathways, and determining gene function. Sequence homology analyses using the ESTs provided in the present invention, will result in more efficient gene screening for desirable agronomic traits. An expanding database of these select pieces of the plant genomics puzzle will quickly expand the knowledge necessary for subsequent functional validation, a key limitation in current plant biotechnology efforts. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090282584 | EXPRESSION OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE POLYPEPTIDES IN DUCKWEED - Methods, nucleic acid sequences, and transformed duckweed plant or duckweed nodule cultures for the expression and the secretion of biologically active polypeptides from genetically engineered duckweed are provided. Expression of recombinant polypeptides in duckweed is improved by modifying the nucleotide sequence of the expression cassette encoding the polypeptide for improved expression in duckweed. Recovery of biologically active polypeptides from duckweed is improved by linking the biologically active polypeptide to a signal peptide that directs the secretion of the polypeptide into the culture medium. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090282585 | PLANT MYB TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOMOLOGS - This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a Myb-related transcription factor. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the Myb-related transcription factor, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the Myb-related transcription factor in a transformed host cell. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090293156 | Stress Tolerance and Delayed Senescence in Plants - The novel constructs and methods of this invention improve tolerance in plants to environmental stresses and senescence. Nucleic acids encoding a plant farnesyl transferase are described, as are transgenic plants and seeds incorporating these nucleic acids and proteins. Also provided are inhibitors of naturally-occurring farnesyl transferase which, when expressed, will enhance drought tolerance in the plants, improve resistance to senescence and modify growth habit. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090293157 | PRODUCTION OF PROGENITOR CEREAL CELLS - A process for the production and maintenance of pluripotent and/or totipotent progenitor cereal cells from undifferentiated callus cells is described. Production of the progenitor cells takes place via direct organogenesis on a medium containing at least one auxin and at least one cytokinin. For example, the auxin may be 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, indole-3-acetic acid, picloran, naphthelenacetic acid, indole-3-propionic acid, indole-3-butyric acid, phenyl acetic acid, benzofuran-3-acetic acid or phenyl butyric acid, and the cytokinin may be benzyl amino purine, benzyladenine, thidiazuron, zeatin, isopentyladenine, trans-zeatin or dimethylallyladenine. Processes for transformation of the undifferentiated callus cells and/or the progenitor cereal cells are also described. Typical cereal cells are sorghum, maize, wheat, barley, millet, rye, canola, alfalfa, triticale and rice. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090293158 | Nucleic Acid Molecules and Other Molecules Associated with Plants - Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from maize are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed ESTs have particular utility in isolating genes and promoters, identifying and mapping the genes involved in developmental and metabolic pathways, and determining gene function. Sequence homology analyses using the ESTs provided in the present invention, will result in more efficient gene screening for desirable agronomic traits. An expanding database of these select pieces of the plant genomics puzzle will quickly expand the knowledge necessary for subsequent functional validation, a key limitation in current plant biotechnology efforts. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090293159 | NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES AND OTHER MOLECULES ASSOCIATED WITH PLANTS - Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from wheat are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed ESTs have particular utility in isolating genes and promoters, identifying and mapping the genes involved in developmental and metabolic pathways, and determining gene function. Sequence homology analyses using the ESTs provided in the present invention, will result in more efficient gene screening for desirable agronomic traits. An expanding database of these select pieces of the plant genomics puzzle will quickly expand the knowledge necessary for subsequent functional validation, a key limitation in current plant biotechnology efforts. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090300801 | ISOLATED MENTHONE REDUCTASE AND NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES ENCODING SAME - The present invention provides isolated menthone reductase proteins, isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding menthone reductase proteins, methods for expressing and isolating menthone reductase proteins, and transgenic plants expressing elevated levels of menthone reductase protein. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090300802 | Plant defense signal peptides - A 23 amino acid peptide, AtPep1, plays an important role as a signaling component of the innate immune system of | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090307803 | Compositions and methods for control of insect infestations in plants - The present invention is directed to controlling pest infestation by inhibiting one or more biological functions in an invertebrate pest. The invention discloses methods and compositions for use in controlling pest infestation by feeding one or more different recombinant double stranded RNA molecules to the pest in order to achieve a reduction in pest infestation through suppression of gene expression. The invention is also directed to methods for making transgenic plants that express the double stranded RNA molecules, and to particular combinations of transgenic pesticidal agents for use in protecting plants from pest infestation. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090307804 | Transcription Regulating Nucleotide Sequence from Solanaceae Triose-Phosphate Translocator Genes and Their Use in Plant Expression Cassettes - The present invention relates to transcription regulating sequences from Solanaceae triose-phosphate translocator (TPT) genes and their use in plant expression cassettes. Preferably, the transcription regulating sequence is from the | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090307805 | ALTERNATIVE NUCLEOTIDES FOR IMPROVED TARGETED NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE - A method and oligonucleotides for targeted nucleotide exchange of a duplex DNA sequence, wherein the donor oligonucleotide contains at least one modified nucleotide having a higher binding affinity compared to naturally occurring A, C, T or G and/or binds stronger to a nucleotide in an opposite position in the first DNA sequence as compared to a naturally occurring nucleotide complementary to the nucleotide in the opposite position in the first DNA sequence. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090307806 | GENETIC MARKERS FOR HIGH OLEIC ACID CONTENT IN PLANTS - The present invention relates to a mutated nucleic acid sequence of a delta-12 oleate desaturase enzyme (FAD2)—encoding nucleic acid from a Cruciferae plant, wherein said mutated nucleic acid sequence comprises the non-conservative mutation of at least one nucleotide of at least one codon representing an amino acid selected from the group consisting of: —the amino acid at position 259 of the amino acid sequence of said FAD2, —the amino acid at position 216 of the amino acid sequence of said FAD2, —the amino acid at position 90 of the amino acid sequence of said FAD2, —the amino acid at position 116 of the amino acid sequence of said FAD2, —the amino acid at position 276 of the amino acid sequence of said FAD2. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090307807 | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants - The present invention is in the field of plant genetics. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid molecules and nucleic acid molecules that contain markers, in particular, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and repetitive element markers. In addition, the present invention provides nucleic acid molecules having regulatory elements or encoding proteins or fragments thereof. The invention also relates to proteins and fragments of proteins so encoded and antibodies capable of binding the proteins. The invention also relates to methods of using the nucleic acid molecules, markers, repetitive elements and fragments of repetitive elements, regulatory elements, proteins and fragments of proteins. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090313727 | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with the sucrose pathway - The present invention is in the field of plant biochemistry. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid sequences from plant cells, in particular, nucleic acid sequences from maize and soybean plants associated with the sucrose pathway. The invention encompasses nucleic acid molecules that encode proteins and fragments of proteins. In addition, the invention also encompasses proteins and fragments of proteins so encoded and antibodies capable of binding these proteins or fragments. The invention also relates to methods of using the nucleic acid molecules, proteins and fragments of proteins and antibodies, for example for genome mapping, gene identification and analysis, plant breeding, preparation of constructs for use in plant gene expression and transgenic plants. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090320164 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF PLANT CELL HAVING CHROMOSOME LOSS - The present invention provides a simple aneuploid production process, applicable to all species, without producing unexpected damage to chromosomes other than a chromosome which is to be disappeared. A vector comprising two site-specific recognition sequences oriented in the opposite direction, or one site-specific recombinase recognition sequence comprising a point-symmetric nucleotide sequence, and a recombinase gene is introduced into a plant cells or a vector comprising two site-specific recognition sequences oriented in the opposite directions or one site-specific recombinase recognition sequence comprising a point-symmetric nucleotide sequence is introduced into a plant cell; a recombinase is allowed to act transiently in the cell during at least growth of the cell; and the cell is cultured and grown; and a cell in which a predetermined chromosome is disappeared is selected. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090320165 | MODULATION OF PROTEIN LEVELS IN PLANTS - Methods and materials for modulating, e.g., increasing or decreasing, protein levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding protein-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased protein levels and plant products produced from plants having increased protein levels. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090320166 | Synergistic Insecticide And Fungicidal Mixtures - The present invention relates to novel active compound combinations comprising at least two fungicidal components A and B and at least one insecticidal component C. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090328257 | ARTICHOKE HYBRID NAMED 'PS-H1860' - A new and distinct hybrid of artichoke named ‘PS-H1860’, characterized by its numerous bud numbers, fleshiness of bracts, fleshiness of hearts, and uniformity of head shapes ability to bolt in warm summer conditions (reduced vernalization requirements) allowing spring/summer planting and fall production. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090328258 | Radiosynthesis as an Alternative Energy Utilization Process in Melanized Organisms and Uses Thereof - This present invention provides methods of enhancing the growth of a microorganism or plant by increasing its melanin content and exposing it to radiation, and methods of using melanized microorganisms to contain or exclude radiation. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090328259 | Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100005548 | Nucleic Acid Sequences and Methods of Use for the Production of Plants with Modified Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids - By this invention, novel nucleic acid sequences are provided, wherein said nucleic acid sequence is a genomic sequence of a plant desaturase encoding sequence. Also provided in the present invention are the promoter and intron sequences of the desaturase genomic sequences. Furthermore, recombinant DNA constructs employing the polynucleotide sequences are provided. The instant invention also provides methods for the modification of fatty acid compositions in host plant cells. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100005549 | INCREASING UV-B TOLERANCE IN PLANTS - Methods and materials related to UV-B tolerance in plants are disclosed, e.g., plants and seeds having a cell containing an exogenous nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide having UV-B tolerance activity. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100005550 | Nucleic acid sequences from Chlorella sarokiniana and Uses thereof - Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from the unicellular green algae, | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100017916 | Systems for reducing biomass recalcitrance - Improved systems and methods for reducing costs and increasing yields of cellulosic ethanol including compositions of matter comprising plant biomass and cell wall-modifying enzyme polypeptides and transgenic plants expression cell wall-modifying enzyme polypeptides. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100017917 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH TOCOPHEROL METHYLTRANSFERASE - Disclosed is are gene sequences encoding γ-tocopherol methyltransferases from photosynthetic organisms. The enzyme γ-tocopherol methyltransferase catalyzes the methylation of γ-tocopherol to yield α-tocopherol, the most bioactive species of tocopherol. γ-tocopherol methyltransferase is believed to be involved in regulating the relative amounts of the various tocopherols present in photosynthetic organisms. By introducing a genetic construct having a γ-tocopherol methyltransferase coding sequence placed under the control of a plant promoter into a plant, transgenic plants can be made having altered γ-tocopherol methyltransferase expression, to effect dramatic changes in the tocopherol profile of the plant. Transgenic plants can be made that have α-tocopherol as the predominant tocopherol in their seeds and oils. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100024070 | MODULATION OF OIL LEVELS IN PLANTS - Methods and materials for modulating (e.g., increasing or decreasing) oil levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding oil-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased oil levels and plant products produced from plants having increased oil levels. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100024071 | Methods for treating or preventing infestation - The present invention provides methods and compositions for controlling a fungal or insect infestation. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100024072 | Methods to Increase Crop Yield - Provided herein are exemplary methods for increasing crop yield. One exemplary method for increasing a yield of a crop includes controlling plant tissue stress by at least partially coating a plant tissue with a composition comprising an agricultural sunscreen formulation and a second agricultural chemical. The agricultural sunscreen formulation and the second agricultural chemical may be applied to the plant tissue from separate containers, wherein each container either contains the agricultural sunscreen formulation or the second agricultural chemical. Further, the agricultural sunscreen formulation and the second agricultural chemical may be applied to the crop at or near the same time. Alternatively, the agricultural sunscreen formulation and the second agricultural chemical may be applied to the crop from a shared container, wherein the shared container contains both the agricultural sunscreen formulation and the second agricultural chemical. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100031397 | NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND POLYPEPTIDES ENCODED THEREBY USEFUL FOR MODIFYING PLANT CHARACTERISTICS - Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100031398 | GENES ENCODING CHAVICOL/EUGENOL SYNTHASE FROM THE CREOSOTE BUSH LARREA TRIDENTATA - Particular aspects provide novel methods for redirecting carbon allocation in plants or cell culture from lignification to inherently more useful and tractable materials, and to facilitate the generation of, e.g., biofuels from the remaining plant roculture biomass. Particular aspects provided novel methods for converting monolignols into allyl/propenyl phenols, and for chavicol/eugenol formation or production. Additional aspects relate to the discovery of novel chavicol/eugenol synthases that convert p-coumaryl/coniferyl alcohol esters into chavicol/eugenol, and to novel compositions (e.g., novel proteins and nucleic acids encoding same), and novel methods using same for producing or forming chavicol/eugenol and other derivatives in cell culture and/or genetically modified plants, and for re-engineering the composition of plant biomass. Particular aspects provide novel methods for generation in culture or in planta of liquid/combustible allyl/propenyl phenols, and these phenolic products are utilized for (non-ethanol) biofuel/bioenergy purposes, while the remaining plant biomass facilitates the generation of other biofuels. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100031399 | Polypeptides having alpha-glucuronidase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having alpha-glucuronidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100031400 | Polypeptides having acetylxylan esterase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having acetylxylan esterase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100037352 | SEQUENCE-DETERMINED DNA FRAGMENTS AND CORRESPONDING POLYPEPTIDES ENCODED THEREBY - The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination sequence, and are also useful in controlling the behavior of a gene in the chromosome, in controlling the expression of a gene or as tools for genetic mapping, recognizing or isolating identical or related DNA fragments, or identification of a particular individual organism, or for clustering of a group of organisms with a common trait. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100037353 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING ACTIVITY OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES SCAVENGING ENZYMES - A highly safe, inexpensive and widely utilizable method, which has a mechanism backed by scientific grounds, for improving an activity of ROS (reactive oxygen species)-scavenging enzyme group; An increase in the amount of an enzyme or promotion of an enzyme activity of the ROS scavenging enzyme group such as superoxide dismutase, catalase or peroxidase is caused in an organism having the ROS-scavenging enzyme with one or two or more kinds of substances selected from the group consisting of erythritol, mannitol, sorbitol and xylitol in 0.01-10% administration concentration. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100037354 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS CONTAINING ALTERED LEVELS OF STEROID COMPOUNDS - Disclosed are constructs comprising sequences encoding 3-hydroxy-3methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A reductase and at least one other sterol synthesis pathway enzyme. Also disclosed are methods for using such constructs to alter sterol production and content in cells, plants, seeds and storage organs of plants. Also provided are oils and compositions containing altered sterol levels produced by use of the disclosed constructs. Novel nucleotide sequences useful in the alteration of sterol production are also provided. Also provided are cells, plants, seeds and storage organs of plants comprising sequences encoding 3-hydroxy-3methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A reductase, at least one other sterol synthesis pathway enzyme and at least one tocopherol synthesis enzyme. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100037355 | SEQUENCE-DETERMINED DNA FRAGMENTS AND CORRESPONDING POLYPEPTIDES ENCODED THEREBY - The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination sequence, and are also useful in controlling the behavior of a gene in the chromosome, in controlling the expression of a gene or as tools for genetic mapping, recognizing or isolating identical or related DNA fragments, or identification of a particular individual organism, or for clustering of a group of organisms with a common trait. One of ordinary skill in the art, having this data, can obtain cloned DNA fragments, synthetic DNA fragments or polypeptides constituting desired sequences by recombinant methodology known in the art or described herein. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100037356 | NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES AND OTHER MOLECULES ASSOCIATED WITH THE TETRAPYRROLE PATHWAY - The present invention is in the field of plant biochemistry. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid sequences from plant cells, in particular, nucleic acid sequences from maize and soybean associated with the tetrapyrrole pathway. The invention encompasses nucleic acid molecules that encode proteins and fragments of proteins. In addition, the invention also encompasses proteins and fragments of proteins so encoded and antibodies capable of binding these proteins or fragments. The invention also relates to methods of using the nucleic acid molecules, proteins and fragments of proteins and antibodies, for example for genome mapping, gene identification and analysis, plant breeding, preparation of constructs for use in plant gene expression and transgenic plants. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100043105 | Polypeptides having acetylxylan esterase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having acetylxylan esterase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100043106 | PTILOTUS | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100050298 | MUTANTS OF PHA SYNTHASE FROM PSEUDOMONAS SP. 6-19 AND METHOD FOR PREPARING LACTATE HOMOPOLYMER OR COPOLYMER USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase (PHA synthase) mutant originated from | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100050299 | POST-HARVEST TREATMENT OF FRUITS WITH AN ANTIFUNGAL COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to the treatment of wounds occurring from cutting bananas and pineapples from a tree with a composition containing natamycin and at least one phosphite containing compound. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100050300 | METHODS FOR REMOVAL OF SPECIFIC SEED TISSUE OR STRUCTURE FOR SEED ANALYSIS - A method for reducing resources for selecting seed to be produced in commercial quantities or for research is disclosed. Samples of seed which are candidates for selection are collected and given an identifier. Specific tissue or structure from candidate seed is removed. A test or analysis is performed on the candidate seed or the removed tissue or structure. Results of the test or analysis are recorded and correlated to the seed's identifier. The results are evaluated and a decision is made whether to select a candidate seed for commercial production or for research. Time, space, and labor associated with growing plants in an experimental plot or greenhouse and taking tissue samples from growing plants is saved. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100050301 | SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING AND MODIFYING LARGE PIECES OF GENOMIC DNA AND CONSTRUCTING VASCULAR PLANTS WITH SYNTHETIC CHLOROPLAST GENOMES - Vectors capable of stable replication in yeast and bacteria and comprising all essential genes of vascular plant plastids are provided as well as the use of such vectors to construct an recombinant plastid genome and host cells transformed with said vectors and recombinant plastid genomes. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100050302 | NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES FROM CYANIDIUM CALDARIUM AND USES THEREOF - Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from the unicellular red algae, | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100058498 | MODULATING LIGNIN IN PLANTS - Materials and methods for modulating (e.g., increasing or decreasing) lignin content in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding lignin-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to generate transgenic plants having a modulated lignin content. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100064393 | Bacillus liceniformis chromosome - The present invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide of the complete chromosome of | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100071097 | Nucleic Acid Molecules and Other Molecules Associated with the Methionine Synthesis and Degradation Pathways - The present invention is in the field of plant biochemistry. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid sequences from plant cells, in particular, DNA sequences from maize and soybean plants associated with the methionine pathway. The invention encompasses nucleic acid molecules that encode proteins and fragments of proteins. In addition, the invention also encompasses proteins and fragments of proteins so encoded and antibodies capable of binding these proteins or fragments. The invention also relates to methods of using the nucleic acid molecules, proteins and fragments of proteins and antibodies, for example for genome mapping, gene identification and analysis, plant breeding, preparation of constructs for use in plant gene expression and transgenic plants. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100077513 | NOVEL PLANT TRANSCRIBED REGIONS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention is in the field of plant molecular biology. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid molecules that encode proteins and fragments of proteins. The invention also relates to proteins and fragments of proteins so encoded and antibodies capable of binding the proteins. The invention also relates to methods of using the nucleic acid molecules, proteins and fragments of proteins. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100083406 | Black Garabedian - A new and distinct variety of plum tree that is characterized by producing a semi freestone fruit with good dark red coloration and is ripe for commercial harvesting and shipment June 3-June 14 in the San Joaquin Valley of Central Calif. The new variety is closely similar to ‘Santa Rosa’ plum (non patented) from which it is hybridized but it is distinguishable in that it ripens seven to ten days before ‘Santa Rosa’ variety. The fruit of this new variety is medium size with good flavor and good dark red color which makes it greatly acceptable for the consumer. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100083407 | NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND POLYPEPTIDES ENCODED THEREBY USEFUL FOR MODIFYING PLANT CHARACTERISTICS - Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100095407 | PAC 941 - A new and distinct plum almond hybrid cultivar for rootstock use that originated as an open pollinated seedling as provided. This new invention (cultivar) is particularly well suited for use as a plum, peach, nectarine, apricot and almond rootstock. It is found that this new invention (cultivar) exhibits good root anchorage as well as a significantly reduced tendency to form unwanted suckers. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100100986 | PROMOTER FOR THE HIGH LEVEL EXPRESSION IN PLANT-TISSUE CULTURE AND VECTOR USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a promoter (SEQ ID NO.: 1) inducing high level expression of a target gene in plant tissue cultured cells, derived from the sweetpotato gene of Ran GTPase, small GTP binding protein, a plant transformation vector for carrying the same and a method for expressing a foreign gene in plant cell using the vector. The activity of promoter according to the present invention is higher than that of universal CaMV 35S promoter in transgenic suspension cultured cell lines, calluses and adventitious roots. Thus, the promoter is useful in the generation of transgenic cell lines including cultured roots to produce valuable materials such as medicinal or industrial proteins in a large quantities with plant tissue cultured cells. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100100987 | NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES AND OTHER MOLECULES ASSOCIATED WITH THE TOCOPHEROL PATHWAY - The present invention is in the field of plant biochemistry. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid sequences from plant cells, in particular, nucleic acid sequences from maize and soybean associated with the tocopherol synthesis pathway enzymes. The invention encompasses nucleic acid molecules that encode proteins and fragments of proteins. In addition, the invention also encompasses proteins and fragments of proteins so encoded and antibodies capable of binding these proteins or fragments. The invention also relates to methods of using the nucleic acid molecules, proteins and fragments of proteins and antibodies, for example for genome mapping, gene identification and analysis, plant breeding, preparation of constructs for use in plant gene expression and transgenic plants. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100107281 | PESTICIDAL COMBINATIONS - A method of controlling or preventing nematode and/or pathogenic damage in a plant propagation material, a plant, and/or plant organs that grow at a later point in time, which comprises applying on the plant, part of the plant, or the surrounding area thereof, a pesticidal combination comprising, for example, at least two active ingredient components optionally together with one or more customary formulation auxiliaries, wherein component (I) is one or more nematicide(s) and component (II) is one or more plant activator(s), in any desired sequence or simultaneously. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of controlling or preventing nematode and/or pathogenic damage in a plant propagation material, a plant, and/or plant organs that grow at a later point in time, which comprises applying on the plant, part of the plant, or the surrounding area thereof, a pesticidal combination comprising two or more nematicides optionally together with one or more customary formulation auxiliaries, in any desired sequence or simultaneously. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100107282 | THERMOSTABLE CELLULASE AND METHODS OF USE | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100115669 | Plant Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Synthase Genes, Proteins, And Uses Thereof - Cyclopropane fatty acid synthase genes and polypeptides are described. Plants are transformed with such genes to produce such polypeptides. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100122381 | NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES AND OTHER MOLECULES ASSOCIATED WITH PLANTS - Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from soybean are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed ESTs have particular utility in isolating genes and promoters, identifying and mapping the genes involved in developmental and metabolic pathways, and determining gene function. Sequence homology analyses using the ESTs provided in the present invention, will result in more efficient gene screening for desirable agronomic traits. An expanding database of these select pieces of the plant genomics puzzle will quickly expand the knowledge necessary for subsequent functional validation, a key limitation in current plant biotechnology efforts. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100132073 | SESQUITERPENOID MODIFYING ENZYMES - We describe glycosyltransferase polypeptides that modify sesquiterpenoids and including pharmaceutical compositions comprising glycosylated sesquiterpenoids; methods to treat diseases, in particular cancer, bacterial and fungal infections and also flavourings and scents comprising glycosylated sesquiterpenoids. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100146671 | TARGETING VECTOR - The present invention relates generally to nucleic acid constructs, which are useful for inserting a nucleotide sequence of interest into a target nucleic acid molecule via homologous recombination. The present invention also relates to methods for producing such constructs. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100146672 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING CELLULOSE PRODUCTION - This disclosure relates to methods and compositions for genetically altering cellulose biosynthesis. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100154080 | DELTA-8 DESATURASE GENES, ENZYMES ENCODED THEREBY AND USES THEREOF - The present invention is related to isolated polynucleotides encoding a delta-8 desaturase, delta-8 desaturases encoded by the isolated polynucleotides, expression vectors containing the isolated polynucleotides, host cells containing the expression vectors and methods for producing delta-8 desaturases and polyunsaturated fatty acids. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100154081 | METHODS AND MEANS FOR PRODUCING GLYCOPROTEINS WITH ALTERED GLYCOSYLATION PATTERN IN HIGHER PLANTS - The invention provides methods to modify the N-glycosylation pattern of glycoproteins in higher plant cells, through reducing or eliminating the level of β(1,2) xylosyltransferase and α (1,3) fucosyltransferase activity and increasing the β(1,4) galactosyltransferase activity in the cell of the higher plant. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100162442 | GENES ASSOCIATED TO SUCROSE CONTENT - Modern sugarcane cultivars are complex hybrids resulting from crosses among several species of the | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100170009 | Nucleic acids encoding plant glutamine phenylpyruvate transaminase (GPT) and uses thereof - Glutamine phenylpyruvate transaminase (GPT) proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding GPT proteins, and uses thereof are disclosed. Provided herein are various GPT proteins and GPT gene coding sequences isolated from a number of plant species. As disclosed herein, GPT proteins share remarkable structural similarity within plant species, and are active in catalyzing the synthesis of 2-hydroxy-5-oxoproline (2-oxoglutaramate), a powerful signal metabolite which regulates the function of a large number of genes involved in the photosynthesis apparatus, carbon fixation and nitrogen metabolism. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100170010 | Use of genes encoding membrane transporter pumps to stimulate the production of secondary metabolites in biological cells - The invention relates to the field of secondary metabolite production in plants and plant cell cultures. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of transporters and more particularly ABC-transporters to enhance the production and/or secretion of secondary metabolites in plants and plant cell cultures. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100170011 | PLANTS HAVING ENHANCED YIELD-RELATED TRAITS AND A METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing plant yield-related traits relative to control plants. More specifically, the present invention concerns a method for enhancing yield related traits in plants relative to control plants, by modulating, preferably increasing, expression in the roots of a plant, of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a 2-cysteine peroxiredoxin (2-Cys PRX); or by modulating expression of a nucleic acid encoding an ANN polypeptide in a plant. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated, preferably increased, expression in the roots, of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a 2-Cys PRX, or having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding an ANN polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100186124 | TARGETED NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE WITH LNA MODIFIED OLIGONUCLEOTIDES - A method and oligonucleotides for targeted nucleotide exchange of a duplex DNA sequence, wherein the donor oligonucleotide contains at least one modified nucleotide which is a LNA having a higher binding affinity compared to naturally occurring A, C, T or G and/or binds stronger to a nucleotide in an opposite position in the first DNA sequence as compared to a naturally occurring nucleotide complementary to the nucleotide in the opposite position in the first DNA sequence. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100186125 | SELECTION METHOD - The invention relates to a method for producing a transformed plant cell. More particularly, the method involves the transformation of a plant cell with a Transformation Cassette which is targeted to plant plastids and which comprises a selection gene, for example isopentenyl transferase (IPT), and a transgene. After selection for transformed plastids, expression of a recombinase is induced in the plant cell, which leads to the excision of the selection gene from the plastid and the expression of the transgene in the plastid. The invention also provides cells and plants comprising the Transformation Cassette. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100186126 | EXPRESSION OF PLASMINOGEN AND MICROPLASMINOGEN IN DUCKWEED - The present invention provides methods and compositions for the production of recombinant plasminogen, microplasminogen, and fragments thereof in a duckweed expression system. It is the novel finding of the present invention that a duckweed expression system may be used to produce high levels of plasminogen and microplasminogen. The duckweed-produced plasminogen and microplasminogen can be activated to produce a polypeptide having protease activity. Thus, the invention encompasses methods for the expression of plasminogen, microplasminogen, and fragments thereof in duckweed, duckweed plants that are transformed with expression cassettes for the expression of plasminogen, microplasminogen, and fragments thereof, and nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences encoding plasminogen, microplasminogen, and fragments thereof, where these nucleotide sequences are modified to enhance their expression in duckweed. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100186127 | NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES AND OTHER MOLECULES ASSOCIATED WITH PLANTS - Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from soybean are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed ESTs have particular utility in isolating genes and promoters, identifying and mapping the genes involved in developmental and metabolic pathways, and determining gene function. Sequence homology analyses using the ESTs provided in the present invention, will result in more efficient gene screening for desirable agronomic traits. An expanding database of these select pieces of the plant genomics puzzle will quickly expand the knowledge necessary for subsequent functional validation, a key limitation in current plant biotechnology efforts. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100186128 | Nucleic Acid Molecules and Other Molecules Associated with Plants - Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from wheat are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed ESTs have particular utility in isolating genes and promoters, identifying and mapping the genes involved in developmental and metabolic pathways, and determining gene function. Sequence homology analyses using the ESTs provided in the present invention, will result in more efficient gene screening for desirable agronomic traits. An expanding database of these select pieces of the plant genomics puzzle will quickly expand the knowledge necessary for subsequent functional validation, a key limitation in current plant biotechnology efforts. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100192261 | INCREASING UV-B TOLERANCE IN PLANTS - Methods and materials related to UV-B tolerance in plants are disclosed, e.g., plants and seeds having a cell containing an exogenous nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide having UV-B tolerance activity. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100192262 | Bioluminescent Plants Comprising Bacterial Lux Operon and Methods of Making Same - In one aspect, the invention relates to a transgenic bioluminescent plant including an expressible heterologous nucleotide sequence comprising a bacterial LUX operon, which includes LUX A, LUX B, LUX C, LUX D, LUX E, and LUX G genes, wherein the heterologous nucleotide sequence is expressed to render the plant bioluminescent. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100192263 | Novel FRT Recombination Sites and Methods of Use - Methods and compositions using populations of randomized modified FRT recombination sites to identify, isolate and/or characterize modified FRT recombination sites are provided. The recombinogenic modified FRT recombination sites can be employed in a variety of methods for targeted recombination of polynucleotides of interest, including methods to recombine polynucleotides, assess promoter activity, directly select transformed organisms, minimize or eliminate expression resulting from random integration into the genome of an organism, such as a plant, remove polynucleotides of interest, combine multiple transfer cassettes, invert or excise a polynucleotide, and identify and/or characterize transcriptional regulating regions are also provided. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100199389 | Targeted integration into the Zp15 locus - Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for targeted integration of an exogenous sequence into a plant Zp15 locus, for example, for expression of a polypeptide of interest. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100205694 | DWF4 Polynucleotides, Polypeptides and Uses Thereof - The present invention relates to novel, polynucleotides isolated from dwarf plants. The dwf4 polynucleotides that encode all, or a portion of, a DWF4 polypeptide, a cytochrome P450 enzyme that mediates multiple steps in synthesis of brassinosteriods. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides that encode regulatory regions of dwf4. Uses of the dwf4 polypeptides and polynucleotides are also disclosed. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100235949 | SEED TREATMENT WITH PRF - The invention relates to a method to enhance germination of seeds and/or growth of plants or plant parts and/or plant yield by subjecting seeds to a pulsed radiofrequency electrical field (PRF). | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100242141 | COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCTION OF PLANT BODY HAVING IMPROVED SUGAR CONTENT, AND USE THEREOF - The composition, in accordance with the present invention, for producing a plant body having an improved sugar content includes glutathione, a polynucleotide encoding γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase, or a polynucleotide encoding glutathione-binding plastid type fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase. The composition preferably includes oxidized glutathione. This allows provision of a composition for easily producing a plant body having an improved sugar content. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100251428 | Compositions And Methods For Conversion Of Aldehydes To Alkanes - The invention provides the discovery that SCD2 (Susceptible to Coronatine-Deficient Pst DC3118-2) protein converts aldehydes to alkanes, thereby changing the composition and/or amount of synthesized waxes. The invention additionally provides homologs, orthologs and paralogs of SCD2 protein, and nucleotide sequences encoding these proteins. Also provided are expression vectors, transgenic cells, transgenic plants, transgenic seeds, methods for altering alkane production in cells, methods for identifying the function of a nucleotide sequence in the synthesis of plant surface wax, and methods for identifying plant tissue that has an altered surface wax composition. The invention's compositions and methods are useful for altering the amount and/or composition of wax produced by cells, including plants and seeds, that have been transformed with the invention's sequences. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100251429 | NOVEL PROTEIN, A GENE ENCODING THEREFOR AND A METHOD OF USING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to search and identify novel antifungal proteins capable of inhibiting the growth of plant pathogenic microorganisms including | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100251430 | Highly Infectious Nucleic Acid Molecules from Pepper Mottle Virus and Plant Viral Vector Derived from the Same - The present invention relates to a plant-infectious nucleic acid molecule from Pepper mottle virus, and a viral vector, a transformed cell and a transgenic plant having it. The present invention first achieves the cloning of the infectious full-length pepper mottle virus cDNA from virus-infected pepper, which enables to perform the molecular biological studies to the infectivity of pepper mottle virus in pepper and tobacco and to provide a plant virus-based vector to highly express a useful foreign protein. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100251431 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRESERVED FLOWER AND PROCESSING SOLUTION THEREFOR - A method for producing a preserved flower with its original natural flower color, particularly its original delicate color gradations, retained and a processing solution used in the method are provided. More specifically, the method for producing a preserved flower includes: immersing a fresh flower in a processing solution including a solution or dispersion containing one or two or more selected from a natural oil, natural resin, siloxane, synthetic resin, hydrated urethane, fatty acid ester, and surfactant; and drying the treated fresh flower. In the method for producing a preserved flower, the natural oil is oil of turpentine, stand oil, whale oil, boiled oil, linseed oil, camellia oil, olive oil, rape oil, salad oil (refined vegetable oil), sesame oil, or camphor oil; the natural resin is turpentine, glue, wax, beeswax, rubber, or Japanese lacquer; and the fatty acid ester is an ester of a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid such as lauric acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, or myristic acid with a lower alcohol or polyalcohol. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100263093 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS AND MODULATORS FOR IMPROVED STRESS TOLERANCE - GmWRKY transcription factor genes and proteins from soybean. Plants that overexpress GmWRKY transcription factor genes and proteins to thereby increase stress tolerance. Methods for making such slants and methods for mimicking a stress tolerance phenotype using a GmWRKY modulator. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100269230 | NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES AND OTHER MOLECULES ASSOCIATED WITH PLANTS - Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from cotton are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed ESTs have particular utility in isolating genes and promoters, identifying and mapping the genes involved in developmental and metabolic pathways, and determining gene function. Sequence homology analyses using the ESTs provided in the present invention, will result in more efficient gene screening for desirable agronomic traits. An expanding database of these select pieces of the plant genomics puzzle will quickly expand the knowledge necessary for subsequent functional validation, a key limitation in current plant biotechnology efforts. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100275330 | Plant Technology - Genetic constructs capable of manipulating fructan biosynthesis in photosynthetic cells of a plant, said genetic constructs include a promoter operatively linked to a nucleic acid encoding a bacterial FT enzyme. These constructs can be used in modification of fructan biosynthesis in plants and, more particularly, for manipulating fructan biosynthesis in photosynthetic cells. The constructs can also be used for increasing plant biomass and, more particularly, for enhancing biomass yield and/or yield stability, including shoot and/or root growth in a plant, and for enhancing the productivity of biochemical pathways. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100275331 | PROTECTIVE LAYER FOR PLANTS AND TREES, THE PRODUCTION THEREOF AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to a method for producing a protective layer on a surface of a plant, to a protective layer for a surface of a plant, to a plant coated with said protective layer, to a composition for carrying out the method and for producing the protective layer, and to uses of said composition. According to the invention, a method is proposed, wherein at least one sol gel having nano-scale particles is formed by the hydrolysis of at least one precursor in water and at least one nano-scale layer of the sol gel is applied onto the surface of the plant. The protective layer according to the invention comprises a nano-scale SiO | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100275332 | ORYZA SATIVA L18A AND HSC71 EXPRESSION ELEMENTS USEFUL FOR MODULATING GENE EXPRESSION IN PLANTS - The present invention provides non-coding regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from the ribosomal protein L18A and heat shock cognate HSC71 genes of | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100275333 | ABIOTIC STRESS RESPONSIVE POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES - Abiotic stress responsive polynucleotides and polypeptides are disclosed. Also disclosed are vectors, expression cassettes, host cells, and plants containing such polynucleotides. Also provided are methods for using such polynucleotides and polypeptides, for example, to alter the responsiveness of a plant to abiotic stress. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100281583 | BORON TRANSPORTER - The present invention relates to boron transporters and, in particular, to boron transporters derived from plants. The present invention also relates to methods that utilise boron transporters, such as methods for modulating boron transport in cells and methods for determining the level or rate of boron transport in a cell or organism on the basis of the expression level of one or more boron transporters. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100281584 | NOVEL SYSTEMIC INSECTICIDE - Disclosed are compounds that are utilizable as systemic insecticides and possess excellent systemic properties. Compounds represented by formula (1) have excellent systemic insecticidal activity. Accordingly, a composition comprising as an active ingredient the compound of formula (1) or salt thereof is useful as a systemic insecticide. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100287671 | Stress-regulated genes of plants, transgenic plants containing same, and methods of use - Clusters of plant genes that are regulated in response to one or more stress conditions are provided, as are isolated plant stress-regulated genes, including portions thereof comprising a coding sequence or a regulatory element, and to consensus sequences comprising a plant stress-regulated regulatory element. In addition, a recombinant polynucleotide, which includes a plant stress-regulated gene, or functional portion thereof, operatively linked to a heterologous nucleotide sequence, is provided, as are transgenic plants, which contain a plant stress-regulated gene or functional portion thereof that was introduced into a progenitor cell of the plant. Also provided are methods of using a plant stress-regulated gene to confer upon a plant a selective advantage to a stress condition, methods of identifying an agent that modulates the activity of a plant stress-regulated regulatory element, and methods of determining whether a plant has been exposed to a stress. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287672 | PLANT CELL SIGNALING GENES - Novel plant cell signaling genes and gene products are provided. These gene, polypeptide and oligonucleotide sequences are useful in regulating plant phenotype. Moreover, these genes and gene products are useful for expression profiling of plant cell signaling genes. The invention specifically provides polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences isolated from | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100293672 | Peach tree - A new and distinct variety of peach tree ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100299789 | Polypeptides having Cellulolytic Enhancing Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100306881 | Polypeptides having Cellulolytic Enhancing Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100319090 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING SECRETED PROTEINS - The present invention relates to a method for producing a heterologous protein secreted out of a plant cell comprising introducing into a plant cell genome a DNA encoding an amino acid sequence that comprises a glycinin signal sequence for endoplasmic reticulum transport and an amino acid sequence of a heterologous protein, wherein the signal sequence is directly fused to the amino acid sequence of the heterologous protein or one or two amino acids are inserted between the signal sequence and the amino acid sequence of the heterologous protein; and expressing the DNA. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100319091 | METHODS OF MODULATING PRODUCTION OF PHENYLPROPANOID COMPOUNDS IN PLANTS - A method of enhancing production of a phenylpropanoid compound in a plant or plant cell is disclosed. The method comprising: (a) expressing in the plant or plant cell a heterologous polynucleotide which produces a myb gene of the phenylpropanoid pathway; and (b) contacting the plant or plant cell with at least one substrate of the phenylpropanoid pathway, the substrate being upstream to the production of the phenylpropanoid compound, thereby enhancing the production of a phenylpropanoid compound in the plant or plant cell. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100319092 | DIG-10 INSECTICIDAL CRY TOXINS - DIG-10 Cry toxins, polynucleotides encoding such toxins, use of such toxins to control pests, and transgenic plants that produce such toxins are disclosed. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100319093 | DIG-11 INSECTICIDAL CRY TOXINS - DIG-11 Cry toxins, polynucleotides encoding such toxins, use of such toxins to control pests, and transgenic plants that produce such toxins are disclosed. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100325755 | PESTICIDAL COMBINATIONS - A method of controlling or preventing pest and/or pathogenic damage in a plant propagation material, a plant, and/or plant organs that grow at a later point in time, which comprises applying on the plant, part of the plant, or the surrounding area thereof, a pesticidal combination comprising, for example, at least two active ingredient components optionally together with one or more customary formulation auxiliaries, wherein component (I) is one or more insecticide(s) selected from the group comprising thiodicarb, clothianidin, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, acetamiprid, thiacloprid, chlorantraniliprole, beta-cyfluthrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, tefluthrin, fipronil and abamectin and component (II) is one or more plant activators), provided that a) if component (II) is acibenzolar-S-methyl then component (I) is not solely thiamethoxam, b) if component (II) is acibenzolar-S-methyl or harpin then component (I) is not solely abamectin or a mixture of abamectin with one of clothianidin, imidacloprid or thiamethoxam, c) if component (U) is acibenzolar-S-methyl or harpin then component (I) is not solely thiodicarb or a mixture of thiodicarb with one of clothianidin, imidacloprid or thiamethoxam, and d) if component (II) is acibenzolar-S-methyl or harpin then no plant growth regulator selected from the group comprising paclobutrazol, cyproconazole, uniconazole, tetcyclacis, trinexapac, gibberellic acid and gibberellic acid-3 is present. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325756 | PLASTID TRANSFORMATION UTILIZING ENDOGENOUS REGULATORY ELEMENTS - Disclosed herein are vectors, plants and methods of transforming plants to increase translation efficiency. Specifically disclosed are methods of implementing a regulatory element endogenous to a target plant species and operatively associating said regulatory element with a heterologous gene of interest. Examples of regulatory sequences are disclosed including 5′ UTR sequences of chloroplast genes, such as a psbA gene. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325757 | FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURE - Fungicidal compositions are provided that comprise a silthiofam-type fungicide and a fungicide that is selected from the group consisting of diazole fungicides, triazole fungicides and strobilurin type fungicides. Combinations of fluqinconazole and simeconazole or azoxystrobin, and simeconazole and azoxystrobin are also provided. Methods for treating plants and plant propagation materials with the fungicidal compositions are also taught, as are plants and their propagation materials which have been so treated, and controlled release formulations that contain the fungicidal compositions. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100333235 | Plant Centromere Compositions - The present invention provides for the nucleic acid sequences of plant centromeres. This will permit construction of stably inherited recombinant DNA constructs and minichromosomes which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100333236 | INSECT INHIBITING PLANT SERPIN MUTANTS - The present invention relates to a method to limit insect and/or mite damage in plants, by the use of mutant plant proteinase inhibitors. More specifically, it relates to the use of mutant serpins of which the reactive center loop has been replaced by an artificial sequence. Preferably, the mutant serpins use an | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100333237 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING PLANTS FROM STRESS AND SENESCENCE - The present invention relates to regulation of ureide levels for optimal plant survival during nutrient remobilization such as occurs during normal growth, dark stress and senescence. Plants can be genetically engineered or selected using a suitable gene marker to have enhanced ureide accumulation. The present invention further provides methods of protecting plants, or extending the shelf life of fresh plant produce by application of exogenous ureides. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110010805 | Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110016588 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS EXPRESSING CYTOKININ BIOSYNTHETIC GENES AND METHODS OF USE THEREFOR - The present invention provides an approach to increase yield and vigor in a plant. The present invention describes expressing a heterologous gene in a plant that control cytokinin expression under the control of a cell cycle regulated promoter. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110016589 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING PLANT TRANSFORMATION EFFICIENCY - The invention provides methods and compositions for increasing the efficiency of genetic transformation of host cells, including plant cells, and other eukaryotic cells, by reducing the expression of a polypeptide active in a pathway, such as the NHEJ pathway, for repairing damage to the cellular genome. In certain embodiments, the polypeptide is active in repairing double strand breaks (DSB's) of a cellular genome, and may include XRCC4, KU70, KU80, the DNA-activated Protein Kinase (DNA-Pkcs), and ATM. Methods for enhancing the resistance of plant cells to Crown Gall disease are also provided. In another aspect, genetic regulatory elements are provided, including an XRCC4 promoter. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110023192 | NOVEL STEVIA VARIETY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SWEETENER - High-purity stevioside sweeteners are being provided. Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni varieties were identified using DNA analysis after cross and selective breeding were implemented. By crossing these varieties, a novel variety which enables continuous cultivation of the specific variety was developed (Deposition No. FERM BP-10870). Extracting the dried leaves of this variety assures consistent high-concentration of stevioside, which makes it possible to produce various favorable stevioside sweeteners. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110030103 | LIPOPEPTIDES AND LIPOPEPTIDE SYNTHETASES - Novel lipopeptides, and engineered polypeptides useful in synthesizing lipopeptides are provided. Also provided are methods of making lipopeptides using engineered polypeptides, and methods of using lipopeptides, e.g., as insecticidal and/or antimicrobial agents. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110030104 | Nucleic acids encoding plant glutamine phenylpyruvate transaminase (GPT) and uses thereof - Glutamine phenylpyruvate transaminase (GPT) proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding GPT proteins, and uses thereof are disclosed. Provided herein are various GPT proteins and GPT gene coding sequences isolated from a number of plant species. As disclosed herein, GPT proteins share remarkable structural similarity within plant species, and are active in catalyzing the synthesis of 2-hydroxy-5-oxoproline (2-oxoglutaramate), a powerful signal metabolite which regulates the function of a large number of genes involved in the photosynthesis apparatus, carbon fixation and nitrogen metabolism. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110035846 | TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSOR PEPTIDES AND GENES FOR THE SAME - Provided is a peptide which is capable of repressing transcription in a plant and which can be used in the CRES-T (a simple and widely applicable means for repressing gene transcription), the peptide including an amino acid sequence represented by formula (I): | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110041217 | Onions With High Storage Ability, High Soluble Solids Content And/Or Low Pungency - Long-day onion plants, capable of producing onion bulbs comprising ‘high soluble solids’ combined with a ‘sweet taste’ as a result of low pungency, are provided, as are methods for producing such plants, bulbs and seeds. Such onions can be stored for long periods without a loss in quality and without an increase in pungency. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110041218 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SCLAREOL - The present invention provides a method of producing sclareol, said method comprising contacting a particular polypeptide having a sclareol synthase activity with labdenediol diphosphate (LPP). In particular, said method may be carried out in vitro or in vivo to produce sclareol, a very useful compound in the fields of perfumery and flavoring. The present invention also provides the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide used in the method. A nucleic acid derived from | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110041219 | PROMOTER, PROMOTER CONTROL ELEMENTS, AND COMBINATIONS, AND USES THEREOF - The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110041220 | MUTANT GENE THAT REGULATES OIL-AND-FAT CONTENT IN SEED AND METHOD FOR REGULATING OIL-AND-FAT CONTENT IN SEED - This invention provides a mutant gene having the function of regulating the oil-and-fat content in seeds and a method for regulating the oil-and-fat content in seeds. The mutant gene encodes a mutant protein having a consensus sequence resulting from substitution of the 12th amino acid residue from the N-terminus of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 with another amino acid and having the function of regulating the oil-and-fat content in seeds. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110047652 | Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047653 | CULTIVARS OF THE POPPY PAPAVER BRACTEATUM THAT PRODUCE SEED CAPSULES AND THEBAINE IN THE FIRST GROWING SEASON - The present invention relates to poppy cultivars and their use to produce thebaine. In specific forms, the present invention relates to cultivars of | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047654 | TREATMENT OF BANANA AND POTATO PLANTS WITH A NEW ANTIFUNGAL COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to the treatment of banana and potato plants with a composition containing natamycin and at least one phosphite containing compound. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047655 | NOVEL FRT RECOMBINATION SITES AND METHODS OF USE - Methods and compositions using populations of randomized modified FRT recombination sites to identify, isolate and/or characterize modified FRT recombination sites are provided. The recombinogenic modified FRT recombination sites can be employed in a variety of methods for targeted recombination of polynucleotides of interest, including methods to recombine polynucleotides, assess promoter activity, directly select transformed organisms, minimize or eliminate expression resulting from random integration into the genome of an organism, such as a plant, remove polynucleotides of interest, combine multiple transfer cassettes, invert or excise a polynucleotide, and identify and/or characterize transcriptional regulating regions are also provided. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047656 | CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHLY EFFICIENT CELLULASE COMPOSITIONS FOR ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS OF CELLULOSE - This invention provides novel enzyme compositions using newly identified and isolated | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047657 | METHOD FOR GENERATING HYPOALLERGENIC GLYCOPROTEINS IN MUTATED OR TRANSGENIC PLANTS OR PLANT CELLS, AND MUTATED OR TRANSGENIC PLANTS AND PLANT CELLS FOR GENERATING HYPOALLERGENIC GLYCOPROTEINS - Method for providing a hypoallergenic glycoprotein includes growing at least one of a mutated plant, a part of the mutated plant, plant cells produced from the mutated plant, a transgenic plant, a part of the transgenic plant and plant cells produced from the transgenic plant wherein an activity of an enzyme Golgi α-mannosidase II has been eliminated or decreased so as to obtain a grown material. The hypoallergenic glycoprotein is isolated from the grown material. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110055978 | Pesticidal Mixtures - The present invention relates to synergistic mixtures comprising, as active components, an insecticidal compound I selected from the nicotinic receptor agonists/antagonists compounds and one or two further fungicidal compounds in synergistic effective amounts. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110061135 | Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110061136 | FUSION PROTEIN THAT DIRECTS VACCINE ANTIGENS TO ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - Fusion protein with directioning of vaccinal antigens toward antigen-presenting cells and the applications thereof. This invention relates to a gene construct that comprises, operatively bound, at least one nucleotide sequence (A) that encodes a polypeptide with SEQ ID NO: 1, which has a region that recognises the β chain of the class-II DR antigen present on the surface of antigen-presenting cells; and one nucleotide sequence (B) that encodes a vaccinal antigen of interest. Moreover, this invention relates to recombinant vectors useful for the expression of the gene construct of the invention, transgenic cells and plants transformed or transfected with said vectors, fusion proteins encoded by the gene construct of the invention and vaccines that comprise said fusion proteins. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110067148 | Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110072540 | Polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110078828 | MULTI EPITOPE VACCINE FOR POULTRY - Antigenic polypeptides, capable of inducing an immune response against multiple parasites, and methods of designing such polypeptides, are provided. Also provided by the invention are polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides, as well as recombinant vectors and transformed host cells containing the said polynucleotides. Oral administration and intramuscular injection of the polypeptides provides vaccination protection against infection from | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078829 | Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078830 | Polypeptides having xylanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078831 | Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078832 | HYDROPHILIC POLYURETHANE COATINGS - The present invention relates to a coating composition in the form of a dispersion containing a polyurethane urea which (1) is terminated by a copolymer unit of polyethylene oxide and polypropylene oxide, and (2) contains at least one hydroxyl-group-containing polycarbonate polyol. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110083233 | RICE BLAST SUSCEPTIBILITY GENE Pi21, RESISTANCE GENE pi21 AND USES THEREOF - The present inventors succeeded in isolating the rice field resistance gene pi21 by linkage analysis, and found that field resistance to blast in plants could be modified by introducing or controlling the expression of the gene. Thus, it became possible to efficiently confer plants with field resistance. It also became possible to select, at an early stage, rice plants having field resistance to blast. Moreover, by changing the tissue specificity of expression and the expression level of the gene involved in field resistance, varieties having resistance as well as high practical use can be grown. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110088126 | Cell signaling genes and related methods - Novel plant cell signaling genes and gene products are provided. These gene, polypeptide and oligonucleotide sequences are useful in regulating plant phenotype. Moreover, these genes and gene products are useful for expression profiling of plant cell signaling genes. The invention specifically provides polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences isolated from | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110088127 | Slow-Maturing, Determinate Peas - A determinate pea plant, where peas of the pea plant have a wrinkled-seed phenotype, and where the pea plant is slow-maturing. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110099670 | NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES CODING FOR CIS-ACONITIC DECARBOXYLASE AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides with cis-aconitic decarboxylase activity, the cells transformed with such nucleotide sequences, preferably fungal or plant cells, and to methods wherein such transformed cells are use for the production of itaconic acid. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099671 | Cellobiohydrolase variants and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to variants of a parent cellobiohydrolase II. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110107466 | VIRUS VECTOR AND USE THEREOF - It is intended to provide a polynucleotide comprising a viral base sequence, the viral base sequence containing: a first base sequence encoding a viral replication protein, and a second base sequence encoding a viral movement protein, the second base sequence being located downstream of the first base sequence and having a linking site for linking with an exogenous base sequence encoding a polypeptide to be expressed, the linking site being located downstream of the second base sequence, the second base sequence being obtained by modifying with a base sequence in a native sequence derived from a virus by insertion, substitution, or addition. By using this, a vector containing a viral base sequence is constructed, and a protein is efficiently produced without worsening growth of a host cell containing the vector. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110107467 | POLYSACCHARIDE SYNTHASES (H) - The present invention relates generally to polysaccharide synthases. More particularly, the present invention relates to (1,3;1,4)-β- | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110107468 | Plant Regulatory Elements and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides novel regulatory elements for use in plants. The present invention also provides DNA constructs containing these novel regulatory elements; transgenic cells, plants, and seeds containing these novel regulatory elements; and methods for preparing and using the same. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110119793 | Chimeric promoters and their uses thereof in Plants - The present invention provides novel promoters for use in plants. Specifically, the present invention provides novel enhanced plant promoters. The present invention also provides DNA constructs; transgenic cells, plants, and seeds containing these novel promoters; and methods for preparing and using the same. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110126325 | RECOMBINANT CELLS AND METHODS FOR HYDROXYLATING FATTY ACIDS - The present invention relates to enzymes which possess hydroxylase activity, in particular 42 hydroxylase activity, that can be used in methods of synthesizing modified fatty acids. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110126326 | STRONG ACTIVATION DOMAIN - A new and strong transcriptional activation domain was identified from the | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110131687 | Polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110138502 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS EXPRESSING CIVPS OR INTEIN MODIFIED PROTEINS AND RELATED METHOD - Transgenic plants that express CIVPS or intein modified proteins, compositions of matter comprising them, products of diverse applications made from the transgenic plants, methods to construct the transgenic plants containing CIVPS or intein modified genes, methods to express CIVPS or intein modified proteins in plants, and methods of using the transgenic plants. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110145951 | TRANSGENIC SWEET SORGHUM WITH ALTERED LIGNIN COMPOSITION AND PROCESS OF PREPARATION THEREOF - The present invention provides a sweet sorghum plant characterized by altered lignin content and/or altered lignin composition compared to a wild plant and this is achieved by manipulating the expression of caffeoyl-CoA-O-methyltransferase (CCoAOMT) in sweet sorghum by incorporation of a gene silencing construct comprising an isolated DNA sequence represented by SEQ ID NO 1. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110154542 | METHOD OF CULTIVATING GRAFTED CACTUS (GYMNOCALYCIUM MIHANOVICHII) CULTIVAR "RED TOP" AND THE GRAFTED CACTUS CULTIVATED THEREBY - The present subject matter relates to a method for cultivating a new grafted cactus ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154543 | METHOD OF CULTIVATING GRAFTED CACTUS (GYMNOCALYCIUM MIHANOVICHII) CULTIVAR "YELLOW TOP" AND THE GRAFTED CACTUS CULTIVATED THEREBY - Provided herein is a method of cultivating a grafted cactus ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154544 | Genetically Modified Seed Combined with Spore Forming Bacterium and Optional Insect Control Agents and Methods for Treating Plants - Products are provided that improve overall plant vigor and yield by combining agriculturally effective amounts of at least one spore-forming bacterium and at least one optional insect control agent to a genetically modified plant, plant part, or seed. This product is particularly effective in the presence of plant parasitic nematode and fungal species. Use of the product leads to an overall reduction in crop losses caused by either plant parasitic nematodes or fungi and this reduction is much greater than using genetically modified seed with just an insect control agent. According to some embodiments, the use of the product results in about a 2%-10% increase in soybean bushel yield, 3%-6.5% increase in cotton yield, and 3%-8% in corn bushel yield. Methods for utilizing and manufacturing the combination are also provided. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110167520 | Xenorhabdus sp. genome sequences and uses thereof - The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences from | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167521 | Engineered zinc finger proteins targeting plant genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis - The present disclosure relates to engineered zinc finger proteins that target genes in plants involved in fatty acid biosynthesis. Methods of using such zinc finger proteins in modulating gene expression, gene inactivation, and targeted gene modification are also provided. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110173724 | TRITERPENE OXIDASE DERIVED FROM PLANT BELONGING TO GENUS GLYCHYRRHIZA, GENE ENCODING THE TRITERPENE OXIDASE, AND USE OF THE PROTEIN OR THE GENE - The present invention provides a protein having an activity of oxidizing a dammarane-type triterpene, a gene encoding the same, and use of the protein and the gene. The present invention specifically relates to a protein obtainable from a plant belonging to the genus | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173725 | 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. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173726 | Pyrazole Compounds for Controlling Invertebrate Pests - The present invention relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pests which method comprises treating the pests, their food supply, their habitat or their breeding ground or a plant, seed, soil, area, material or environment in which the pests are growing or may grow, or the materials, plants, seeds, soils, surfaces or spaces to be protected from pest attack or infestation with a pesticidally effective amount of a pyrazole compound of formulae I or II or a salt or an N-oxide thereof, wherein A is a pyrazole radical of the formulae A1 or A2, wherein # denotes the binding; D is a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic radical fused to the pyrazole moiety; R | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110185454 | Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110185455 | Plant Genome Sequences and Uses Thereof - The present invention is in the field of plant biochemistry and genetics. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid sequences from plant cells, in particular, genomic DNA sequences from | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110191912 | Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof - The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination sequence, and are also useful in controlling the behavior of a gene in the chromosome, in controlling the expression of a gene or as tools for genetic mapping, recognizing or isolating identical or related DNA fragments, or identification of a particular individual organism, or for clustering of a group of organisms with a common trait. One of ordinary skill in the art, having this data, can obtain cloned DNA fragments, synthetic DNA fragments or polypeptides constituting desired sequences by recombinant methodology known in the art or described herein. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110191913 | CELLS PRODUCING GLYCOPROTEINS HAVING ALTERED GLYCOSYLATION PATTERNS AND METHOD AND USE THEREOF - The present application relates to the field of glyco-engineering, more specifically to eukaryotic cells wherein both an endoglucosaminidase and a glycoprotein are present. These cells can be used to deglycosylate or partly deglycosylate the (exogenous) glycoprotein, in particular without the need for adding an extra enzyme. Methods are also provided for the application of these cells in protein production. According to one specific aspect, the eukaryotic cells and methods are glyco-engineered yeast cells in which additionally at least one exogenous enzyme needed for complex glycosylation is present, e.g. allowing easier separation of differentially glycosylated glycoproteins. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110191914 | Targeted Integration and Stacking of DNA Through Homologous Recombination - The invention provides various methods for the targeted integration and stacking of nucleotide sequences in the genome of a host plant cell using homologous recombination. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110191915 | INFLUENZA VIRUS IMMUNIZING EPITOPE - A method for synthesizing influenza virus-like particles (VLPs) within a plant or a portion of a plant is provided. The method involves expression of a novel influenza HA protein in plants and its purification The invention is also directed towards a VLP comprising influenza HA protein and plants lipids. The invention is also directed to a nucleic acid encoding improved influenza HA as well as vectors. The VLPs may be used to formulate influenza vaccines, or may be used to enrich existing vaccines. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110197318 | Seed Treatment Agent and Method for Protecting Plant - PROBLEM Provided is a seed treatment agent having excellent control effect on plant diseases and a method for protecting a plant from plant diseases. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110203017 | Novel Herbicide Resistance Genes - The subject invention provides novel plants that are not only resistant to 2,4-D, but also to pyridyloxyacetate herbicides. Heretofore, there was no expectation or suggestion that a plant with both of these advantageous properties could be produced by the introduction of a single gene. The subject invention also includes plants that produce one or more enzymes of the subject invention “stacked” together with one or more other herbicide resistance genes. The subject invention enables novel combinations of herbicides to be used in new ways. Furthermore, the subject invention provides novel methods of preventing the development of, and controlling, strains of weeds that are resistant to one or more herbicides such as glyphosate. The preferred enzyme and gene for use according to the subject invention are referred to herein as AAD-12 (AryloxyAlkanoate Dioxygenase). This highly novel discovery is the basis of significant herbicide tolerant crop trait and selectable marker opportunities. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110203018 | Use of Carboxamides on Cultivated Plants - The present invention relates to a method of controlling pests and/or increasing the health of a plant as compared to a corresponding control plant by treating the cultivated plant, parts of a plant, seed, or their locus of growth with a carboxamide compound. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110209252 | SLOW-RELEASE FERTILIZER AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING SAME - There is disclosed a fertilizer composition comprising a water-insoluble slow-release reacted nitrogen fertilizer and an effective amount of a water-soluble, non-aromatic poly(amino acid) of the group poly(aspartic acid), poly(glutamic acid), poly(glycine), poly(lysine) a copolymer of cystein and glutamic acid and a terpolymer of cystein and glutamic acid and aspartic acid, wherein the poly(amino acid) has a molecular size larger than that which can be absorbed by a plant. A method of making and using the fertilizer composition is also disclosed. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110209253 | Method for Improving Plant Health - A method for improving the health of a plant, which method comprises treating the plant and/or the locus where the plant is growing or is intended to grow and/or the plant propagules with a plant health improving amount of at least one heteroaroyl-substituted alanine compound (A) of the formula I, | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110219476 | GLUCURONYL TRANSFERASE AND POLYNUCLEOTIDE ENCODING THE SAME - The present invention provides a novel glucuronosyltransferase, a polynucleotide encoding the same (e.g., a polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide consisting of the nucleotide sequence at positions 1 to 1362 in the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 7, or a polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 8); and so on. A novel glucuronosyltransferase having a broad substrate specificity and others can thus be provided. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110219477 | CINERARIUM-DERIVED CHROMOSOMAL DNA INVOLVED IN SYNTHESIS OF FLAVONOID, AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed are: a novel | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110225679 | USE OF GLUCONACETOBACTER WITH REDUCED USE OF NITROGEN FERTILIZER TO IMPROVE BEET CROP PRODUCTION - There is provided an inoculant composition for sucrose-rich crops improving production with reduced use of nitrogen fertilizer, which comprises | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225680 | METHODS FOR REMOVAL OF SPECIFIC SEED TISSUE OR STRUCTURE FOR SEED ANALYSIS - A method for reducing resources for selecting seed to be produced in commercial quantities or for research is disclosed. Samples of seed which are candidates for selection are collected and given an identifier. Specific tissue or structure from candidate seed is removed. A test or analysis is performed on the candidate seed or the removed tissue or structure. Results of the test or analysis are recorded and correlated to the seed's identifier. The results are evaluated and a decision is made whether to select a candidate seed for commercial production or for research. Time, space, and labor associated with growing plants in an experimental plot or greenhouse and taking tissue samples from growing plants is saved. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110231959 | Annotated plant genes - The present invention is in the field of plant biochemistry. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid sequences from plant cells, in particular, nucleic acid sequences from maize, teosinte, soybean, | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231960 | BACTERIAL TOXIN VACCINE - A bacterial toxin protein such as a Shiga toxin protein is efficiently produced using plant cells. The plant cells are transformed using a DNA construct containing DNA encoding a hybrid protein in which the bacterial toxin proteins such as the Shiga toxin proteins are tandemly linked through a peptide having the following characteristics (A) and (B) to produce the bacterial toxin protein in the plant cells: (A) a number of amino acids is 12 to 30; and (B) a content of proline is 20 to 35%. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231961 | METABOLIC REGULATORS - The present invention provides metabolic regulators, which are proteins (such as fusion proteins, truncated proteins or full-length proteins) that bind to specific metabolites and which can be used to control the availability of the metabolites in cells, particularly plant cells. Proteins of the invention include one or more metabolic regulator proteins, can be truncated or full length, can further comprise a transmembrane domain or lipoylation site or can further comprise a transit peptide. Metabolic regulators of the invention can be soluble, e.g., cytosolic soluble, can be anchored to a biological membrane or can be organelle targeted or apoplastic targeted. The present invention also provides nucleic acid molecules encoding the metabolic regulators, methods of making the nucleic acid molecules, methods for making transformed organisms, including plants, photosynthetic organisms, microbes, invertebrates, and vertebrates, and methods for controlling availability of metabolites to a host cell. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231962 | TRANSGENIC BIOLUMINESCENT PLANTS - Transgenic plants, and a method for making the same, wherein genes encoding the enzyme luciferase and its corresponding substrate luciferin are incorporated into a native plant genome. Once transformed into plant cells, these genes may be regulated such that under certain endogenous or exogenous conditions, their expression in the mature plant results in bioluminescence. Different luciferin/luciferase complexes and/or mechanisms of regulation may be utilized for these transgenic plants, depending on a variety of factors such as plant species and the circumstances under which a biolmuniescent reaction is desired. Phototransformation may be utilized to vary the wavelength of light emitted from the mature plant. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110239331 | Insecticidal Compounds and Methods for Selection Thereof - A series of potent and highly specific insecticidal toxins characterized by an amino acid sequences SEQ ID NO: 2-35. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110239332 | PROPAGATION OF SWITCHGRASS AND MISCANTHUS - Methods and materials for clonally increasing switchgrass and | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110239333 | Polypeptides Having Xylanase Activity And Polynucleotides Thereof - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110247101 | Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics - Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110247102 | CONSTITUTIVE PROMOTERS FROM POPLAR AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules corresponding to regulatory portions of genes whose expression is constitutive. The invention also relates to compositions and methods of using the same to regulate the expression, in a constitutive manner, of genes and/or any kind of nucleotide sequences in a plant. Nucleic acid molecules and its compositions include novel nucleotide sequences for constitutive promoter identified in and isolated from poplar ( | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110265226 | IMPROVED PRODUCTION OF PROTEINS WITH DOWNSTREAM BOX FUSIONS IN PLASTIDS AND IN BACTERIA - The present invention is directed to the use of certain selected downstream box (“DB”) regions and codon-optimized DB regions to achieve high-level protein expression in transformed organisms or organelles. In particular, high level protein expression in plastids and bacteria can be achieved by fusion of the TetC or NPTII DB region to a gene of interest. Protein expression in a transformed organism or organelle can also be enhanced by optimization of codon usage within the DB region based on codons preferentially found in the DB regions of highly expressed native genes in the organism or organelle. Methods for enhanced protein expression, and related nucleic acid molecules, expression vectors, transformed cells, and transgenic organisms, are provided. The present invention is particularly useful for expressing cellulolytic enzymes, including a suite of several cellulolytic enzymes, in plastids, bacteria and algae. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110271406 | CONDENSED ANTHRAN I LAMI DE DERIVATIVES AS INSECTICIDES - Compounds of Formula I wherein the substituents are as defined in claim | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110271407 | Polypeptides Having Alpha-Mannosidase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having alpha-mannosidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110283421 | Polypeptides having amylolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having amylolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110283422 | Polypeptides Having Aspartic Endopeptidase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having aspartic endopeptidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110283423 | Polypeptides Having Carboxypeptidase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having carboxypeptidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110283424 | Gene Encoding Lignan Methylation Enzyme - The present invention relates to genes for enzymes having the activity of transferring a methyl group to lignans, plants with an altered lignan composition using these methyltransferases, and so on. More particularly, the present invention relates to enzyme genes having the activity of synthesizing methylated lignans, preferably enzyme genes having the activity of synthesizing sesame-derived methylated lignans, and use thereof. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110289632 | METHYLKETONE SYNTHASE, PRODUCTION OF METHYLKETONES IN PLANTS AND BACTERIA - Isolated genes and amino acid sequences encode methylketone synthase 2 (MKS2) enzymes from tomato plants, including, ShMKS2 and SlMKS2. When expressed recombinantly in bacteria and other host cells, the MKS2 enzymes produce methylketones of various carbon chain lengths ranging from C | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110296555 | Recombinant DNA Constructs and Methods for Modulating Expression of a Target Gene - This invention provides recombinant DNA constructs and methods for manipulating expression of a target gene that is regulated by a small RNA, by interfering with the binding of the small RNA to its target gene. More specifically, this invention discloses recombinant DNA constructs encoding cleavage blockers, 5-modified cleavage blockers, and translational inhibitors useful for modulating expression of a target gene and methods for their use. Further disclosed are miRNA targets useful for designing recombinant DNA constructs including miRNA-unresponsive transgenes, miRNA decoys, cleavage blockers, 5-modified cleavage blockers, and translational inhibitors, as well as methods for their use, and transgenic eukaryotic cells and organisms containing such constructs. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110296556 | POLYNUCLEOTIDE MOLECULES FOR GENE REGULATION IN PLANTS - This invention provides polynucleotide molecules and methods for regulating genes in plants, e.g., by providing RNA for systemic regulation of genes. Various aspects of the invention provide polynucleotide molecules and methods for regulating endogenous genes and transgenes in a plant cell and polynucleotide molecules. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110296557 | Polypeptides Having Lipase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lipase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110296558 | Polypeptides having expansin Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having expansin activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110307977 | Grass Seed Providing Distinguishing Color From Surrounding Environments - This disclosure relates to seed as may be employed to grow a lawn and more particularly, to grass seed which is imparted with a color which allows it to be relatively easily observed and distinguished within the environment in which it may be distributed. The user may then confirm, among other things, the presence of absence of seed distribution and the uniformity or non-uniformity of any such distribution on a given surface. The color may also promote germination and the colorant may include other additives to improve growth patterns at desired locations. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110314574 | Compositions and Methods for the Regulation of Carbohydrate Metabolism and Flowering in Plants - Compositions and methods for modulating flowering, sugar metabolism and stress response in plants are provided. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314575 | Plasmodium Vaccines, Antigens, Compositions and Methods - The present invention relates to the intersection of the fields of immunology and protein engineering, and particularly to antigens and vaccines useful in prevention of infection by | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110321201 | CaWRKYd, A HOT PEPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GENE INVOLVED IN PLANT DEFENSE AND TRANSGENIC PLANTS USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is the novel plant-specific transcription factor gene CaWRKYd that can be induced by interaction with TMV-P | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120005789 | Targeted Integration And Stacking Of DNA Through Homologous Recombination - The invention provides various methods for the targeted integration and stacking of nucleotide sequences in the genome of a host plant cell using homologous recombination. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120023624 | MEANS AND METHODS FOR MEDIATING PROTEIN INTERFERENCE - The present invention belongs to the field of functional proteomics and more particularly to the field of protein aggregation. The invention discloses a method for interfering with the function of a target protein and uses a non-naturally, user-designed molecule, designated as interferor, that has a specificity for a target protein and which induces aggregation upon contact with said target protein. The present invention also discloses such interferor molecules and their use in agrobiotech applications. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023625 | CHEMICAL INHIBITORS OF ETHYLENE BIOSYNTHESIS - The present invention provides methods for improving the quality of harvested plants. The present invention also provides novel ACC synthase inhibitors useful for improving the quality of harvested plants. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023626 | Polypeptides Having Endoglucanase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120030839 | Expression and High-Throughput Screening of Complex Expressed DNA Libraries in Filamentous Fungi - The invention provides a method for the expression and subsequent screening of DNA libraries, particularly synthetic, genomic, and cDNA libraries, in filamentous fungal hosts. In particular, the invention provides vectors, host strains, and a method for the expression and screening of complex DNA libraries, including, but not limited to, combinatory (combinatorial) libraries expressing one, two or more variable constituents and/or prepared from two or more sublibraries (e.g., for the expression and screening of immunoglobulin (including fragments and derivatives of whole immunoglobulin proteins) and other receptor or complex DNA libraries or libraries of libraries). The invention is useful for the expression and screening for a large variety of proteins and protein complexes, including human proteins. The present invention also relates to novel fungal protease sequences. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030840 | MODIFICATION OF MULTIDOMAIN ENZYME FOR EXPRESSION IN PLANTS - Compositions and methods for expressing a multidomain enzyme in a plant are provided. The compositions include plants, seeds, plant tissues, and plant parts expressing a modified multidomain enzyme enzyme. The modified multidomain enzyme has a heterologous linker region that is not cleaved when the modified multidomain enzyme is expressed in a plant. In various embodiments, the linker region comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:18, 19, or 20. Further provided are methods for producing a modified multidomain enzyme enzyme comprising cultivating plants expressing the modified multidomain enzyme. Downstream uses of transgenic plant material of the invention include agronomical and industrial uses, for example, human food, animal feed, pharmaceuticals, biofuel, industrial alcohol, fermentation feedstocks, and the like. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030841 | Isoxazoline compounds for combating invertebrate pests - The present invention relates to isoxazoline compounds which are useful for combating or controlling invertebrate pests, in particular arthropod pests and nematodes. The invention also relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pests by using these compounds and to plant propagation material and to an agricultural and a veterinary composition comprising said compounds. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120036600 | METHOD FOR GENERATING HYPOALLERGENIC GLYCOPROTEINS IN MUTATED OR TRANSGENIC PLANTS OR PLANT CELLS, AND MUTATED OR TRANSGENIC PLANTS AND PLANT CELLS FOR GENERATING HYPOALLERGENIC GLYCOPROTEINS - Method for providing a hypoallergenic glycoprotein includes growing at least one of a mutated plant, a part of the mutated plant, plant cells produced from the mutated plant, a transgenic plant, a part of the transgenic plant and plant cells produced from the transgenic plant wherein an activity of an enzyme Golgi α-mannosidase II has been eliminated or decreased so as to obtain a grown material. The hypoallergenic glycoprotein is isolated from the grown material. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120042419 | ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT TREATMENTS FOR INCREASING SEED YIELDS - UV light treatment increases harvested seed yield. UV treatment in combination with chemical treatment also increases seed yield. UV treatment of corn, soybean, and wheat varieties resulted in enhanced harvested seed yield. Hormetic response, disinfection, disinfestations, and other factors are induced by UV treatments. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120042420 | FLEXIBLE FILMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING FLEXIBLE FILMS - The disclosure provides compositions that can be used to make films to increase the efficiency of producing plants and plant parts. The films are designed in part to be environmentally friendly and/or edible. Also provided are methods of using such compositions as well as plants and plant parts comprising such compositions. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120042421 | PERILLA-DERIVED PROMOTER FUNCTIONING IN PETALS - There is provided a novel promoter useful for altering flow color of plants. The present invention relates to a nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of:
| 02-16-2012 |
| 20120060239 | Method For Secretory Production of Glycoprotein Having Human-Type Sugar Chain Using Plant Cell - A method for the secretory production of a glycoprotein having a human-type sugar chain, comprising a step of introducing a gene of an enzyme capable of performing a transfer reaction of a galactose residue to a non-reducing terminal acetylglucosamine residue, and a gene of heterologous glycoprotein, to obtain a transformed plant cell, a step of culturing the plant cell, and a step of recovering the culture medium of the plant cell. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120060240 | ISOLATED POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES RELATING TO LOCI UNDERLYING RESISTANCE TO SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE AND SOYBEAN SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME AND METHODS EMPLOYING SAME - Soybean cyst nematode and soybean sudden death syndrome resistance genes, soybean cyst nematode and soybean sudden death syndrome resistant plant lines, and methods of breeding and engineering same. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120060241 | PRF IN CELL AND TISSUE CULTURE - The invention relates to a method to increase growth or differentiation in vitro in a cell or tissue culture comprising culturing said cell(s) or tissue and applying pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) to said cell or tissue. In said method the cells or tissue are derived from a plant or an animal (including human) and preferably the cells are undifferentiated cells. Also part of the invention is a method as described herein wherein the cells or tissue are derived from a plant and in which differentiation implies the outgrowth of roots and/or shoots or of somatic embryos. The invention further comprises the use of PRF for increasing the growth or differentiation in in vitro cell or tissue culture. The invention also comprises a cell or tissue culture treated according to a method according to the invention. Preferably such a cell or tissue culture is derived from a plant. Then, in yet another embodiment, the invention is directed to a plant grown from such a cell or tissue culture. Alternatively, the invention comprises a cell culture that is treated according a method of the invention wherein the cells are derived from an animal, preferably a human. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120060242 | ACYLTRANSFERASES AND USES THEREOF IN FATTY ACID PRODUCTION - The present invention pertains to the recombinant manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Specifically, it relates to acyltransferase polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding said acyltransferases as well as vectors, host cells, non-human transgenic organisms containing said polynucleotides. Moreover, the present invention contemplates methods for the manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids as well as oils obtained by such methods. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120079624 | METHODS FOR PLANT REGENERATION, TRANSFORMATION AND PRODUCTION OF INSECT RESISTANT TRANSGENIC OKRA - The present description concerns methods for regeneration of whole plant from the explants obtained from the | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079625 | Method for protecting living plants from harmful insects via a sheetlike structure - The present invention provides a method for protecting living plants from harmful insects by using a sheetlike structure impregnated with an insecticide to cover the surface of the trunk, pseudotrunk, branch, root ball and/or root region of the plant. Additionally provided are living plants whose trunk, pseudotrunk, branch, root ball and/or root region surface is covered with a sheetlike structure impregnated with an insecticide. The invention also relates to a rectangular sheetlike structure impregnated with an insecticide and comprising a fastening means which, following tubular coverage of the surface of trunk, pseudotrunk or branch of a plant, allows a permanent hold thereto. It further relates to a sheetlike structure impregnated with an insecticide, in the form of a perforated sheet which has a continuous interruption between the outer and inner edges. Lastly, it also relates to the use of the sheetlike structure for protecting living plants from harmful insects. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079626 | LIPASE POLYPEPTIDE - We describe a plant lipase polypeptide and nucleic acids that encode said polypeptide which has homology to a patatin and which has phospholipase and/or triacylglycerol lipase activity. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120084885 | Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof - The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination sequence, and are also useful in controlling the behavior of a gene in the chromosome, in controlling the expression of a gene or as tools for genetic mapping, recognizing or isolating identical or related DNA fragments, or identification of a particular individual organism, or for clustering of a group of organisms with a common trait. One of ordinary skill in the art, having this data, can obtain cloned DNA fragments, synthetic DNA fragments or polypeptides constituting desired sequences by recombinant methodology known in the art or described herein | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084886 | MICROBIAL PROCESS AND COMPOSITION FOR AGRICULTURAL USE - Microbial compositions comprising at least two components are disclosed. The first component comprises HYTa which is a consortium of microbes derived from fertile soils and commercial sources. The second component comprises at least one of chitin, chitosan, glucosamine and amino acids. The various microbes in HYTa are capable of fixing nitrogen, digesting proteins and other biopolymers such as chitin and chitosan, providing protection against plant pathogens and supplementing the microbial flora of soil. Also disclosed are processes where the aforementioned microbial compositions are used to treat soil, seeds, seedlings and/or plant foliage alone or in combination with chitin, chitosan, glucosamine and/or amino acids. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084887 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR INCREASING PLANT SURVIVAL & VIABILITY UNDER COLD STORAGE, OR DARK AND COLD STORAGE CONDITIONS - Unique fusion genes are disclosed which are useful for transforming a wide range of plants, and when used in tandem, result in a significant alteration of the plant phenotype with respect to tolerance to the stress from prolonged storage under either dark or cold conditions, or a combination of cold and dark conditions. The gene constructs include (1) a cold-regulated gene (COR15 | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084888 | CAST PELLETS FOR PLANTING SEEDS - A multi-plant product and a method of producing a container of plants are described. Cast pellets containing plant seeds selected for their seed germination timing are planted in a container with a vegetative cutting. The cutting can be selected for having root initiation timing synchronized with the seed germination timing of the plant seeds in the cast pellet. The seed germination timing of the plant seeds can be modified by selecting the volume of the cast pellet. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084889 | Novel Fatty Acid Elongation Components and Uses Thereof - The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encodes a novel fatty acid nECR. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing nECR nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and methods for large-scale production of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), e.g., ARA, EPA and DHA. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120090054 | POLYPEPTIDES HAVING ENDOGLUCANASE ACTIVITY AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120090055 | DISPERSION OF A POLYURETHANE, CONTAINING A PESTICIDE - The present invention relates to a method of applying an aqueous, pesticide-comprising dispersion of a polyurethane which is a reaction product of at least one polyol (A) and at least one polyisocyanate (B) to plants or plant parts. The invention furthermore relates to an aqueous pesticide-comprising dispersion of a polyurethane which is a reaction product of at least one polyol (A) and at least one polyisocyanate (B). Furthermore, it relates to the use of the dispersion for controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, by allowing the dispersion to act on the respective pests, their environment and/or the plants or plant parts to be protected from the respective pests, the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the use plants and/or their environment. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120096597 | Polypeptides having Beta-glucosidase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096598 | TRICHODERMA STRAINS THAT INDUCE RESISTANCE TO PLANT DISEASES AND/OR INCREASE PLANT GROWTH - A method for enhancing growth of plants comprising contacting a | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096599 | Nucleic Acid Molecules and Other Molecules Associated with Plants and Uses Thereof for Plant Improvement - Recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides useful for improvement of plants are provided. The disclosed recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides find use in production of transgenic plants to produce plants having improved properties. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120110701 | PESTICIDAL COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES RELATED THERETO - This document discloses molecules having the following formula (Formula One) | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110702 | Pesticidal Compositions and Processes Related Thereto - This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”): | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110703 | PROTEIN HAVING NOVEL PRENYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY AND GENE ENCODING THE SAME - This invention provides DNAs of a prenyltransferase derived from a hop ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110704 | Pyridazine Compounds for Controlling Invertebrate Pests - The present invention relates to pyridazine compounds of formulae I or II and the salts and N-oxides thereof, | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110705 | Pyridazine Compounds for Controlling Invertebrate Pests - The present invention relates to pyridazine compounds of formulae I or II and the salts and N-oxides thereof, | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120117692 | Constitutive Expression Cassettes for Regulation of Plant Expression - The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with constitutive expression profiles in plants obtainable from | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120124704 | INFUSION OF CANNABIS - One example embodiment includes a method for infusing Cannabis. The method includes preparing the Cannabis. The method also includes placing the Cannabis in an infusible liquid. The infusible liquid is suitable for human consumption and configured to remove one or more chemical compounds from the infusible liquid. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124705 | NOVEL FATTY ACID DESATURASES AND ELONGASES AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode novel fatty acid desaturases and elongases from the organism | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120131699 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR OBTAINING MARKER-FREE TRANSGENIC PLANTS - The invention provides methods and compositions for identifying transgenic seed that contain a transgene of interest, but lack a marker gene. Use of an identification sequence that results in a detectable phenotype increases the efficiency of screening for seed and plants in which transgene sequences not linked to a gene of interest have segregated from the sequence encoding a gene of interest. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131700 | PLANT PROTECTION - The invention provides seed treatment compositions as well as their use, methods for treating seeds, methods of protecting plants against pests and also treated seeds and plants. In one embodiment there is provided a method of treating a seed with a seed treatment composition to induce a plant resistance mechanism against one or more pests in a plant grown from said seed. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131701 | IMPROVED PLANTS, MICROBES, AND ORGANISMS - The present invention relates to methods for identification, isolation, and enrichment of plant cells, plants, microbial cells, and organisms comprising desired genetic profiles and to plant cells, plants, microbial cells, and organisms resulting from these methods. In certain aspects, organisms obtained by the methods of the invention are not genetically engineered organisms. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120137391 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR COMBINING DIFFERENT TYPES OF SEEDS - A process and system are provided for preparing seed mixes having a target quantity and a target ratio of different types of seeds. The process generally includes portioning quantities of different types of seeds from bulk supplies of the seeds, and combining the portioned quantities of seeds to prepare the seed mixes. The system generally includes first and second dispensing assemblies for portioning the quantities of the different types of seeds from the bulk supplies, and a mixing assembly for receiving the portioned quantities of seeds as the seed mixes. The combined quantities of the different types of seeds in the seed mixes are substantially equal to the target quantity, and a ratio of the quantities of the different types of seeds is substantially equal to the target ratio. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120151630 | METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR MAKING AND USING TRANSGENIC DICAMBA-DEGRADING ORGANISMS - The invention provides isolated and at least partially-purified dicamba-degrading enzymes, isolated DNA molecules coding for dicamba-degrading enzymes, DNA constructs coding for dicamba-degrading enzymes, transgenic host cells comprising DNA coding for dicamba-degrading enzymes, and transgenic plants and plant parts comprising one or more cells comprising DNA coding for dicamba-degrading enzymes. Expression of the dicamba-degrading enzymes results in the production of dicamba-degrading organisms, including dicamba-tolerant plants. Finally, the invention provides a method of selecting transformed plants and plant cells based on dicamba tolerance and a method of selecting or screening transformed host cells, intact organisms and parts of organisms based on the fluorescence of 3,6-dichlorosalicylic acid produced as a result of dicamba degradation. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120151631 | INSECT PEST CONTROL METHOD - The present invention is intended to provide means of pest control which achieve marked pest control effect. The pest control effect is achieved by the incorporation of an inhibitor (IAP inhibitor) against inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) into the body of the target pest. The expression of the IAP is preferably inhibited by RNAi. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120151632 | PHOSPHOLIPASES AND METHODS OF USING SAME - The present invention relates to phospholipase variants, polynucleotides encoding the variant and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides, and methods of using the variant enzymes. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120151633 | Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120159672 | Sequence-determined DNA fragments and corresponding polypeptides encoded thereby - The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination sequence, and are also useful in controlling the behavior of a gene in the chromosome, in controlling the expression of a gene or as tools for genetic mapping, recognizing or isolating identical or related DNA fragments, or identification of a particular individual organism, or for clustering of a group of organisms with a common trait. One of ordinary skill in the art, having this data, can obtain cloned DNA fragments, synthetic DNA fragments or polypeptides constituting desired sequences by recombinant methodology known in the art or described herein. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120159673 | GENE FOR INCREASING PLANT WEIGHT AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A gene having novel functions is searched for, by which plant weight (that is, biomass level) can be increased and by which substance productivity can be increased or decreased. A chimeric protein is expressed in which a transcriptional factor comprising the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, or 6 is fused to a functional peptide that converts an arbitrary transcriptional factor into a transcriptional repression factor. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120167257 | METHOD FOR ALTERING THE METABOLISM OF PLANT - The invention is related to a method of altering the metabolism of a plant by carrying out the steps of treating seeds of the plant with non-genetically engineered selected mutant pink-pigmented facultative methylotroph having a plant altering capability, and growing the plants from the treated seeds, wherein the plants that grow from such treated seeds exhibit an altered characteristic relative to non-treated plants. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120174263 | PRODUCTION OF VIRAL CAPSIDS - The invention provides methods of producing “empty” RNA virus capsids (e.g. from Cowpea mosaic virus) by assembly of viral small (S) and large (L) coat proteins in such a way that encapsidation of native viral RNA is avoided. Aspects of the invention employ in planta expression of capsid components from DNA vectors encoding the S and L proteins or S-L polyproteins including them. Such capsids have utility for the encapsidation or presentation of foreign proteins or desired payloads. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120174264 | Uses of Yerba Santa - Methods of in vitro propagation of plants of the genus | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120185969 | STACKING OF TRANSLATIONAL ENHANCER ELEMENTS TO INCREASE POLYPEPTIDE EXPRESSION IN PLANTS - Compositions and methods for increasing expression of a polypeptide of interest in a plant or plant part thereof are provided. Compositions of the invention are polynucleotide constructs comprising (a) at least one translational enhancer element derived from a virus tandemly stacked with at least one translational enhancer element derived from a cellular gene, and (b) an operably linked polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide of interest. Expression cassettes, vectors, and transgenic plants and plant parts comprising these polynucleotide constructs are also provided. Methods for increasing expression of a polypeptide of interest in a plant or plant part thereof utilizing the polynucleotide constructs and expression cassettes of the invention are also provided. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185970 | POLYPEPTIDES HAVING CELLULOLYTIC ENHANCING ACTIVITY AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185971 | POLYPEPTIDES HAVING CELLULOLYTIC ENHANCING ACTIVITY AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185972 | PESTICIDAL MIXTURES - The present invention relates to synergistic mixtures comprising, as active components, chlorfenapyr as insecticidal compound I and a fungicidal compound II selected from the group of azoxystrobin, coumethoxystrobin, coumoxystrobin, dimoxystrobin, enestroburin, fluoxastrobin, kresoxim-methyl, metominostrobin, orysastrobin, pico-xystrobin, pyraclostrobin, pyrametostrobin, pyraoxystrobin, pyribencarb, trifloxysstrobin, 2-(ortho-((2,5-dimethylphenyl-oxymethylen)phenyl)-3-methoxy-acrylic acid methyl ester, 2-(2-(3-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-1-methyl-allylideneaminooxymethyl)-phenyl)-2-methoxyimino-N-methyl-acetamide. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120192315 | RESISTANCE GENES AND PROTEINS ACTIVE AGAINST FUSARIUM ROOT ROTS, CYST NEMATODES AND SOYBEAN SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME AND METHODS EMPLOYING SAME - Fusarium root rot, cyst nematode and soybean sudden death syndrome resistance genes; Fusarium root rot, cyst nematode and soybean sudden death syndrome resistance proteins; Fusarium root rot, cyst nematode and soybean sudden death syndrome resistant plant lines, and methods of breeding and engineering same. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120192316 | POLYPEPTIDES HAVING LIPASE ACTIVITY AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lipase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120204293 | GLYPHOSATE TOLERANT ALFALFA EVENTS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION THEREOF - The present invention provides for alfalfa events J-101 and J-163 and DNA molecules unique to these events. The invention also provides methods for detecting the presence of these DNA molecules in a plant sample. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120216318 | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants - Polynucleotides useful for improvement of plants are provided. In particular, polynucleotide sequences are provided from plant sources. Polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotide sequences are also provided. The disclosed polynucleotides and polypeptides find use in production of transgenic plants to produce plants having improved properties. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120222170 | Slow-Release Fertilizer and Method of Making and Using Same - There is disclosed a fertilizer composition comprising a water-insoluble slow-release reacted nitrogen fertilizer and an effective amount of a water-soluble, non-aromatic poly(amino acid) of the group poly(aspartic acid), poly(glutamic acid), poly(glycine), poly(lysine) a copolymer of cystein and glutamic acid and a terpolymer of cystein and glutamic acid and aspartic acid, wherein the poly(amino acid) has a molecular size larger than that which can be absorbed by a plant. A method of making and using the fertilizer composition is also disclosed. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120222171 | NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND POLYPEPTIDES ENCODED THEREBY USEFUL FOR MODIFYING PLANT CHARACTERISTICS - Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120233728 | LIPID LAYER FORMING COMPOSITION FOR ADMINISTRATION ONTO A SURFACE OF A LIVING ORGANISM - A lipid layer forming composition comprises a volatile silicone oil of a boiling point above 180° C., a polar lipid, optionally a C | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120240293 | POLYPEPTIDES HAVING XYLANASE ACTIVITY AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120246760 | TRITERPENE OXIDASE DERIVED FROM PLANT BELONGING TO GENUS GLYCYRRHIZA, GENE ENCODING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - Identification of a protein having an activity of oxidizing oleanane-type triterpene, and a gene encoding the protein, the protein and the gene, and use thereof are provided. For example, a protein having an activity of oxidizing oleanane-type triterpene obtained from a plant in the family Fabaceae, a gene encoding the protein and use thereof are provided. The protein is shown in, for example, SEQ ID NO: 4, 14 or 18, and the gene encoding the protein is shown in, for example, SEQ ID NO: 3, 13 or 17. A transformant into which the gene is introduced can be produced, and thereby a triterpene oxidase can be obtained. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120246761 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING INORGANIC NANO-MATERIAL - A method for preparing an inorganic nano-material is provided. The method includes steps of providing a first solution including plural metal ions; mixing the first solution with a surfactant and adding a reduction agent to generate a second solution, wherein the second solution generates plural metal atoms reduced from the plural metal ions; and adding an oxidation agent into the second solution for oxidizing the plural metal atoms so as to generate plural metal oxides and form the inorganic nano-material. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120246762 | PRODUCTION OF HIGH TRYPTOPHAN MAIZE BY CHLOROPLAST TARGETED EXPRESSION OF ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE - Novel expression vectors and constructs encoding a chloroplast transit peptide (CTP) operably linked to a monomeric anthranilate synthase are provided. Additionally, novel polynucleotide sequences encoding monomeric anthranilate synthases are provided. Also provided are methods for increasing the levels of free tryptophan in transgenic plants containing the expression vectors and constructs. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120246763 | PLANT REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides novel DNA molecules and constructs, including their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants and plant cells. The invention also provides transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, seeds, and commodity products comprising the DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable polynucleotides, along with methods of their use. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120246764 | Optimized Endonucleases and Uses Thereof - Provided are optimized endonucleases, as well as methods of targeted integration, targeted deletion or targeted mutation of [polynucleotides using optimized endonucleases. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120260370 | Plant Egg Cell Transcriptional Control Sequences - The present invention relates generally to transcriptional control sequences. Generally, the present invention relates to transcriptional control sequences that specifically or preferentially direct expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest in a plant egg cell. The present invention is predicated, in part, on the identification of transcriptional control sequences derived from EC1 genes which, in preferred embodiments, direct preferential expression in an egg cell of at least one plant taxon. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120260371 | Polypeptides Having Cellobiohydrolase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120272410 | Polypeptides having Cellobiohydrolase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120278951 | MODIFIED OIL ENCAPSULATING PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides modified oleosins, including at least one artificially introduced cysteine, and methods and compositions for producing the modified oleosins. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the modified oleosins, constructs and host cells comprising the polynucleotides, methods for producing oil bodies comprising the modified oleosins, in vivo and in vitro, and methods for producing oil in host cells and plants. The invention also provides methods for increasing the rate of CO | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278952 | Polypeptides having Xylanase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120284877 | Chimeric Endonucleases and Uses Thereof - The invention relates to chimeric endonucleases, comprising a endonuclease and a heterologous DNA binding domain comprising one or more Zn | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120291159 | Azoline Compounds for Combating Invertebrate Pests - The present invention relates to azoline compounds which are useful for combating or controlling invertebrate pests, in particular arthropod pests and nematodes. The invention also relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pests by using these compounds and to plant propagation material and to an agricultural and a veterinary composition comprising said compounds. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120297507 | METHOD - A method for producing leafy biomass from undifferentiated plant cells, the method comprising providing undifferentiated plant cells, contacting them with an agent that promotes differentiation of the cells into leafy tissue and growing the cells in a temporary liquid immersion culture system. This method of the invention may be used to produce polypeptides, and natural medicinal products, and can be used to capture carbon dioxide. A method of producing a polypeptide in plant cells in vitro comprising: providing undifferentiated plant cells containing chloroplasts that carry a transgenic nucleic acid molecule encoding the polypeptide, wherein the plant cells display homoplastomy; and propagating the cells according to the above method to produce leafy biomass containing the polypeptide. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120304336 | CHLOROPLAST TRANSIT PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF THEIR USE - Methods and compositions are provided for targeting a polypeptide of interest to a chloroplast. Recombinant polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a chimeric chloroplast transit peptide (CTP) operably linked to a heterologous polynucleotide of interest are provided. In specific embodiments, the chimeric CTP comprises an N-terminal domain operably linked to a central domain operably linked to a C-terminal domain of a CTP to form a chimeric chloroplast transit peptide having CTP activity. Recombinant polypeptides encoding the same, as well as, cells, plant cells, plants and seeds are further provided which comprise the recombinant polynucleotides. Methods of use of the various sequences are also provided. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120311744 | Marked Cannabis For Indicating Medical Marijuana - The invention involves transforming | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120317680 | METHOD TO ENHANCE YIELD AND PURITY OF HYBRID CROPS - The present invention provides a method of herbicide treatment of selected female and male parents in a hybrid seed production system. The system results in enhanced trait purity and efficiency in the hybrid seed production system. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120324603 | Chimeric Endonucleases and Uses Thereof - The invention relates to chimeric endonucleases, comprising an endonuclease and a heterologous DNA binding domain, as well as methods of targeted integration, targeted deletion or targeted mutation of polynucleotides using chimeric endonucleases. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120324604 | PESTICIDAL MIXTURES CONTAINING ISOXAZOLINE DERIVATIVES AND A FUNGICIDE - The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising a component A and a component B, wherein component A is a compound of formula (I) wherein A | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120331587 | Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120331588 | Polypeptides Having Endoglucanase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130007918 | SUNN HEMP CULTIVARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEED WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES - Sunn hemp plants capable of flowering and producing seed when grown in the continental United States are provided. Two plant varieties capable of flowering and producing seed when grown in the continental United States, named AU Golden and AU Durbin, are described herein. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007919 | INTEIN-MODIFIED ENZYMES, THEIR PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS - Intein modified proteins, isolated nucleic acids encoding intein modified proteins, fragments of intein modified proteins, isolated nucleic acids encoding fragments of intein modified proteins, transgenic plants containing any of the foregoing, and antibodies recognizing epitopes on intein modified proteins are provided | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007920 | STOMATA-INCREASING AGENT, POLYPEPTIDE, METHOD FOR INCREASING NUMBER AND/OR DENSITY OF STOMATA IN PLANT, AND METHOD FOR INCREASING YIELD OF PLANT - A stomata-increasing agent containing a compound capable of increasing the number and/or density of stomata in a plant, a polypeptide containing the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 6 or a variant thereof, a method for increasing the number and/or density of stomata in a plant and a method for increasing the yield of a plant are provided. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007921 | Manufactured Seed Having a Treated End Seal Assembly - The present disclosure includes a manufactured seed comprising a seed shell and a restraint disposed within the seed shell. The seed shell is a structure having an open end and a closed end. A primary end seal is disposed on the open end of the seed shell. A secondary end seal is arranged on the primary end seal, the secondary end seal being coated, at least partially, with a paraffin oil. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007922 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING PLANT MORPHOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY - The present invention provides methods and compositions for increasing seed size and/or weight, embryo size and/or weight, and cotyledon size and/or weight. The methods comprise expression of a cytokinin oxidase or expression of another protein that reduces the level of active cytokinins in plants or plant parts. Methods and compositions for increasing seed yield are also provided. The invention also relates to isolated plant cytokinin oxidase proteins, nucleic acid sequences encoding cytokinin oxidase proteins as well as to vectors, host cells, transgenic cells and plants comprising such sequences. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130014293 | Xylanase Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to variants of a parent xylanase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130019348 | PESTICIDAL COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES RELATED THERETO - This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”) | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130025004 | GRAPEVINE PLANT denominated 'Iniagrape-one' - A new and distinct variety of grapevine denominated ‘Iniagrape-one’ which is characterized by its midseason ripening. Its fruit is attractive blue-black, with seed rudiments, broad ellipsoid-narrow ellipsoid fruit shape, difficult berry separation from pedicel, firm texture with very good particular flavor because its acidity and sugars-acid ratio. The clusters are large in size, conical and medium density. Good productive capacity and keeping and shipping quality. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130025005 | Polypeptides Having Lipase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lipase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130031671 | PLANT ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOMES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - An engineered centromere, and systems and methods of using the engineered centromere are described. The engineered centromere can have tandem repeats of a DNA sequence with binding motifs to permit binding of fusion proteins that include a DNA binding protein and a kinetochore protein to activate the engineered centromere. Also described are a plant artificial chromosome that includes the engineered centromere, a transgenic plant containing the engineered chromosome, and a method of synthesizing a large molecule by adding multiple genes using the plant artificial chromosome. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130031672 | PLANT REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides DNA molecules and constructs, and their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants, and for specifying intracellular or extracellular localization of a gene product of interest. Transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds, comprising the DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable polynucleotides are also provided. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130031673 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING HEAD BLIGHT DISEASE - Compositions comprising microbiological strains and cultures and methods of use thereof are provided herein. Certain strains, cultures, and compositions thereof are useful for the control of head blight disease, for example, of various crop plants. Biological control compositions, and methods of use thereof to prevent, inhibit or treat the development of plant pathogens or disease and for preserving plant yield, are also provided. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130031674 | PLANT GENOMIC DNA FLANKING SPT EVENT AND METHODS OF IDENTIFYING SPT EVENT - Compositions and methods related to transgenic plants comprising seed production technology are provided. Specifically, maize plants having a E6611.32.1.38 event which confers seed production technology are provided. The plant harboring the E6611.32.1.38 event at the recited chromosomal location comprises the genomic/transgene junctions described. The plant genomic DNA flanking the integrated E6611.32.1.38 event can be used to design assays that will be specific for the E6611.32.1.38 event. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the E6611.32.1.38 event provides for an enhanced breeding efficiency and enables the use of molecular markers to track the transgene insert in the breeding populations and progeny thereof. Various methods and compositions for the identification, detection, and use of the maize E6611.32.1.38 event are provided. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130031675 | MODULATING PLANT CARBON LEVELS - Methods and materials for modulating (e.g., increasing or decreasing) carbon levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding carbon-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased carbon levels. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130031676 | Polypeptides Having Glucoamylase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130036517 | INTEIN-MODIFIED ENZYMES, THEIR PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS - A method of predicting an intein insertion site in a protein that will lead to a switching phenotype is provided. The method includes identifying a plurality of C/T/S sites within the protein; selecting from the plurality of C/T/S/ sites those that are ranked 0.75 or higher by a support vector machine, within ten angstroms of the active site of the protein, and at or near a loop-β-sheet junction or a loop-α-helix junction. A method of controlling protein activity and hosts including proteins with controlled activity are also provided. Also, intein modified proteins and plants containing intein modified proteins are provided. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130036518 | ORGANISM WITH ALTERED CAROTENOID CONTENT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - The present invention relates to means and methods for modifying the expression of a component in the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway to modify the production of carotenoid towards accumulation of at least one of phytoene, phytofluene, zeta carotene or combinations thereof. The present invention further relates to genetically altered organisms having elevated content of these carotenoids. The present invention further relates to genetically altered organisms having elevated content of these carotenoids, particularly in chromoplast-containing cells. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130042373 | CATION CHANNEL ACTIVITY - The present invention is predicated, in part, on the functional characterisation of membrane bound proteins that contribute to cation flux across biological membranes. In accordance with the present invention, it has been determined that at least some PQ-loop repeat polypeptides contribute to cation flux across biological membranes. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130061352 | Plant Defense Signal Peptides - A 23 amino acid peptide, AtPep1, plays an important role as a signaling component of the innate immune system of | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130061353 | TRANSGENIC ALOE PLANTS FOR PRODUCTION OF PROTEINS AND RELATED METHODS - The present inventions provide transgenic aloe plants and recombinant constructs for transforming aloe plants, aspects of which, may be applied to other monocots. The recombinant constructs may include one or more DNA sequences encoding mammalian proteins and at least one promoter capable of directing the expression of recombinant proteins in an aloe plant. The present inventions also provide methods for constructing and reproducing a transgenic aloe plant. The present inventions include methods for transfection of an aloe plant with several genes of interest simultaneously. The aloe plant production methods of the inventions may provide the potential to inexpensively and more safely mass-produce some biologically active compounds including biopharmaceuticals for disease therapy, diagnosis and prevention, and is more accessible to the less affluent countries. The aloe plant production methods may also produce proteins for cosmetics. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130074220 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANT CELL - It has been found that the use of a plant cell in which a function of a protein involved in repair by nonhomologous end joining is artificially suppressed dramatically increases the efficiency of introductions of non-silent mutations in a repairing process by nonhomologous end joining which occurs after induction of a DNA double-strand break with a zinc finger nuclease. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130074221 | AUTOLUMINESCENT PLANTS INCLUDING THE BACTERIAL LUX OPERON AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - In one aspect, the invention relates to a transgenic autoluminescent plant including an expressible heterologous nucleotide sequence comprising a bacterial LUX operon, which includes LUX A. LUX B. LUX C. LUX D. LUX b. And LUX G genes, wherein the heterologous nucleotide sequence is expressed to render the plant autonomously luminescent. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130074222 | PRECISE BREEDING - The present invention relates to a method for identifying and isolating native plant nucleic acid sequences that may function as T-DNAs or T-DNA border-like sequences, effecting the transfer of one polynucleotide into another polynucleotide. The present invention also provides a modified tuber, such as a genetically modified mature tuber, that comprises at least one trait that is not exhibited by a non-modified tuber of the same species. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130097733 | Acyltransferases and Uses Thereof in Fatty Acid Production - The present invention relates to the recombinant manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Specifically, it relates to acyltransferase polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding said acyltransferases as well as vectors, host cells, non-human transgenic organisms containing said polynucletides. Moreover, the present invention contemplates methods for the manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids as well as oils obtained by such methods. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130104263 | Endophytes and related methods - The present invention relates to a method for identifying and/or characterising an endophyte strain, said method including providing a plurality of samples of endophytes, subjecting said endophytes to genetic analysis, subjecting said endophytes to metabolic analysis and selecting endophytes having a desired genetic and metabolic profile. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130111634 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SILENCING GENES USING ARTIFICIAL MICRORNAS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130117892 | Polypeptides Having Cellulolytic Enhancing Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130125267 | Pesticidal Mixtures - The present invention, comprising: [(3S,4R,4aR,6S,6aS,12R,12a5,12b5)-3-(cyclopropanecarbonyloxy)-6,12-dihy-droxy-4,6a,12b-trimethyl-11-oxo-9-(pyridin-3-yl)-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,12a,12b-decahydro-11H,12H-benzo[f]pyrano[4,3-b]chromen-4-yl]methyl cydopropanecarboxylate (compound II) and a pesticidal compound II; in synergistic effective amounts. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130133112 | METHOD OF PLANT GENOME DESIGN, METHOD OF CREATING NEW CULTIVAR AND NEW CULTIVAR - Plant genome design method defines DNA markers M | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130133113 | CONSTITUTIVE PROMOTERS FROM POPLAR AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules corresponding to regulatory portions of genes whose expression is constitutive. The invention also relates to compositions and methods of using the same to regulate the expression, in a constitutive manner, of genes and/or any kind of nucleotide sequences in a plant. Nucleic acid molecules and its compositions include novel nucleotide sequences for constitutive promoter identified in and isolated from poplar ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130139282 | ENHANCING SECONDARY PHYTOCHEMICAL AND NUTRIENTS IN PLANTS AND PLANT PARTS - According to the invention, the object is achieved by providing all necessary conditions at optimum level to produce plant and plant parts having higher nutrients and secondary metabolites, when compared to normal plants or grown in tap water. Formulated solution containing balanced nutrients, higher levels of targeted nutrient, required pH, single or multiple eliciting factors, required concentrations of natural preservatives and maintained at required temperature and light facilitated to achieve the above object. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130139283 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING NATURAL COMPONENTS FOR PROTECTING PLANT PRODUCTS AND CROPS - The invention provides a method for protecting plants and crops products against a variety of pests. The damages are prevented or mitigated, or the pest infestation is controlled, by applying a composition containing a pomegranate extract onto fruits and vegetables, or by employing it in the vicinity of the plant or crops. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130145501 | CARBOHYDRATE DEGRADING POLYPEPTIDE AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to a polypeptide having carbohydrate material degrading activity which comprises the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 4, or a variant polypeptide or variant polynucleotide thereof, wherein the variant polypeptide has at least 96% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or the variant polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide that has at least 96% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2. The invention features the full length coding sequence of the novel gene as well as the amino acid sequence of the full-length functional protein and functional equivalents of the gene or the amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to methods for using the polypeptide in industrial processes. Also included in the invention are cells transformed with a polynucleotide according to the invention suitable for producing these proteins. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130145502 | REGULATORY SEQUENCES FOR MODULATING TRANSGENE EXPRESSION IN PLANTS - The invention relates to gene expression regulatory sequences, specifically introns that act as enhancers of gene expression, the promoter and terminator sequences endogenously associated with these introns. Presence of these intronic enhancer sequences in proximity to promoter sequences leads to enhancement of gene expression. Methods of finding such new intronic enhancer sequences and using them to generate transgenic plants are also described. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130145503 | ENGINEERED ZINC FINGER PROTEINS TARGETING 5-ENOLPYRUVYL SHIKIMATE-3-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE GENES - The present disclosure relates to engineered zinc finger proteins that target 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) genes in plants and methods of using such zinc finger proteins in modulating gene expression, gene inactivation, and targeted gene modification. In particular, the disclosure pertains to zinc finger nucleases for targeted cleavage and alteration of EPSPS genes. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130152233 | 5-FLUOROCYTOSINE AS A SEED TREATMENT AGENT TO CONTROL PLANT DISEASE - The present disclosure relates to the use of 5-fluorocytosine as a seed treatment to prevent or control plant diseases. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130152234 | Polypeptides Having Lipase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lipase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130167267 | PROCESSES USING VLPS WITH CAPSIDS RESISTANT TO HYDROLASES - Novel processes and compositions are described which use viral capsid proteins resistant to hydrolases to prepare virus-like particles to enclose and subsequently isolate and purify target cargo molecules of interest including nucleic acids such as siRNA's and shRNA's, and small peptides. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130180012 | SULFOTRANSFERASE OF A RED MICROALGA AND USES THEREOF - An isolated protein which is at least partially encoded by a polynucleotide sequence encoding a novel sulfotransferase is provided together with a composition which includes the isolated protein. A transgenic organism transformed by a polynucleotide encoding a protein which is at least partially encoded by a novel sulfotransferase is also provided. The invention also includes a process for in-vivo and in-vitro making a sulfated polysaccharide from an unsulfated polysaccharide or increasing the sulfur content of an already sulfated polysaccharide. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130180013 | Polypeptides Having Xylanase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130180014 | Pyridine Compounds for Controlling Invertebrate Pests III - The present invention relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pests, in particular arthropod pests and nematodes, by using pyridine compounds of formulae I or II and the salts thereof, the tautomers thereof, the N-oxides thereof and the salts of the tautomers or N-oxides thereof, | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130198908 | NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING PLANT GLUTAMINE PHENYLPYRUVATE TRANSAMINASE (GPT) AND USES THEREOF - Glutamine phenylpyruvate transaminase (GPT) proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding GPT proteins, and uses thereof are disclosed. Provided herein are various GPT proteins and GPT gene coding sequences isolated from a number of plant species. As disclosed herein, GPT proteins share remarkable structural similarity within plant species, and are active in catalyzing the synthesis of 2-hydroxy-5-oxoproline (2-oxoglutaramate), a powerful signal metabolite which regulates the function of a large number of genes involved in the photosynthesis apparatus, carbon fixation and nitrogen metabolism. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130198909 | POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES IN PLANTS - 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 advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130198910 | Polypeptides Having Cellobiohydrolase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130198911 | Process for the Production of Fine Chemicals - The present invention relates to a process for the production of fine chemicals in a microorganism, a plant cell, a plant, a plant tissue or parts thereof. The invention furthermore relates to nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, antisense molecules, antibodies, host cells, plant tissue, propagation material, harvested material, plants, microorganisms as well as agricultural compositions and to their use. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130205449 | Methods and Compositions for Production of Triploid Sterile Plants - Triploid sterile plant compositions and methods for production of triploid sterile plants are provided. The methods include regenerating a plant from an endosperm tissue by culturing the endosperm tissue in a series of different culture media containing certain plant growth regulators. Also provided are plants produced by the disclosed methods, as well as systems for production of the triploid sterile plants. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130205450 | CULTIVATION OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS - One aspect of the invention features a photobioreactor including at least one plate held in a frame and having a substantially flat surface, a collection tank for holding photysynthetic culture materials, a tunnel positioned at one end of the plate and arranged to conduct culture materials from the plate to the collection tank, and a pump configured to transfer culture materials from the collection tank back to the surface of the plate. In some instances, the plate is supported in a substantially horizontal orientation. In some implementations, the surface of the plate is water resistant. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130205451 | METHOD FOR INCREASING PLANT BIOMASS - The invention relates to the use of a peptide comprising a six-member ring created by the disulfide bond between two cysteines in the increase of biomass of a photosynthetic organism, for its application in the wood industry, in obtaining energy coming from renewable sources and in agriculture. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130205452 | PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM WITH HIGH CONCENTRATION OF CODEINE - The present invention is directed to an improved poppy straw, concentrate of poppy straw and opium of | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130212744 | METHOD OF REDUCING INSECT-VECTORED VIRAL INFECTIONS - The present invention is directed to methods of reducing insect-vectored viral infection and transmission in plants, methods of reducing damage to plants caused by viral infection, and methods of crop enhancement including methods for improving plant growth, vigour and yield, by application of a combination of an anthranilic bis-amide or an aminothiadiazole (ryanodine receptor modulator) insecticide and a plant activator, to compositions comprising the combinations and to plant propagation material treated therewith. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130212745 | Polypeptides Having Endoglucanase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130212746 | Polypeptides Having Hemicellulolytic Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having hemicellulolytic activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130219565 | DOWN-REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION USING ARTIFICIAL MICRORNAS FOR SILENCING FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHETIC GENES - Isolated nucleic acid fragments comprising precursor miRNAs, and artificial miRNAs and their use in down-regulating gene expression of fatty acid biosynthetic genes are described. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130219566 | MULTILEAF SPINACH - The invention relates to a spinach plant which carries a genetic determinant that leads to the multileaf trait and which plant has at least 1.25 times as many leaves as a plant not carrying the multileaf trait wherein said trait is obtainable by introgression from a multileaf spinach plant representative seed of which was deposited with the NCIMB under accession number NCIMB 41619. The invention further relates to progeny of the plant as well as propagation material, in particular seeds, for the production of plants that carry the multileaf trait. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130219567 | Polypeptides Having Cellulolytic Enhancing Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130219568 | Variants of polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130227747 | CHITINOUS POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGEN-BINDING PROTEINS - Described is an antigen-binding protein, preferably comprising an amino acid sequence that comprises four framework regions and three complementarity-determining regions, wherein the antigen-binding protein is capable of binding a chitinous polysaccharide, and uses thereof. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130227748 | "Variants of polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same" - The present invention relates to polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130232644 | PHASED SMALL RNAS - This invention discloses recombinant DNA constructs encoding phased small RNAs useful in regulating expression of one or more genes of interest. Also disclosed by this invention are transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing a recombinant DNA construct of this invention | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130232645 | USE OF ACTIVE INGREDIENTS FOR CONTROLLING NEMATODES IN NEMATODE-RESISTANT CROPS - The present invention relates generally to the use of fluopyram and compositions comprising fluopyram for controlling nematodes in nematode resistant crops and/or increasing crop yield and to methods particularly useful for controlling nematodes and/or increasing crop yield in those crops. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130247250 | PLANT IRRIGATION METHODS - The present invention is directed to methods of increasing the environmental stress tolerance of a plant, to methods of improving the quality and/or yield of a plant crop, to methods of application of agrochemicals having a physiological effect on a plant in the plant irrigation water, and to crops produced using said methods. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130247251 | INTEIN-MODIFIED ENZYMES, THEIR PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION - A method of predicting an intein insertion site in a protein that will lead to a switching phenotype is provided. The method includes identifying a plurality of C/T/S sites within the protein; selecting from the plurality of C/T/S/ sites those that are ranked 0.75 or higher by a support vector machine, within ten angstroms of the active site of the protein, and at or near a loop-β-sheet junction or a loop-α-helix junction. A method of controlling protein activity and hosts including proteins with controlled activity are also provided. Also, intein modified proteins and plants containing intein modified proteins are provided. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130247252 | COMPOSITIONS, ORGANISMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR EXPRESSING A GENE PRODUCT IN PLANTS - The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to compositions, organisms, systems, and methods for expressing a gene product in a plant (e.g., a monocot) using a promoter operable in one or more plant tissues and/or cells. In some embodiments, an isolated nucleic acid may comprise an expression control sequence having the sequence of nucleotides 1-4726 of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the expression control sequence has stem-regulated and/or defense-inducible promoter activity in at least one monocot (e.g., at least two monocots). | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130247253 | ALS INHIBITOR HERBICIDE TOLERANT BETA VULGARIS MUTANTS - The present invention relates to an ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130254943 | CONSTRUCT AND METHOD FOR SYNTHETIC BIDIRECTIONAL PLANT PROMOTER UBI1 - Provided are constructs and methods for expressing multiple genes in plant cells and/or plant tissues. The constructs provided comprise at least one bi-directional promoter link to multiple gene expression cassettes. In some embodiments, the constructs and methods provided employ a bi-directional promoter based on a minimal core promoter element from a | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130263329 | ENZYMES THAT SYNTHESIZE ZINGIBERENE - The invention relates to nucleic acids encoding a zingiberene synthase that enables host cells and plants to make zingiberene that is useful in fragrances and for repelling or killing insects. The invention also relates to isolated zingiberene synthases and to methods for making zingiberenes. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130263330 | Methods for Production of Synthetic Promoters with Defined Specificity - The present invention relates to methods for the design and production of synthetic promoters with a defined specificity and promoters produced with these methods. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130269064 | INSECTICIDAL COMPOUNDS - Novel heteroaromatic compounds of formula (I): wherein A | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130291227 | PESTICIDAL COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES RELATED THERETO - This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”): | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130291228 | Novel Fatty Acid Desaturases, Elongases, Elongation Components and Uses Thereof - The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encodes a novel fatty acid desaturase, KCS, KCR, DH and ECR from | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130291229 | MODIFICATION OF SUCROSE DISTRIBUTION IN PLANTS - The present invention provides transgenic plant and methods of using them. In one embodiment, the methods include growing a transgenic plant under certain conditions, such as stress conditions, such as drought, heat, or salt, where the plant has decreased expression of a SUT polypeptide compared to a control plant. The transgenic plant may have a phenotype of increased growth, increased formation of woody tissue, increased drought tolerance, increased water use efficiency, increased nitrogen utilization efficiency, or a combination thereof, compared to the control plant. In another embodiment, the methods include using a transgenic plant to produce a pulp. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130291230 | Polypeptides Having Endoglucanase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130291231 | MATURE LEAF-SPECIFIC PROMOTER - The present invention provides gene expression regulatory DNA having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner. The following is provided: gene expression regulatory DNA having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner, which comprises any one of the following (a) to (d): (a) DNA consisting of the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 4; (b) DNA consisting of a nucleotide sequence that has a deletion, a substitution, an addition, or an insertion of one or a plurality of nucleotides in the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 4 and having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner; (c) DNA consisting of a nucleotide sequence having 90% or more sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 4 and having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner; and (d) DNA hybridizing under stringent conditions to DNA consisting of a sequence complementary to a part or the entirety of the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 4 and having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130291232 | DNA INVOLVED IN GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC TISSUE - The present invention provides gene expression regulatory DNA having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner. The following is provided: gene expression regulatory DNA having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner, which comprises any one of the following (a) to (d): (a) DNA consisting of the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) DNA consisting of a nucleotide sequence that has a deletion, a substitution, an addition, or an insertion of one or a plurality of nucleotides in the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner; (c) DNA consisting of a nucleotide sequence having 90% or more sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner; and (d) DNA hybridizing under stringent conditions to DNA consisting of a sequence complementary to a part or the entirety of the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130291233 | Methods and Compositions for Modified Ethanol Inducible Promoter Systems - The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules comprising one or more nucleotide sequences selected from the group consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, and/or SEQ ID NO:10 that can be operably linked to a promoter, thereby making the promoter inducible by a chemical compound that can induce the expression of the alcohol dehydrogenase system of | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130298290 | PLANT IRRIGATION METHODS WITH 1-MCP - The present invention is directed to novel methods of increasing the abiotic environmental stress tolerance of a plant, to methods of improving the quality and/or yield of a plant crop, to methods of application of a cyclopropene such as 1-MCP to a plant, and to crops produced using said methods. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130298291 | Cyanoenamines and Their use as Fungicides - The present invention relates to cyanoenamine derivatives, their process of preparation, intermediate compounds, their use as fungicide active agents, particularly in the form of fungicide compositions, and methods for the control of phytopathogenic fungi, notably of plants and in material protection, using these compounds or compositions. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130305415 | Method for Producing a Stress Tolerant Plant or Precursor Thereof - Provided are methods for the production of a stress tolerant plant or precursor thereof. The methods comprise (i) subjecting one or more parental plants to one or more stress conditions selected from unfavourable conditions relating to relative humidity, water availability, periodic drought, nutrients, sunlight, wind, temperature, pH, exogenous chemicals, chemical toxins such as salt, herbivory, prophylactic chemicals, fertilizers, pathogen attack such as bacterial, fungal, or virus infection and pest infestation; and (ii) generating offspring from said one or more parental plants. The offspring show enhanced tolerance relative to the one or more parental plants to one or more stress conditions selected from unfavourable conditions relating to relative humidity, water availability, periodic drought, nutrients, sunlight, wind, temperature, pH, exogenous chemicals, chemical toxins such as salt, herbivory, prophylactic chemicals, fertilizers, pathogen attack such as bacterial, fungal, or virus infection and pest infestation. Also provided are plants, or precursor thereof, produced by the methods and assays for identifying a plant, or precursor thereof, produced by the methods. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130312139 | Methods and Compositions for the Inhibition of Meristematic Growth on Cucurbit Rootstock - The invention provides methods of inhibiting the growth of a shoot apical meristem of a cucurbit rootstock plant, comprising contacting a shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant with an effective amount of a composition comprising one or more fatty alcohols, thereby inhibiting the growth of the shoot apical meristem of the cucurbit rootstock plant. The present invention further provides methods for preparing and producing cucurbit rootstock plants for grafting and methods for grafting. Additionally provided are cucurbit rootstock plants and plant parts and grafted cucurbit plants produced by the methods of the invention. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130318659 | CHIMERIC REGULATORY ELEMENTS FOR GENE EXPRESSION IN LEAF MESOPHYLL AND BUNDLE SHEATH CELLS - The present invention provides chimeric regulatory elements constructed from gene regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from the | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130326735 | 6-(2-Aminophenyl)picolinates and their use as herbicides - The present invention relates to novel herbicidally active 6-(2-aminophenyl)picoline derivatives and to processes for preparation thereof. The present invention further provides for the use thereof as a herbicide, especially as a herbicide for selective control of weed plants in useful plant crops, and as a plant growth regulator alone or in combination with safeners and/or in a mixture with other herbicides. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130333071 | Plant Genome Sequence and Uses Thereof - The present invention is in the field of plant biochemistry and genetics. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid molecules from plant cells, in particular, genomic DNA sequences from rice plants and nucleic acid molecules that contain markers, in particular, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and repetitive element markers. In addition, the present invention provides nucleic acid molecules having regulatory elements or encoding proteins or fragments thereof. The invention also relates to proteins and fragments of proteins so encoded and antibodies capable of binding the proteins. The invention also relates to methods of using the nucleic acid molecules, markers, repetitive elements and fragments of repetitive elements, regulatory elements, proteins and fragments of proteins, and antibodies, for example for genome mapping, gene identification and analysis, plant breeding, preparation of constructs for use in plant gene expression, and transgenic plants. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130333072 | POLYPEPTIDES HAVING GLUCOAMYLASE ACTIVITY AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130333073 | Compositions and Methods for Enhancing Plant Photosynthetic Activity - Methods for improving the efficiency of photosynthesis in plants exposed to suboptimal light conditions. Photosynthesis enhancement is achieved by transformation and expression of one or more exogenous chromophores in the chloroplast of plants or in the cytoplasm under the control of a transit peptide which directs it to the chloroplast or a compartment within the chloroplast. Preferred chromophores have excitation max in the green-yellow light spectrum. Chains of chromophores can be used to capture and emit light from one to the other until the emitted wave length is in the range that can be efficiently utilize by the native light harvest complex. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130333074 | ENHANCER OF CELL DIVISION - The present invention relates to a polypeptide (BIG1) and variants thereof capable of enhancing the rate of cell-division of a microorganism or plant cell, as well as nucleic acid molecules encoding said polypeptides, vectors comprising said nucleic acid molecules and host cells transformed or transfected with said vectors and expressing said polypeptides. The BIG1 polypeptide which has been identified in the marine centric diatom | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130340122 | Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130340123 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NEMATODE PESTS - Plant propagation material expressing soybean cyst nematode resistance can be treated with a nematode-antagonistic biocontrol agent. Use of the nematode-antagonistic biocontrol agent can reduce the rate at which soybean cyst nematode (SCN) pests acquire tolerances to pesticidal activity of soybean plants expressing SCN resistance and pesticides, and can also increase yield and pesticidal activity. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130347145 | METHOD FOR ACCUMULATING PROTEIN IN PLANT CELLS - According to the present invention, a method for stably accumulating a target protein in plant cells or a plant body, and a transgenic plant in which protein has accumulated, are provided. The method of the present invention is a method for accumulating protein in plant cells, comprising accumulating a target protein or a protein deficient in an N-terminal region of the target protein in vacuoles of myrosin cells present in a multiple mutant, in which myrosin cells deficient in intravacuolar protein are also present in a plant body at locations other than around vascular bundles, by expressing a gene that encodes a target protein having an intracellular membrane system localization signal on the N-terminal and a vacuole localization signal on the C-terminal in the multiple mutant. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140007301 | POLYPEPTIDES HAVING GLUCOAMYLASE ACTIVITY AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140020136 | SERRATIA PLYMUTHICA FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF BACTERIAL PLANT PATHOGENS - strain A30, BCCM Deposit No. LMG P-26170, its analogues or functionally equivalent strains thereto, provides a biological control agent against plant disease caused by a bacterial pathogen, particularly a soft rot, e.g. blackleg. The pathogen is | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140020137 | METHOD FOR UTILIZING MONOTERPENE GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE - The object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for producing a terpene 8-glycoside. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140026258 | BACTERIAL FORMULATION WHICH CAN BE USED FOR BIOLOGICALLY CONTROLLING PLANT DISEASES AND PROMOTING PLANT GROWTH - The present invention relates to bacterial formulation in vegetable fiber materials, which can be employed by incorporation into soils and by treating seeds, as well as in nutrient in hydroponic systems, for the promotion of plant growth and/or the biologic control of diseases. Preferably, the formulation of the present invention employs coconut fiber. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140026259 | Method for the Production of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids - The present invention relates to a process for producing polyunsaturated fatty acids in an organism by introducing nucleic acids into the organism which code for polypeptides having acyl-CoA:lysophospholipid a cyltransferase activity. Advantageously, these nucleic acid sequences may, if appropriate together with further nucleic acid sequences coding for biosynthesis polypeptides of the fatty acid or lipid metabolism, be expressed in the transgenic organism. The invention furthermore relates to the nucleic acid sequences, to nucleic acid constructs comprising the nucleic acid sequences of the invention, to vectors comprising the nucleic acid sequences and/or the nucleic acid constructs and to transgenic organisms comprising the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences, nucleic acid constructs and/or vectors. A further part of the invention relates to oils, lipids and/or fatty acids produced by the process of the invention and to their use. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140026260 | PLANT AND FUNGI MICROPROPAGATION METHODS AND PRODUCTS MADE THEREBY - Methods for micropropagation of plant or fungal material within a plant bioreactor by attachment of the plant or fungal material to a positively-charged polymer-coated support structure and placement of the support structure within a growth chamber of the bioreactor are described. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140026261 | Polypeptides Having Cellulolytic Enhancing Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention provides isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also provides nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140033369 | NOVEL GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE GENE AND USE THEREOF - Provided is a polynucleotide encoding a protein having an activity to transfer a sugar to the hydroxy groups at the 4′- and 7-positions of a flavone. The polynucleotide is selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polynucleotide which comprises a base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, or 12; (b) a polynucleotide which hybridizes to a polynucleotide comprising a base sequence complementary to a base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, or 12 under high stringency conditions, and encodes a protein having an activity to transfer a sugar to the hydroxy groups at the 4′- and 7-positions of a flavone; (c) a polynucleotide which encodes a protein comprising an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, or 13; (d) a polynucleotide which encodes a protein comprising an amino acid sequence in which one or more amino acids have been deleted, substituted, inserted, and/or added in an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, or 13 and having an activity to transfer a sugar to the hydroxy groups at the 4′- and 7-positions of a flavone; etc. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140033370 | VISUAL SCREENING FOR ENZYMES ON THE PHENYLPROPANOID PATHWAY - The invention relates to a method to screen for a nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide involved in the synthesis of naringenin chalcone which demonstrates altered expression, activity or substrate specificity. The invention further relates to nucleic acid molecules identified by said screen and to transgenic plants modified to express said nucleic acid molecule. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140033371 | SULFONYLUREA-RESPONSIVE REPRESSOR PROTEINS - Compositions and methods relating to the use of sulfonylurea-responsive repressors are provided. Compositions include polypeptides that specifically bind to an operator, wherein the specific binding is regulated by a sulfonylurea compound. Compositions also include polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides as well as constructs, vectors, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, and eukaryotic organisms including plants and seeds comprising the polynucleotide, and/or produced by the methods. Also provided are methods to provide a sulfonylurea-responsive repressor to a cell or organism, and to regulate expression of a polynucleotide of interest in a cell or organism, including a plant or plant cell. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140047583 | CENTROMERE SEQUENCES DERIVED FROM SUGAR CANE AND MINICHROMOSOMES COMPRISING THE SAME - The invention is generally related to sugar cane mini-chromosomes containing sugar cane centromere sequences. In addition, the invention provides for methods of generating sugar cane plants transformed with these sugar cane mini-chromosomes. Sugar cane mini-chromosomes with novel compositions and structures are used to transform sugar cane cells which are in turn used to generate sugar cane plants. Methods for generating sugar cane plants include methods for delivering the sugar cane mini-chromosomes into sugar cane cell to transform the cell, methods for selecting the transformed cell, and methods for isolating sugar cane plants transformed with the sugarcane mini-chromosome. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140053299 | PUFA Polyketide Synthase Systems and Uses Thereof - Disclosed are the complete polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) polyketide synthase (PKS) systems from | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140053300 | METHOD FOR THE GENERATION OF A MONOCLONAL PLANT CELL LINE - The invention provides a method for the generation of a monoclonal plant cell line from a heterologous population of plant cells, comprising the following steps: (a) provision of a heterologous population of plant cells; (b) preparation of protoplasts from said heterologous population of plant cells; (c) separation of single protoplasts by subjecting the preparation of protoplasts to flow cytometric sorting; (d) regeneration of a separated single transformed protoplast until the formation of a microcolony by co-cultivation in the presence of feeder cell material; (e) removal of the microcolony from the feeder cell material and cultivation of the microcolony until the formation of a monoclonal plant cell line. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140059719 | Chimeric Polypeptides Having Cellulolytic Enhancing Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to chimeric GH61 polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the chimeric GH61 polypeptides; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the chimeric GH61 polypeptides. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140059720 | METHOD FOR RAISING PLANTS AND COMPOSITION USED THEREFOR - To provide a method for raising plants that have great vitality and that are strongly resistant to pests and can successfully compete against weeds. The invention provides a method for raising plants with enhanced immunity and biological activity to external and internal stresses. The present invention is characterized by the following: the method includes a step of applying to the target plants a plant immunopotentiating composition containing an immunostimulatory substance produced by the cytolysis that accompanies spore formation in aerobic endospore-forming bacteria; the immunostimulatory substance is obtained by culturing the aerobic endospore-forming bacteria, causing the bacteria to form endospores by placing the resulting culture liquid in starvation conditions, and then removing impurities including the bacterial cells that are formed into endospores from the culture liquid; and the aerobic endospore-forming bacteria belong to the MRE symbiotic bacteria group. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140068819 | POLYNUCLEOTIDES, POLYPEPTIDES ENCODED THEREBY, AND METHODS OF USING SAME FOR INCREASING ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE AND/OR BIOMASS AND/OR YIELD IN PLANTS EXPRESSING SAME - Provided are methods of increasing tolerance of a plant to abiotic stress, and/or increasing biomass, growth rate, vigor and/or yield of a plant. The methods are effected by expressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% homologous to the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:201, 207, 212, 202-206, 208-211, 213-391, 1655, 961-1529, and 1660-1663. Also provided are polynucleotides, nucleic acid constructs, polypeptides and transgenic plants expressing same which can be used to increase tolerance of a plant to abiotic stress, and/or increase biomass, growth rate, vigor and/or yield of a plant. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140068820 | Pyrazole Compounds for Controlling Invertebrate Pests - The present invention relates to novel pyrazole compounds of the formulae I and II, to their salts and their N-oxides which can be used for combating or controlling invertebrate pests, in particular arthropod pests. The invention also relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pests by using these compounds. The present invention also relates to seed and to an agricultural and veterinary composition comprising said compounds. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140068821 | STRONG ACTIVATION DOMAIN - A new and strong transcriptional activation domain was identified from the | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140075601 | Alpha-Amylases - The present invention relates to alpha-amylases, nucleic acids encoding the alpha-amylases, methods of producing the alpha-amylases, and methods of using the alpha-amylases. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140075602 | Method for Dressing Seeds - The present invention relates to a method comprising treating plant propagation material with at least sticker selected from specific acrylate co-copolymers, to seed dressing formulations comprising such stickers and to plant propagation material coated with such stickers. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140075603 | Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140075604 | METHOD FOR MAKING A TURF OF STOLONIFEROUS OR RHIZOMATOUS PLANT SPECIES - Method for per to provide a turf for sports, ornamental or recreational use, comprising the steps of: selecting a stoloniferous and/or rhizomatous plant species; cultivating a plurality of mother plants belonging to said stoloniferous and/or rhizomatous species up to reach a predetermined vegetative development, said mother plants comprising stolons and/or rhizomes having a plurality of nodes, wherein two successive nodes are connected by plant portions, or internodes; preparing at least one cutting from each mother plant of said plurality of mother plants, said cutting comprising at least one node and an internode, wherein said internode has a length set between 1 mm and 10 mm; and carrying out a vegetative propagation of a plurality of said cuttings in a desired site then obtaining said turf. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140082768 | ENHANCED NATURAL SWEETENER | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140082769 | MOLECULES AND METHODS FOR INHIBITION AND DETECTION OF PROTEINS - The present application belongs to the field of functional peptides and more particularly to the field of controlled protein aggregation. The invention discloses molecules of a peptide structure as defined in the claims and methods of using such molecules for therapeutic applications and for diagnostic uses, as well as in other applications such as in the agbio field and in industrial biotechnology. The molecules can be used for curing and/or stabilizing infections such as bacterial, fungal and viral diseases, but are also useful in non-infectious human and veterinary diseases. The molecules can also be used for the detection of protein biomarkers and for the prognosis and diagnosis of a variety of diseases. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140082770 | SCREENING METHODS - The present invention relates to methods for the screening, identification and/or application of microorganisms and/or compositions of use in imparting beneficial properties to plants, and microorganisms and compositions identified therefrom. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140082771 | Fungi and Products Thereof - The present invention provides substantially purified or isolated fungi of | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140090111 | Plant Hormone Biosensors - The invention provides fusion proteins comprising at least two fluorescent proteins, with the fluorescent proteins emitting different wavelengths of light from one another, at least one plant hormone binding domain that changes three-dimensional conformation upon specifically binding to a plant hormone, and two linker peptides, with the first linker linking the first fluorescent protein to the N-terminus of the plant hormone binding domain and the second linker linking the second fluorescent protein to the C-terminus of the plant hormone binding domain. The invention also provides for methods of using the fusion proteins of the present invention and nucleic acids encoding the fusion proteins. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140090112 | FAD2 PERFORMANCE LOCI AND CORRESPONDING TARGET SITE SPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS CAPABLE OF INDUCING TARGETED BREAKS - A method of gene editing or gene stacking within a FAD2 loci by cleaving, in a site directed manner, a location in a FAD2 gene in a cell, to generate a break in the FAD2 gene and then ligating into the break a nucleic acid molecule associated with one or more traits of interest is disclosed. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140090113 | ENGINEERED TRANSGENE INTEGRATION PLATFORM (ETIP) FOR GENE TARGETING AND TRAIT STACKING - An Engineered Transgene Integration Platform (ETIP) is described that can be inserted randomly or at targeted locations in plant genomes to facilitate rapid selection and detection of a GOI that is perfectly targeted (both the 5′ and 3′ ends) at the ETIP genomic location. One element in the subject disclosure is the introduction of specific double stranded breaks within the ETIP. In some embodiments, an ETIP is described using zinc finger nuclease binding sites, but may utilize other targeting technologies such as meganucleases, CRISPRs, TALs, or leucine zippers. Also described are compositions of, and methods for producing, transgenic plants wherein the donor or payload DNA expresses one or more products of an exogenous nucleic acid sequence (e.g. protein or RNA) that has been stably-integrated into an ETIP in a plant cell. In embodiments, the ETIP facilitates testing of gene candidates and plant expression vectors from ideation through Development phases. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140096286 | PROMOTER, PROMOTER CONTROL ELEMENTS, AND COMBINATIONS, AND USES THEREOF - The present document is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The document further relates to the use of such promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels in plants, and plants containing such promoters or promoter control elements. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140096287 | Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140096288 | MICROSOMAL omega6 OLEATE DESATURASES - The present invention relates to the field of plant molecular biology, more particularly | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140101792 | PLASTID TRANFORMATION UTILIZING ENDOGENOUS REGULATORY ELEMENTS - Disclosed herein are vectors, plants and methods of transforming plants to increase translation efficiency. Specifically disclosed are methods of implementing a regulatory element endogenous to a target plant species and operatively associating said regulatory element with a heterologous gene of interest. Examples of regulatory sequences are disclosed including 5′ UTR sequences of chloroplast genes, such as a psbA gene. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140101793 | Polypeptides Having Beta-Glucosidase Activity, Beta-Xylosidase Activity, or Beta-Glucosidase Activity and Beta-Xylosidase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity, beta-xylosidase activity, or beta-glucosidase and beta-xylosidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140109261 | PLANT REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides novel regulatory elements for use in plants. The present invention also provides DNA constructs containing these novel regulatory elements; transgenic cells, plants, and seeds containing these novel regulatory elements; and methods for preparing and using the same. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140109262 | Processing Cocoa Beans And Other Seeds - A method of treating seeds includes piercing a multiplicity of seeds such that shells of a majority of the seeds are pierced, aerating the pierced seeds, and reducing a water content of the pierced seeds. Another method of treating seeds includes placing a bulk quantity of seeds in a container, forming a mass of seeds and liquid in the container, sealing the container to create a substantially closed environment inside the container, and fermenting the mass in the sealed container. Another method of treating seeds includes placing a multiplicity of pierced seeds in a ventilated enclosure, forcing air through the enclosure such that the seeds are exposed to the air, and mixing the seeds. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140115739 | Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140115740 | Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140130210 | ARTICHOKE PLANT NAMED 'PIETRO #3' - A new cultivar of | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140137298 | PLANT DEFENSE SIGNAL PEPTIDES - A 23 amino acid peptide, AtPep1, plays an important role as a signaling component of the innate immune system of | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140143909 | MICROBIAL STRAINS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR INCREASING AVAILABLE PHOSPHATE FOR PLANTS - The present invention relates to novel phosphate solubilizing strains as well as compositions and methods thereof for increasing the availability of phosphate for plants. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140150136 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING FUGITIVE DUST PARTICLES - Coating compositions of an aqueous mineral slurry having a dust suppressing amount of an absorbent and/or non-absorbent silicate mineral, and methods of using same for coating dust producing substrates, such as single or multi-nutrient fertilizers, with a substantially continuous outer or top layer for reducing or eliminating dissemination of fugitive dust particles, are provided herein. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140150137 | Polypeptides Having Endoglucanase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity, catalytic domains, cellulose binding domains and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains or cellulose binding domains. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides, catalytic domains or cellulose binding domains. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140157458 | ENGINEERED ZINC FINGER PROTEINS TARGETING PLANT GENES INVOLVED IN FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS - The present disclosure relates to engineered zinc finger proteins that target genes in plants involved in fatty acid biosynthesis. Methods of using such zinc finger proteins in modulating gene expression, gene inactivation, and targeted gene modification are also provided. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140165231 | POLYSACCHARIDE SYNTHASES (H) - The present invention relates generally to polysaccharide synthases. More particularly, the present invention relates to (1,3;1,4)-β- | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140165232 | NOVEL GENE INDUCING ELONGATION OF ROOTS OR INCREASING BIOMASS, AND USE THEREFOR - By increasing, in a plant, expression of a gene or the like encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, it is possible to promote root elongation of the plant and/or increase biomass of the plant. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140182016 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR CONTROLLING FUNGAL PHYTOPATHOGENS - The present invention relates to a method for controlling fungal phytopathogens using | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140182017 | MOLECULAR MARKERS OF PLANT EMBRYOGENESIS - The present invention relates generally to a molecular marker for a plant physiological process and more particularly for plant embryogenesis. The molecular marker is, in one form, a genetic sequence from a monocot plant such as but not limited to oil-palm plants. In another form, the molecular marker is a polypeptide encoded by said genetic sequence. More particularly, the molecular marker of the present invention enables embryogenic tissue to be detected in vitro. The early detection of embryogenic tissue enables non-embryogenic tissue to be discarded. The ability to detect embryogenesis facilitates maximization of embryogenic potential. The present invention further contemplates a molecular marker comprising in one form a sequence of nucleotides encoding an antioxidant or in another form a sequence of amino acids defining a polypeptide having antioxidant activity. The antioxidant according to this aspect of the present invention is particularly useful in tablet or cream form as an anti-aging agent. The molecular markers of the present invention therefore also have uses in the inhibition or retardation of apoptotic processes. Such an effect has benefits in both plant and animal cells. The present invention further contemplates a promoter sequence encoding the molecular marker and its use in generating male sterile plants. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140201868 | Novel Brachiaria-Urochloa Endophytes - The present invention relates to fungi of | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201869 | TRICHODERMA STRAINS THAT INDUCE RESISTANCE TO PLANT DISEASES AND/OR INCREASE PLANT GROWTH - The present invention relates to a method for enhancing growth of plants which comprises contacting a | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201870 | TRICHODERMA STRAINS THAT INDUCE RESISTANCE TO PLANT DISEASES AND/OR INCREASE PLANT GROWTH - The present invention relates to a method for enhancing growth of plants which comprises contacting a | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201871 | Polypeptides Having Beta-Glucosidase Activity, Beta-Xylosidase Activity, or Beta-Glucosidase and Beta-Xylosidase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity, beta-xylosidase activity, or beta-glucosidase and beta-xylosidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201872 | COATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CELLULOSE ETHER AND STARCH - Abstract: A coating composition comprising a) a cellulose ether, and b) a water-dispersible starch which has, when measured as a 15 wt.-% dispersion in water at 25° C., a number average particle size of from 0.01 to 2 micrometers and a viscosity of not more than 2000 mPa·s, wherein the weight ratio between the cellulose ether and the water-dispersible starch is from 1:2 to 20:1, is useful for efficiently coating dosage forms with a low moisture permeability. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140208463 | ACTIVE COMPOUND COMBINATIONS COMPRISING SPECIFIC TETRAMIC ACID DERIVATIVES - The invention provides combinations of insecticides/acaricides and herbicides comprising an effective amount of components (A) and (B), where component (A) is one or more of the tetramic acid derivatives listed in the description, and (B) one or more herbicides from the group of the herbicides likewise listed in the description, where the combinations may optionally additionally comprise crop plant compatibility-increasing substances (safeners). | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140215656 | Methods and Compositions for Plant Pest Control - Provided are methods and compositions to improve fungal disease resistance in various crop plants. Also provided are combinations of compositions and methods to improve fungal disease resistance in various crop plants. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140223606 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING SEQUENCES HAVING MEGANUCLEASE ACTIVITY - Compositions and methods comprising polynucleotides and polypeptides having meganuclease activity are provided. Further provided are nucleic acid constructs, yeast, plants, plant cells, explants, seeds and grain having the meganuclease sequences. Various methods of employing the meganuclease sequences are provided. Such methods include, for example, methods for producing a meganuclease with increased activity at a wide range of temperatures, methods for producing a yeast, plant, plant cell, explant or seed comprising a meganuclease with increased activity. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140223607 | TRANSFORMATION SYSTEM IN CAMELINA SATIVA - The present invention relates to plant biotechnology and specifically to a method for genetically transforming | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140223608 | Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention provides isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also provides nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140245494 | CANNABIS PLANT NAMED EREZ - The disclosure relates to a new and distinct cultivar of | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245495 | CANNABIS PLANT NAMED MIDNIGHT - The disclosure relates to a new and distinct | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245496 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF VANILLAN OR VANILLIN BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE - Recombinant microorganisms, plants, and plant cells are disclosed that have been engineered to express a mutant AROM polypeptide and/or mutant catechol-O-methyltransferase polypeptide alone or in combination with one or more vanillin biosynthetic enzymes or UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs). Such microorganisms, plants, or plant cells can produce vanillin or vanillin beta-D-glucoside. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245497 | DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS AND RELATED CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS INVOLVING GENES ENCODING FERREDOXIN FAMILY PROTEINS - Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides and recombinant DNA constructs useful for conferring drought tolerance, compositions (such as plants or seeds) comprising these recombinant DNA constructs, and methods utilizing these recombinant DNA constructs. The recombinant DNA construct comprises a polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter that is functional in a plant, wherein said polynucleotide encodes a ferredoxin family protein. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245498 | POLYPEPTIDES HAVING CELLULOLYTIC ENHANCING ACTIVITY AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140259226 | CONSTITUTIVELY ACTIVE ABA RECEPTOR MUTANTS - The present invention provides for compositions comprising mutated PYR/PYL receptor polypeptides that bind to a type 2 protein phosphatase in the absence of abscisic acid. The present invention further provides for methods of making and using the mutated PYR/PYL receptor polypeptides. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140259227 | ALFALFA PLANT AND SEED CORRESPONDING TO TRANSGENIC EVENT KK 179-2 AND METHODS FOR DETECTION THEREOF - The present invention provides a transgenic alfalfa event KK 179-2. The invention also provides cells, plant parts, seeds, plants, commodity products related to the event, and DNA molecules that are unique to the event and were created by the insertion of transgenic DNA into the genome of a alfalfa plant. The invention further provides methods for detecting the presence of said alfalfa event nucleotide sequences in a sample, probes and primers for use in detecting nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for the presence of said alfalfa event. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140259228 | CANNABIS PLANT NAMED 'AVIDEKEL' - The disclosure relates to a new and distinct cultivar of | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140259229 | METHOD FOR INCREASING OR DECREASING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SYLLEPTIC OR PROLEPTIC BRANCHING IN A LIGNEOUS PLANT - A biotechnological application of the RAV1 gene (related to ABI3 and Viviparous 1) and its homologue RAV2 in relation to their capacity to increase or reduce the development of sylleptic and/or proleptic branches in ligneous species when their expression levels or the activity of the proteins they encode are modified. It is possible to increase the biomass production of a ligneous species plantation or to reduce the number of nodes in the trunk of ligneous species of logging interest by means of modifying the expression of said genes. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140259230 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING USEFUL PLANTS OR PLANT PROPAGATION MATERIAL - A method of controlling phytopathogenic diseases on useful plants or plant propagation material thereof, which comprises applying to said plant or plant propagation material a fungicidally effective amount of a compound of formula (I) | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140283218 | INSECTICIDALLY ACTIVE PYRIDYL-THIAZOLE AND PYRIDYL-THIADIAZOLE DERIVATIVES - Compounds of formula I | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140283219 | REROUTING THE PHOTORESPIRATION PATHWAY IN PLANTS FOR INCREASING BIOPRODUCT YIELD - The present invention provides methods of producing biological products or increasing production of such products through expression in a plant of a bacterial or plant glycolate catabolic cycle gene, such as glycolate dehydrogenease (GDH), glycolate oxidase (GO), or malate synthase (MS) in combination with a plant gene, such as farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPS), squalene synthase (SQS), or PLAS. Also provided are plants, plants parts and compositions produced through methods of the present invention. The invention leads to two to five fold increase of end product yield. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140283220 | Genetically Modified Plants that are Herbivore-Resistant - An herbivore-resistant transgenic plant. The plant may be transformed with a gene construct including at least one gene chosen from SEA, LECRPA1, LECRPA2, and LECRPA3. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140289904 | POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID PRODUCTION IN HETEROLOGOUS ORGANISMS USING PUFA POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE SYSTEMS - Disclosed are novel acyl-CoA synthetases and novel acyltransferases, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, recombinant nucleic acid molecules and recombinant host cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules, genetically modified organisms (microorganisms and plants) comprising the same, and methods of making and using the same. Also disclosed are genetically modified organisms (e.g., plants, microorganisms) that have been genetically modified to express a PKS-like system for the production of PUFAs (a PUFA PKS system or PUFA synthase), wherein the organisms have been modified to express an acyl-CoA synthetase, to express an acyl transferase, to delete or inactivate a fatty acid synthase (FAS) expressed by the organism, to reduce competition for malonyl CoA with the PUFA synthase or to increase the level of malonyl CoA in the organism, and in one aspect, to inhibit KASII or KASIII. Additional modifications, and methods to make and use such organisms, in addition to PUFAs and oils obtained from such organisms, are disclosed, alone with various products including such PUFAs and oils. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140289905 | Polypeptides Having Xylanase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - Provided are isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity, catalytic domains and cellulose binding domains, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains or cellulose binding domains. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs, vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides, catalytic domains or cellulose binding domains. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140304859 | Polypeptides Having Endoglucanase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - Provided are isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs, vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140317785 | SPECIFIC GENETIC MODIFICATION OF THE ACTIVITY OF TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE AND EXPRESSION IN A HOMOLOGOUS OR HETEROLOGOUS ENVIRONMENT - A method for the preparation of a eukaryotic organism, for example selected from plants, animals and fungi, showing constitutive, inducible and/or organ specific expression of a specifically modified TPS gene, which comprises the steps of providing a TPS gene; designing a suitable modification to the TPS gene by aligning the gene with the corresponding gene of yeast and establishing which part of the gene extends beyond the 5′ terminus of the yeast gene; deleting or inactivating a part of the N-terminal region of the TPS gene extending beyond the 5′ terminus of the yeast gene, in order to achieve an increased trehalose-6-phosphate synthase activity; cloning the thus modified gene into an expression vector under the control of a constitutive, inducible and/or organ-specific promoter; transforming a plant cell or tissue with the thus obtained expression vector; and regenerating a complete plant from the transformed plant cell or tissue. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140317786 | Polypeptides Having Beta-Glucosidase Activity, Beta-Xylosidase Activity, Or Beta-Glucosidase And Beta-Xylosidase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity, beta-xylosidase activity, or beta-glucosidase and beta-xylosidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140325709 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FINE CHEMICALS - The present invention relates to a process for the production of fine chemicals in a microorganism, a plant cell, a plant, a plant tissue or in one or more parts thereof. The present invention relates further to a process for the control of the production of fine chemicals in a microorganism, a plant cell, a plant, a plant tissue or in one or more parts thereof. The invention furthermore relates to nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, antisense molecules, antibodies, host cells, plant tissue, propagation material, harvested material, plants, microorganisms as well as agricultural compositions and to their use. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140325710 | Genes and uses for plant improvement - Transgenic seed for crops with improved traits are provided by trait-improving recombinant DNA 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 expression of mRNA complementary to at least a portion of an mRNA native to the target plant for use in gene suppression to suppress the expression of a protein. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140325711 | Polypeptides Having Lysozyme Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lysozyme activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140325712 | COMPOUND FOR INCREASING AMINO ACID CONTENT IN PLANT, AND USE THEREOF - In order to develop a technique for increasing an amino acid content and to provide a technique for easily producing a plant having an increased amino acid content, an amino acid content in a plant is increased by an amino acid content promoting agent, a composition containing the amino acid content promoting agent, a kit including an amino acid content promoting agent, or a kit including a composition containing the amino acid content promoting agent, and a plant having an increased amino acid content is produced. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140331363 | PLANTS WITH ALTERED GLUCURONOXYLAN METHYL TRANSFERASE ACTIVITY AND METHODS OF USE - Provided herein are plants having altered glucuronoxylan methyl transferase (GXMT) activity, including reduced GXMT activity. In one embodiment the plant is a transgenic plant. Also provided herein are methods for using such plants, including methods for processing a part of a plant to result in a pulp, methods for hydrolyzing a pulp, and methods for producing a metabolic product. Further provided herein is plant material from a plant having altered GXMT activity, and pulp from a plant having altered GXMT activity. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140331364 | Polypeptides Having Beta-Glucosidase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - Provided are isolated polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs, vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140345004 | CELLS PRODUCING GLYCOPROTEINS HAVING ALTERED GLYCOSYLATION PATTERNS AND METHOD AND USE THEREOF - The disclosure relates to the field of glyco-engineering, more specifically, to eukaryotic cells wherein both an endoglucosaminidase and a glycoprotein are present. These cells can be used to deglycosylate or partly deglycosylate the (exogenous) glycoprotein, in particular, without the need for adding an extra enzyme. Methods are also provided for the application of these cells in protein production. According to one specific aspect, the eukaryotic cells are glyco-engineered yeast cells in which, additionally, at least one exogenous enzyme needed for complex glycosylation is present, e.g., allowing easier separation of differentially glycosylated glycoproteins. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140366224 | PROCESS FOR MODIFYING THE ARCHITECTURE AND IMPROVING THE YIELD OF CROP PLANTS - This invention identifies the plant MINIYO (IYO) gene and the AtRTR1 gene for the initiation of cell differentiation in all plant meristems and in embryogenesis. This invention relates methods for generating transgenic plants in which expression of the IYO and/or AtRTR1 genes or their orthologous genes is modified to advancing or delaying the onset of differentiation in one or more meristems of the plant. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140366225 | Endogenous Regulator of RNA Silencing in Plants - Compositions and methods are described which use RAV proteins and genes that encode such proteins to regulate RNA silencing in plant cells. Novel ntRAV proteins and genes are also described. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140366226 | POLYSACCHARIDE SYNTHASES - The present invention relates generally to polysaccharide synthases. More particularly, the present invention relates to (1,3;1,4)-β-D-glucan synthases. The present invention provides, among other things, methods for influencing the level of (1,3;1,4)-β-D-glucan produced by a cell and nucleic acid and amino acid sequences which encode (1,3;1,4)-β-D-glucan synthases. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140373199 | Polypeptides Having Beta-Xylosidase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - Provided are isolated polypeptides having beta-xylosidase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140380527 | Polypeptides Having Lysozyme Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lysozyme activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140380528 | SIMULTANEOUS GENE SILENCING AND SUPPRESSING GENE SILENCING IN THE SAME CELL - The present invention relates to genetically modified cells that are capable of optimal transgene expression by co-expressing a silencing suppressor whilst at the same time are also capable of silencing a gene, such as a naturally occurring gene of the cell. The present invention also relates to methods of producing the modified cells, as well as relates to processes for obtaining a genetically modified cell with a desired property. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140380529 | Polypeptides Having Xylanase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150020239 | SEED-ORIGIN ENDOPHYTE POPULATIONS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF USE - This application relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a seed or seedling of an agricultural plant (e.g., an agricultural grass plant), or the agricultural plant derived from the seed or seedling. For example, this application provides purified bacterial populations that include novel seed-origin bacterial endophytes, and synthetic combinations of seeds and/or seedlings (e.g., cereal seeds and/or seedlings) with heterologous seed-derived bacterial endophytes. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150026842 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME WITH FLUTRIAFOL - This invention relates to the use of the compound flutriafol for protecting plants and plant propagation material from Sudden Death Syndrome. The use comprises applying a composition comprising flutriafol to the soil from which the plant propagation material, a plant, part of a plant and/or plant organ grow or grows at a later point in time. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026843 | Polypeptides Having Protease Activity - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having proteaseactivity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptidesin e.g. animal feed and detergents. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026844 | TRANSGENIC BIOLUMINESCENT PLANTS - Transgenic plants, and a method for making the same, wherein genes encoding the enzyme luciferase and its corresponding substrate luciferin are incorporated into a native plant genome. Once transformed into plant cells, these genes may be regulated such that under certain endogenous or exogenous conditions, their expression in the mature plant results in bioluminescence. Different luciferin/luciferase complexes and/or mechanisms of regulation may be utilized for these transgenic plants, depending on a variety of factors such as plant species and the circumstances under which a biolmuniescent reaction is desired. Phototransformation may be utilized to vary the wavelength of light emitted from the mature plant. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150033417 | Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof - The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination sequence, and are also useful in controlling the behavior of a gene in the chromosome, in controlling the expression of a gene or as tools for genetic mapping, recognizing or isolating identical or related DNA fragments, or identification of a particular individual organism, or for clustering of a group of organisms with a common trait. One of ordinary skill in the art, having this data, can obtain cloned DNA fragments, synthetic DNA fragments or polypeptides constituting desired sequences by recombinant methodology known in the art or described herein. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150040271 | Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150047072 | PLANT GROWING SYSTEM CONTAINING A SUPER AMOUNT OF A CONTROLLED-RELLEASED FERTILIZER AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - The invention relates to a plant growing system having (a) plant life; (b) a super amount of a controlled-release fertilizer to provide season-long performance; and (c) growing media. The planting growing system may also include a moisture control agent or a plant protection agent. Despite the high EC values of the growing system, the combination of materials that make up the growing system nevertheless produces superior performing plants with darker green, healthier-looking leaves; superior growth, fill and spread; more abundant production of flowers and fruits; and a more developed, sustaining root system. Moreover, these plants are far less susceptible to the effects of pests such as fungi (e.g., | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150047073 | SYNTHETIC COMPOUNDS FOR VEGETATIVE ABA RESPONSES - The present invention provides agonist compounds that active ABA receptors, and agricultural formulations comprising the agonist compounds. The agricultural formulations are useful for inducing ABA responses in plant vegetative tissues, reducing abiotic stress in plants, and inhibiting germination of plant seeds. The compounds are also useful for inducing expression of ABA-responsive genes in cells that express endogenous or heterologous ABA receptors. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150047074 | NANOBIONIC ENGINEERING OF ORGANELLES AND PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS - In one aspect, a composition can include an organelle, and a nanoparticle having a zeta potential of less than −10 mV or greater than 10 mV contained within the organelle. In a preferred embodiment, the organelle can be a chloroplast and the nanoparticle can be a single-walled carbon nanotube associated with a strongly anionic or strongly cationic polymer. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150047075 | Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150052640 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING DROUGHT TOLERANCE IN PLANTS - A method for increasing drought tolerance in a plant or photosynthetic organism is provided, where the tolerance is increased by applying an effective amount of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) or trimethylamine N-oxide di-hydrate, or a TMAO chemical derivative, or a TMAO chemical analogue and thereof to a plant, seed or photosynthetic organism that has been exposed to or to be exposed to water stress conditions. Water stress tolerant plants or photosynthetic organisms produced through the application of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) or trimethylamine N-oxide di-hydrate, or a TMAO chemical derivative, or a TMAO chemical analogue to a plant or photosynthetic organism are also disclosed. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150052641 | CONTROL OF CELLULOSE BIOSYNTHESIS BY OVEREXPRESSION OF A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR - The invention relates to the over-expression of a transcription factor selected from the group consisting of MYB46, HAM1, HAM2, MYB112, WRKY11, ERF6, and any combination thereof in a plant, which can modulate and thereby modulating the cellulose content of the plant. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150052642 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR OBTAINING MARKER-FREE TRANSGENIC PLANTS - The invention provides methods and compositions for identifying transgenic seed that contain a transgene of interest, but lack a marker gene. Use of an identification sequence that results in a detectable phenotype increases the efficiency of screening for seed and plants in which transgene sequences not linked to a gene of interest have segregated from the sequence encoding a gene of interest. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150067921 | FAD3 PERFORMANCE LOCI AND CORRESPONDING TARGET SITE SPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS CAPABLE OF INDUCING TARGETED BREAKS - A method of gene editing or gene stacking within a FAD3 loci by cleaving, in a site directed manner, a location in a FAD3 gene in a cell, to generate a break in the FAD3 gene and then ligating into the break a nucleic acid molecule associated with one or more traits of interest is disclosed. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150067922 | GENE TARGETING AND GENETIC MODIFICATION OF PLANTS VIA RNA-GUIDED GENOME EDITING - The present invention provides compositions and methods for specific gene targeting and precise editing of DNA sequences in plant genomes using the CRISPR (cluster regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) associated nuclease. Non-transgenic, genetically modified crops can be produced using these compositions and methods. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150067923 | Transgenic Plants And A Transient Transformation System For Genome-Wide Transcription Factor Target Discovery - Plant genes regulated by transcription factors that control the gene network response to an environmental perturbation or signal are described. This class of genes responds to the perturbation of a transcription factor and the signal it transduces, but surprisingly, without stable binding of the transcription factor. These genes represent members of the “dark matter” of metabolic regulatory circuits. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150082493 | GH61 Polypeptide Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to GH61 polypeptide variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150089689 | DOWN-REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION USING ARTIFICIAL MICRORNAS FOR SILENCING FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHETIC GENES - Isolated nucleic acid fragments comprising precursor miRNAs, and artificial miRNAs and their use in down-regulating gene expression of fatty acid biosynthetic genes are described. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150096081 | SUBSTANCE INTRODUCTION METHOD FOR PLANT AND PLANT OBTAINED THEREWITH - This invention relates to a method for introducing a substance into a plant, said method comprising the following steps:
| 04-02-2015 |
| 20150096082 | Expression of the Human IGF-1 In Transgenic Plastids - A plastid transformation vector for stably transforming a plastid genome, comprising, as operably-linked components, a first flanking sequence, a DNA sequence coding for synthetic insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1s) (SEQ ID NO. 1) or a substantially homologous DNA sequence of IGF-1s, which is capable of expression in the plastid genome, and a second flanking sequence. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150101082 | PROCESSING SEEDS BY COLD PLASMA TREATMENT TO REDUCE AN APPARENT CONTACT ANGLE OF SEEDS COAT SURFACE - Disclosed are methods for reduction on apparent contact angle of seeds coat surface by cold plasma treatment, agricultural devices for said treatment and seeds obtained by methods thereof. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150113685 | HSF-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR, TBF1, IS A MAJOR MOLECULAR SWITCH FOR GROWTH-TO-DEFENSE TRANSITION IN PLANTS - The present invention relates to new methods to study and control the expression of plant genes, particularly nucleotide sequences located downstream from regions comprising binding sites for transcription factors, such as the cis-element translocon 1 (TL1) comprising GAAGAAGAA and similar sequences. The invention relates to isolated nucleotide sequences comprising a regulatory region comprising a promoter operably-linked to one or more upstream open reading frames (uORFs) and one or more downstream open reading frames (dORFs) encoding one or more functional polypeptides, including transcription factors such as TBF1, reporter polypeptides, and polypeptides conferring resistance to drugs, resistance of plants viral, bacterial, or fungal pathogens, and polypeptides involved in the growth of plants. Related aspects include the use of a region which encodes one or more polypeptides designated uORF1 and uORF2 from | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150128306 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEVIOL GLYCOSIDE - The invention provides a method for producing steviol glycosides. The invention provides a transformant having introduced therein the steviol glucosyltransferase and a method for producing steviol glycosides using the transformant. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150135367 | Genes and uses for plant improvement - Transgenic seed for crops with improved traits are provided by trait-improving recombinant DNA where plants grown from such transgenic seed exhibit one or more improved traits as compared to a control plant. Exemplary recombinant DNA expresses a succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150135368 | Expression Cassettes for Stress-Induced Gene Expression in Plants - The invention relates to promoters for stress-induced expression in plants as well as to methods for rendering any given promoter into a stress-inducible promoter. The invention further relates to promoter sequences produced with such methods and their use for stress-induced gene expression. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150135369 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS HAVING ALTERED EXPRESSION OF PECTIN ACETYLESTERASE AND METHODS OF USING SAME - Provided herein are transgenic plants that include increased expression of a coding region encoding a PAE poly-peptide compared to a control plant. In one embodiment, a transgenic plant includes a phenotype of decreased recalcitrance, increased growth, or the combination thereof. Also provided herein are methods for generating transgenic plants, and methods for using transgenic plants. Examples of methods for using transgenic plants include, for instance, processing a transgenic plant described herein to result in a processed pulp, and exposing a plant material obtained from a plant described herein to conditions suitable for the production of a metabolic product. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150135370 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCED FORAGE QUALITY - The invention provides a method to select an alfalfa plant with enhanced feed value and increased flexibility in management either to increase quality of forage provided or to enhance biomass available earlier. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150135371 | SYNERGY-BASED BIOCONTROL OF PLANT PATHOGENS - Methods and compositions are provided for control of pathogenic fungal or oomycetous infection. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150143588 | Universal Donor System For Gene Targeting - A universal donor polynucleotide is described that can be inserted at targeted locations in plant genomes to facilitate rapid and high throughput integration of a donor molecule within a specific genomic location. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150150160 | In Planta Recombination - The present invention relates to methods to modify at least one target locus in a plant cell, comprising, providing a plant cell with one or more target loci and one or more donor loci, followed by induction of homologous recombination between homologous regions of at least one target locus and at least one donor locus by at least one rare cleaving nuclease. The present invention related also to target loci, donor loci and nuclease loci used in these methods, and plant cells, plants and plant parts comprising these target loci, donor loci, nuclease loci and/or the recombined loci. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150150161 | Method for Large Scale Generation of Artificial Seeds Comprising Symbiota - The present invention relates to new methods of selecting and breeding organisms, in particular organisms which exhibit symbiotic behaviour with symbionts such as fungal endophytes or epiphytes or bacterial microbiome in plants, and to new organisms and symbiota developed thereby. More particularly, the present invention provides artificial seeds comprising symbiota, and methods for preparing and using such artificial seeds, as well as plants, plant seeds and other plant parts derived from artificial seeds or symbiont-containing plants of the present invention. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150150162 | Plant Propagation - The present application relates generally to the field of plant propagation. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for the propagation of vegetatively reproducing plants and plants and plant parts produced by such methods. The invention also provides encapsulated propagules. The invention also provides various end uses for the encapsulated propagules and for plants grown from the same. The invention also provides a method for the modification of the architecture of rhizomes and rhizomes having modified architecture and a method for the modification of the architecture of stem cuttings and stem cuttings having modified architecture. The invention also provides a coating for a propagule and a propagule coated therewith. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150289464 | Method to Develop Herbicide-Resistant Sugar Beet Plants - A method for producing herbicide-resistant sugar beet plant includes obtaining protoplasts from stomatal guard cells isolated from a sugar beet plant. A composition having an ALS herbicide is applied to the cells at a concentration which is lethal to the cells. Sugar beet plants are regenerated from the surviving cells. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150313170 | MULTILEAF SPINACH - The invention relates to a spinach plant which carries a genetic determinant that leads to the multileaf trait and which plant has at least 1.25 times as many leaves as a plant not carrying the multileaf trait wherein said trait is obtainable by introgression from a multileaf spinach plant representative seed of which was deposited with the NCIMB under accession number NCIMB 41619. The invention further relates to progeny of the plant as well as propagation material, in particular seeds, for the production of plants that carry the multileaf trait. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150315662 | MANTLE PHENOTYPE DETECTION IN PALM - Methods, compositions, kits, and computer program code are provided for predicting somaclonal abnormality (e.g., a Mantled phenotype) in a plant and or sorting plants based on the predicted presence or absence of somaclonal abnormality. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150353947 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS EXPRESSING CIVPS OR INTEIN MODIFIED PROTEINS AND RELATED METHOD - Transgenic plants that express CIVPS or intein modified proteins, compositions of matter comprising them, products of diverse applications made from the transgenic plants, methods to construct the transgenic plants containing CIVPS or intein modified genes, methods to express CIVPS or intein modified proteins in plants, and methods of using the transgenic plants. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150366154 | BREEDING, PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND USE OF SPECIALTY CANNABIS - The invention provides compositions and methods for the breeding, production, processing and use of specialty | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150368627 | Polypeptides Having Phospholipase C Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - Provided are isolated polypeptides having phospholipase C activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs, vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150368663 | METHOD FOR ISOLATION OF TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION SEQUENCES - The invention relates to efficient, high-throughput methods, systems, and DNA constructs for identification and isolation of transcription termination sequences. The invention relates further to specific terminator sequences identified by said methods isolated from rice. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150373992 | PLANT-ENDOPHYTE COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREFOR - The disclosure provides materials and methods for conferring improved plant traits or benefits on plants. The materials can include a formulation comprising an exogenous endophytic bacterial population, which can be disposed on an exterior surface of a seed or seedling, typically in an amount effective to colonize the plant. The formulations can include at least one member selected from the group consisting of an agriculturally compatible carrier, a tackifier, a microbial stabilizer, a fungicide, an antibacterial agent, an herbicide, a nematicide, an insecticide, a plant growth regulator, a rodenticide, and a nutrient. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160010098 | SUGARCANE CENTROMERE SEQUENCES AND MINICHROMOSOMES | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160015038 | TREATED CROP PLANTS OR PLANT FOOD PRODUCTS WITH DECREASED BACTERIAL VIABILITY AND METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MAKING THE SAME - A treated crop plant or plant food product with decreased bacterial viability relative to an untreated crop plant or plant food product. The treated crop plant or plant food product has at least a 1-log reduction in bacterial viability relative to the untreated crop plant or plant food product. Methods and apparatuses of producing the treated crop plant or plant food product are also provided. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160021891 | ENDOPHYTES, ASSOCIATED COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Materials and methods for improving plant traits and for providing plant benefits are provided. In some embodiments, the materials, and methods employing the same, can comprise endophytes. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160030982 | METHOD FOR SORTING RESISTANT SEED FROM A MIXTURE WITH SUSCEPTIBLE SEED - The invention generally relates to a novel method of sorting seed by providing a first seed population with a fluorescent indicator and a second seed population visually identical to the first seed population under standard operating conditions. The seed populations are combined to provide a combined seed population. A lamp having an output corresponding to the activation wavelength of the fluorescent indicator and a color sorting system are paired to count or separate the seed populations, as desired. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160037781 | BACTERIAL SPORE COMPOSITIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL USES - In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a plant or plant part coated with a composition comprising a bacterial spore and a germinative compound. In another aspect the present invention is directed to a method of enhancing the growth of a plant or plant part comprising coating such plant or plant part with such a composition. In yet another aspect, the present invention is directed to a composition comprising a bacterial spore and a germinative compound where such components are maintained in an inactive form. The present invention also relates to use of the compositions in wastewater treatment, environmental remediation, oil recovery, aquaculture systems, and direct fed microbials. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160046901 | Endophytes and related methods - The present invention relates to a method for identifying and/or characterising an endophyte strain, said method including providing a plurality of samples of endophytes, subjecting said endophytes to genetic analysis, subjecting said endophytes to metabolic analysis and selecting endophytes having a desired genetic and metabolic profile. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160046912 | GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE, GENE ENCODING SAME AND USE THEREOF - Provided are an enzyme involved in a glycyrrhizin biosynthetic system, a gene of the enzyme and use thereof in order to stably and continuously provide a large amount of glycyrrhizin. Glucuronosyltransferase with an activity of further transferring glucuronic acid to the hydroxy group at the 2-position of glucuronic acid in an oleanane-type triterpenoid monoglucuronide is identified to provide the transferase, a gene for the transferase and use thereof. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160073574 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR SEED PRIMING - Disclosed is a method of priming dry seeds, wherein said seeds firstly are immersed into an aqueous solution and subsequently removed once the seeds have been saturated with water. After having been removed for the aqueous solution, the water content of the seeds are reduced, thereafter the seeds are incubated under an atmosphere of air having a relative humidity of at least 95%, but less than | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160073641 | Microbial Inoculant Formulations - Compositions comprising dried formulations of viable | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160076010 | CYTOKININ SYNTHASE ENZYMES, CONSTRUCTS, AND RELATED METHODS - The present disclosure relates to a new class of cytokinin biosynthetic enzymes, cytokinin synthases, which have two domains: an isopentenyl transfer (IPT)-like domain and a cytokinin nucleotide phosphoribohydrolase (PRH)-like domain. The invention provides compositions and methods for the recombinant production of cytokinin synthase, host cells and transformants that include the cytokinin synthases, as well as compositions and formulations that include the disclosed cytokinin synthase. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160076046 | PROMOTER, PROMOTER CONTROL ELEMENTS, AND COMBINATIONS, AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination sequence, and are also useful in controlling the behavior of a gene in the chromosome, in controlling the expression of a gene or as tools for genetic mapping, recognizing or isolating identical or related DNA fragments, or identification of a particular individual organism, or for clustering of a group of organisms with a common trait. One of ordinary skill in the art, having this data, can obtain cloned DNA fragments, synthetic DNA fragments or polypeptides constituting desired sequences by recombinant methodology known in the art or described herein. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160108412 | Modified FRT Recombination Site Libraries and Methods of Use - Methods and compositions using populations of randomized modified FRT recombination sites to identify, isolate and/or characterize modified FRT recombination sites are provided. Kits comprising the library populations of FRT sites are also provided, as are methods to make a library of modified FRT recombination sites. The recombinogenic modified FRT recombination sites can be employed in a variety of methods for targeted recombination of polynucleotides of interest. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160120188 | Bacterial Fermentation Methods and Compositions - The present invention provides methods for the cultivation of the | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160128336 | MICROBIAL AGRICULTURE - The present invention relates to novel compositions for enhancing plant growth and crop yield. Moreover, the present invention is directed to the production of these compositions and the uses of these compositions. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160130596 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LEAFY BIOMASS - A method for producing leafy biomass from undifferentiated plant cells, the method comprising providing undifferentiated plant cells, contacting them with an agent that promotes differentiation of the cells into leafy tissue and growing the cells in a temporary liquid immersion culture system. This method of the invention may be used to produce polypeptides, and natural medicinal products, and can be used to capture carbon dioxide. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160143237 | METHODS FOR IMPROVING PLANT TISSUE CULTURE - The invention relates to the improvement of plant tissue culture. The invention relates to a method for improving the efficiency of response of plant tissues to tissue culture. It specifically relates to using vacuum infiltration to introduce media and other solutions into the plant tissues. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160145552 | FLOATING PHOTOBIOREACTOR SYSTEM COMPRISING A FLOATING PHOTOBIOREACTOR AND AN INTEGRATED PADDLE WHEEL AND AN AIRLIFT AND METHODS OF USE - This invention relates to a floating photobioreactor system comprising a floating photobioreactor and an integrated paddle wheel and an integrated airlift. This invention further relates to methods of using the floating photobioreactor system. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160145695 | Epigenetic regulation of fruit trait with rapid periodic thermal shock treatment - A method to improve fruit quality by manipulating the epigenetic trajectory of fruit in a commercially beneficial direction during the growth and ripening stages of the fruit by applying a special thermal stress treatment of the fruit in the field using periodic, rapid, short duration, pulses of heat. The levels of applied thermal stress are meant to keep the growth and ripening on the desired epigenomic trajectory. With such a process, targeted fruit traits may be consistently obtained. | 05-26-2016 |
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| 20160376669 | GENE CONTROLLING SHELL PHENOTYPE IN PALM - Nucleic acid sequences for predicting and controlling shell phenotype in palm. | 12-29-2016 |
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| 20220135991 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SITE DIRECTED GENOMIC MODIFICATION - The disclosure provides novel corn, tomato, and soybean U6, U3, U2, U5, and 7SL snRNA promoters which are useful for CRISPR/Cas-mediated targeted gene modifications in plants. The disclosure also provides methods for use for U6, U3, U2, U5, and 7SL promoters in driving expression of sgRNA polynucleotides which function in a CRISPR/Cas system of targeted gene modification in plants. The disclosure also provides methods of genome modification by insertion of blunt-end DNA fragments at a site of genomic cleavage. | 05-05-2022 |
