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| 20120131692 | BRASSICA GAT EVENT DP-073496-4 AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND/OR DETECTION THEREOF - Compositions and methods related to transgenic glyphosate tolerant | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131690 | BRASSICA GAT EVENT DP-061061-7 AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND/OR DETECTION THEREOF - Compositions and methods related to transgenic glyphosate tolerant | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120124700 | Maize Ethylene Signaling Genes and Modulation of Same for Improved Stress Tolerance in Plants - The invention provides isolated maize EIN3, ERF3, EBF1, EBF2, EIN5 nucleic acids which are associated with ethylene signaling in plants and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering ethylene sensitivity in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants and antibody compositions. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124699 | Plant Defense Genes and Proteins and Methods of Use - Methods and compositions for modulating development and defense responses are provided. Nucleotide sequences encoding plant defense proteins are provided. The sequences can be used in expression cassettes for modulating development, developmental pathways, and defense responses. Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, and seed are also provided. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122686 | NOVEL GLYPHOSATE-N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE (GAT) GENES - Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119080 | PREDICTION OF PHENOTYPES AND TRAITS BASED ON THE METABOLOME - The invention provides methods for characterizing metabolic profiles, phenotypic profiles and trait profiles in plants or groups of plants. Additionally, methods for establishing an unbiased model between a phenotypic profile and a metabolic profile, or between a trait profile and metabolic profile, are also provided by the invention. Further, methods for using such unbiased models to accurately predict the development of a phenotype of interest or a trait of interest in an independent, immature plant are also provided. In one embodiment, immature plants are selected for use based on their predicted development of a phenotype or trait of interest. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117690 | NOVEL BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CRYSTAL POLYPEPTIDES, POLYNUCLEOTIDES, AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF - The present invention provides insecticidal polypeptides related to shuffled | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116572 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SORTING EAR CORN - A system and method for sorting ear corn are provided. The system may include a transport device for transporting ear corn along a processing path and an ear corn husking stage for removing husks from the ear corn. The system may further include an ear corn sorting stage for sorting the ear corn downstream from the ear corn husking stage. The ear corn sorting stage may include one or more sensor devices for identifying and determining a location of the ear corn having at least one defined characteristic. Further, the ear corn sorting stage may include robotic devices for picking up the identified ear corn and placing the identified ear corn in an alternate location. Thereby, for example, the ear corn may be returned to the husking stage, a flawed portion of the ear corn may be removed, or the ear corn may be disposed of | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120102596 | COMPOSITIONS RELATED TO THE QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS 6 (QTL6) IN MAIZE AND METHODS OF USE - Compositions related to the quantitative trait locus 6 (QTL6) in maize and methods for their use are provided. The compositions are novel molecular marker loci genetically linked with QTL6 and which are associated with increased oil content and/or increased oleic acid content and/or an increased oleic acid/linoleic acid ratio of a plant. These novel markers are characterized by the presence of at least one polymorphism relative to the corresponding marker locus from the QTL6 region of non-high-oil, non-high-oleic acid maize plants. In some embodiments, the novel marker loci comprise coding sequence for a maize DGAT1-2 polypeptide or biologically active variant thereof. The marker loci of the invention, and suitable fragments thereof, are useful in methods for manipulating oil and/or oleic acid content and/or oleic acid/linoleic acid ratio of a plant, for marker-assisted selection of a plant, and for marker-assisted breeding of the high oil and/or high oleic acid trait. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102595 | Novel Antifungal Proteins and Methods of Use - Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include amino acid sequences, and variants and fragments thereof, for novel variants of antipathogenic polypeptides generated through DNA shuffling that exhibit improved antipathogenic activity. Polynucleotides that encode the antipathogenic polypeptides are also provided. A method for inducing pathogen resistance in a plant using the polynucleotides disclosed herein is further provided. Compositions comprising an antipathogenic polypeptide or a microorganism comprising an antipathogenic polynucleotide of the invention in combination with a carrier and methods of using these compositions to protect a plant from a pathogen are further provided. Plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising an antipathogenic polynucleotide or polypeptide of the invention are also disclosed. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120100556 | Functional Expression of Higher Plant Nitrate Transporters in Pichia Pastoris - The present invention relates to a system for functional expression of higher plant nitrate transporter (Nrt) genes in | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120079623 | Yield Enhancement in Plants by Modulation of a ZM-ZFP1 Protein - Compositions and methods for modulating plant development and for increasing yield in a plant are provided. The compositions include a ZM-ZFP1 sequence. Compositions of the disclosure comprise amino acid sequences and nucleotide sequences selected from SEQ ID NOS: 1 and 2 as well as variants and fragments thereof. Nucleotide sequences encoding the ZM-ZFP1 molecule are provided in DNA constructs for expression in a plant of interest are provided for modulating the level of a ZM-ZFP1 sequence in a plant or a plant part are provided. The methods comprise introducing into a plant or plant part a heterologous polynucleotide comprising a ZM-ZFP1 sequence of the disclosure. The level of the ZM-ZFP1 polypeptide can be increased or decreased. Such method can be used to increase the yield in plants; in one embodiment, the method is used to increase grain yield in cereals. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079622 | Yield Enhancement in Plants by Modulation of a ZM-LOBDP1 Protein - Compositions and methods for modulating plant development and for increasing yield in a plant are provided. The compositions include a ZM-LOBDP1 sequence. Compositions of the disclosure comprise amino acid sequences and nucleotide sequences selected from SEQ ID NOS: 1 and 2 as well as variants and fragments thereof. Nucleotide sequences encoding the ZM-LOBDP1 molecule are provided in DNA constructs for expression in a plant of interest are provided for modulating the level of a ZM-LOBDP1 sequence in a plant or a plant part are provided. The methods comprise introducing into a plant or plant part a heterologous polynucleotide comprising a ZM-LOBDP1 sequence of the disclosure. The level of the ZM-LOBDP1 polypeptide can be increased or decreased. Such method can be used to increase the yield in plants; in one embodiment, the method is used to increase grain yield in cereals. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120073416 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING, HANDLING, COLLECTING AND INDEXING SEED AND SEED PORTIONS FROM PLANT SEED - An apparatuses, methods and systems for creating, handling and collecting seed portions are highly beneficial. The apparatus includes a carrier having one or more carrying positions adapted to carry a seed. The carrying positions having a seed orienter adapted to orient the seed relative to the carrying position in the carrier for creating seed portions therefrom. The method includes taking a carrier having one or more carrying positions, orienting a seed relative to the carrying position in the carrier, ablating the seed with a seed ablation device, and communicating seed portions through a manifold into a compartment layer. The system includes a seed manifold adapted to dock thereon a seed carrier having pre-positioned and pre-oriented seed therein. Seed and seed portions removed from the seed in the carrier are communicated into a collector and compartment layer respectively using the seed manifold. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120073019 | Yield Enhancement in Plants by Modulation of a ZM-CIPK1 Protein - Compositions and methods for modulating plant development and for increasing yield in a plant are provided. The compositions include a ZM-CIPK1 sequence. Compositions of the disclosure comprise amino acid sequences and nucleotide sequences selected from SEQ ID NOS: 1 and 2 as well as variants and fragments thereof. Nucleotide sequences encoding the ZM-CIPK1 molecule are provided in DNA constructs for expression in a plant of interest are provided for modulating the level of a ZM-CIPK1 sequence in a plant or a plant part are provided. The methods comprise introducing into a plant or plant part a heterologous polynucleotide comprising a ZM-CIPK1 sequence of the disclosure. The level of the ZM-CIPK1 polypeptide can be increased or decreased. Such method can be used to increase the yield in plants; in one embodiment, the method is used to increase grain yield in cereals. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120071348 | METHODS FOR LARGE SCALE FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION OF NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES IN PLANTS - The present invention provides for rapid and large scale evaluation of expression of, or function of, nucleotide sequences in plants. The invention comprises three specific components which provide for fast and large scale evaluation of nucleotide sequences. The first component includes delivery in either a single event a library of different engineered vectors or a single engineered vector for a single target nucleotide sequence comprising sequences the function of which is desired to be known in plant cells. Surprisingly, applicants have discovered that, the introduction of multiple vectors to plant cells predominantly results in individual transgenic plants which contain only a single transformation event. The second feature of the invention involves a highly transformable, fast cycling and/or miniature size plant and the final step involves mass scale analysis of T0 plants for various phenotypes and plasmid rescue to identify the nucleotide sequence present in a particular phenotype. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120065127 | Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Gene with Lepidopteran Activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120058244 | MAIZE MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND METHODS OF USE - Compositions and methods are provided for modulating the level of phytate in plants. More specifically, the invention relates to methods of modulating the level of phytate utilizing nucleic acids comprising multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) nucleotide sequences to modulate the expression of MRP(s) in a plant of interest. The compositions and methods of the invention find use in agriculture for improving the nutritional quality of food and feed by reducing the levels of phytate and/or increasing the levels of non-phytate phosphorus in food and feed. The invention also finds use in reducing the environmental impact of animal waste. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120047608 | Floral Transition Genes in Maize and Uses Thereof - The invention provides isolated floral transition nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering floral transition in plants. The invention further provides regulatory elements, recombinant expression cassettes, host cells and transgenic plants. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047607 | Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Gene with Coleopteran Activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047606 | Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Gene with Lepidopteran Activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047605 | Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Gene with Lepidopteran Activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120042414 | CHIMERIC PROMOTERS AND METHODS OF USE - Compositions and methods comprising promoters from the 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) gene and active variants and fragments thereof, as well as chimeric promoters employing regulatory regions of the HPPD promoters are provided. Further provided are expression cassettes and plants comprising the various promoters disclosed herein operably linked to a polynucleotide of interest. Methods employing the various promoters described herein to modulate the expression of polynucleotides of interest are further provided. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120042413 | Compositions And Methods Comprising Sequences Having Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Dioxygenase (HPPD) Activity - Compositions and methods comprising polynucleotides and polypeptides having 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) activity and having insensitivity to an HPPD inhibitor are provided. Further provided are nucleic acid constructs, plants, plant cells, explants, seeds and grain having the HPPD sequences. Various methods of employing the HPPD sequences are provided. Such methods include, for example, methods for producing an HPPD inhibitor tolerant plant, plant cell, explant or seed and methods of controlling weeds in a field containing a crop employing the plants and/or seeds disclosed herein. Methods are also provided to identify additional HPPD variants. Further provided are various methods and compositions that allow the various HPPD polypeptides and variant and fragments thereof to be expressed in a chloroplast or transported to a chloroplast. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120042412 | Methods And Compositions For Targeting Sequences Of Interest To The Chloroplast - Chimeric polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a chloroplast transit peptide operably linked to a heterologous polynucleotide of interest are provided, wherein the chloroplast transit peptide comprises an amino acid sequence having the chloroplast transit peptide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 or a biologically active variant or fragment thereof or wherein the chloroplast transit peptide comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 58 or an active variant or fragment thereof. Chimeric polypeptides encoding the same, as well as, cells, plant cells, plants and seeds are further provided which comprise the chimeric polynucleotides. Compositions further include HPPD polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding the same as set forth in SEQ ID NOS: 57 and 60 or active variants and fragments thereof. Such sequences comprise the chloroplast transit peptide as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 58 or an active variants or fragments thereof. Cells, plant cells, plants and seeds are further provided which comprise such sequences. Methods of use of the various sequences are also provided. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120017339 | QTL Controlling Sclerotinia Stem Rot Resistance in Soybean - Markers associated with | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120011617 | Regulatory Elements Associated with CBF Transcription Factors of Maize - Compositions and methods for regulating expression of a polynucleotide of interest in a plant are provided. Compositions include novel nucleotide sequences comprising an isolated stress-induced promoter natively linked to the maize ZmCBF2 coding region. A method for expressing a polynucleotide of interest in a plant or plant cell, using a regulatory sequence described herein, is provided. The method may comprise transforming a plant cell to comprise a polynucleotide sequence of interest operably linked to one or more of the regulatory sequences of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant from the transformed plant cell. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011614 | Dominant Gene Suppression Transgenes and Methods of Using Same - Pairs of plants are provided in which complementing constructs result in suppression of a parental phenotype in the progeny. Methods to generate and maintain such plants and methods of use of said plants, are provided, including use of parental plants to produce sterile plants for hybrid seed production. Also provided are methods for maintaining a homozygous recessive condition and for repressing transmission of transgenes. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120005792 | Nucleotide Sequences Mediating Male Fertility and Method of Using Same - Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences and promoter sequences are useful in methods mediating male fertility in plants, as described. Vectors, plant cells, and plants comprising the nucleotide sequences and/or promoter regions are also provided. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005786 | Isolated Polynucleotide Molecules Corresponding to Mutant and Wild-Type Alleles of the Maize D9 Gene and Methods of Use - The invention provides isolated polynucleotide molecules encoding mutant and wild-type alleles of the maize D9 gene. The invention further provides methods for modifying the growth of plants by decreasing or increasing plant height, altering stem and/or root growth, and involving the use of these isolated polynucleotide molecules, isolated polypeptides and transformed plants, seeds and cells. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005780 | UDP-Xylose Synthases (UXS) Polynucleotides, Polypeptides and Uses Thereof - The present disclosure concerns methods and compositions relating to UXS polypeptides and/or nucleic acids encoding UXS polypeptides. In certain claims, the methods and compositions are of use to improve digestibility and/or ease of grain processing. Such improvements relate to a modulation in arabinoxylan and/or hemicellulose content in transgenic plants. Such plants can, for example, comprise one or more nucleic acid sequences that inhibit expression of one or more UDP-Xylose Synthase (UXS) genes. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110309102 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECONFIGURING ITEMS - Apparatuses, methods, and systems for reconfiguring some or all content from one or more first containers into a second container are provided. In an example of the apparatus, the apparatus has a dispensing system having a dispenser to dispense content from one container into another, and a delivery system adapted to reconfigure the dispensed content from the one container into another container. In another example, a method includes dispensing selected contents from one container and reconfiguring the dispensed contents from the one container into another. In another example, the system includes a controller, a machine controlled by the controller, wherein the machine has a pair of container handlers, a content dispenser, and a content delivery system. The controller is adapted to control the machine using a selection criterion to operate the content dispenser to dispense selected content from one container to move with the delivery system into another container. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110301223 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INSECTICIDAL CONTROL OF STINKBUGS - Methods and compositions are provided which employ a silencing element that, when ingested by a pest, such as a Pentatomidae plant pest or a | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110294216 | 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. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110287936 | GENE SWITCH COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE - Compositions and methods relating to the use of sulfonylurea-mediated control of gene expression are provided. Compositions include sulfonylurea responsive chemical switches wherein the gene expression 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 regulate expression of a polynucleotide of interest in a cell or organism, and methods to modify a genome, including in a plant or plant cell. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285844 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS OF EAR TRAITS - A method of evaluating one or more kernels of an ear of maize using digital imagery includes acquiring a digital image of the one or more kernels of the ear of maize, processing the digital image to estimate at least one physical property of the one or more kernels of the ear of maize from the digital image, and evaluating the at least one kernel of maize using the estimate of the at least one physical property of the at least one kernel of maize. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110277182 | MAIZE ACC SYNTHASE 3 GENE AND PROTEIN AND USES THEREOF - Methods and compositions for modulating plant development are provided. Nucleotide sequences and amino acid sequences encoding ACC Synthase 3 (ACS3) proteins are provided. The sequences can be used in a variety of methods including modulating development, modulating response to stress, and modulating stress tolerance of a plant. Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, and seed are also provided. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110277181 | DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS AND RELATED CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS INVOLVING GENES ENCODING DTP21 POLYPEPTIDES - 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 DTP21 polypeptide. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110277063 | Soybean Variety XR15T10 - A novel soybean variety, designated XR15T10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XR15T10, cells from soybean variety XR15T10, plants of soybean XR15T10, and plant parts of soybean variety XR15T10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XR15T10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XR15T10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XR15T10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XR15T10 are further provided. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110277062 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB28B10 - A novel soybean variety, designated XB28B10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB28B10, cells from soybean variety XB28B10, plants of soybean XB28B10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB28B10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB28B10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB28B10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB28B10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB28B10 are further provided. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110277061 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB27L10 - A novel soybean variety, designated XB27L10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB27L10, cells from soybean variety XB27L10, plants of soybean XB27L10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB27L10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB27L10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB27L10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB27L10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB27L10 are further provided. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110277060 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB21D10 - A novel soybean variety, designated XB21D10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB21D10, cells from soybean variety XB21D10, plants of soybean XB21D10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB21D10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB21D10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB21D10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB21D10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB21D10 are further provided. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110277059 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB16P10 - A novel soybean variety, designated XB16P10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB16P10, cells from soybean variety XB16P10, plants of soybean XB16P10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB16P10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB16P10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB16P10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB16P10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB16P10 are further provided. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110277058 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB31G10 - A novel soybean variety, designated XB31G10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB31G10, cells from soybean variety XB31G10, plants of soybean XB31G10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB31G10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB31G10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB31G10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB31G10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB31G10 are further provided. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110277057 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB007F10 - A novel soybean variety, designated XB007F10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB007F10, cells from soybean variety XB007F10, plants of soybean XB007F10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB007F10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB007F10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB007F10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB007F10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB007F10 are further provided. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110277056 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB005C10 - A novel soybean variety, designated XB005C10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB005C10, cells from soybean variety XB005C10, plants of soybean XB005C10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB005C10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB005C10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB005C10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB005C10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB005C10 are further provided. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110277055 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB14Y10 - A novel soybean variety, designated XB14Y10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB14Y10, cells from soybean variety XB14Y10, plants of soybean XB14Y10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB14Y10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB14Y10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB14Y10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB14Y10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB14Y10 are further provided. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110277054 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB09F10 - A novel soybean variety, designated XB09F10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB09F10, cells from soybean variety XB09F10, plants of soybean XB09F10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB09F10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB09F10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB09F10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB09F10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB09F10 are further provided. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110277053 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB02U10 - A novel soybean variety, designated XB02U10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB02U10, cells from soybean variety XB02U10, plants of soybean XB02U10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB02U10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB02U10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB02U10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB02U10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB02U10 are further provided. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110277052 | Soybean Variety XR29T10 - A novel soybean variety, designated XR29T10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XR29T10, cells from soybean variety XR29T10, plants of soybean XR29T10, and plant parts of soybean variety XR29T10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XR29T10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XR29T10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XR29T10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XR29T10 are further provided. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110270529 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING A RESEARCH SEED LOCATION - The present invention provides a system, method and computer program product for managing a research seed location. In various embodiments, the method of the present invention comprises storing at least one field characteristic layer in a memory, storing at least one the research plot layer in a memory, and merging the research plot layer and the field characteristic layer via a processor. In some embodiments, the research plot plan may be linked to a research plot database. In some embodiments, plant observation data and/or plant harvest data may be collected and may be merged with the research plot plan. In some embodiments, a seed planting device may be controlled to plant seeds according to the research plot plan. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110269639 | Detection of Johnsongrass and Its Hybrid Seed - Methods for detecting the presence or amount of Johnsongrass or Johnsongrass hybrid genetic material in a biological sample, preferably the detection of the presence or amount of Johnsongrass or Johnsongrass hybrid seed in a seed sample, are disclosed. The methods involve detection of certain nucleic acid sequences, namely Johnsongrass detection sequences, optionally through a primer-based amplification process, such as PCR. Also disclosed are isolated polynucleotides, replication compositions and kits for carrying out the detection methods. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110258741 | WUSCHEL(WUS) GENE HOMOLOGS - This invention relates to isolated polynucleotides encoding WUS polypeptides. The invention further provides isolated WUS polypeptides. The invention also provides methods of using the polynucleotides to modulate the level of WUS, improve transformation efficiency, to stimulate plant cell growth, including stem cells, to stimulate organogenesis, to stimulate somatic embryogenesis, to induce apomixis, and to provide a positive selection for cells comprising the polynucleotide. The invention also relates to cells, plants and seeds comprising the polynucleotides of the invention or produced by the methods of the invention. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110252505 | Down-Regulation of ACC Synthase for Improved Plant Performance - Methods for modulating plants using optimized ACC synthase down-regulation constructs are disclosed. Also disclosed are nucleotide sequences, constructs, vectors, and modified plant cells, as well as transgenic plants displaying increased seed and/or biomass yield, improved tolerance to abiotic stress such as drought or high plant density, improved nitrogen utilization efficiency and/or reduction in ethylene production. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110252499 | COMPOSITIONS RELATED TO THE QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS 6 (QTL6) IN MAIZE AND METHODS OF USE - Compositions related to the quantitative trait locus 6 (QTL6) in maize and methods for their use are provided. The compositions are novel molecular marker loci that are genetically linked with QTL6 and which are associated with increased oil content and/or increased oleic acid content and/or an increased oleic acid/linoleic acid ratio of a plant or plant part thereof. These novel markers are characterized by the presence of at least one polymorphism relative to the corresponding marker locus from the QTL6 region of non-high-oil, non-high-oleic acid maize plants. In some embodiments, the novel marker loci comprise coding sequence for a maize DGAT1-2 polypeptide or biologically active variant thereof. The marker loci of the invention, and suitable fragments thereof, are useful in methods of the invention for manipulating oil and/or oleic acid content and/or oleic acid/lineolic acid ratio of a plant or plant part thereof, for marker-assisted selection of a plant, for example, a maize plant, or plant part thereof, having an increased oil content and/or increased oleic acid content and/or an increased oleic acid/linoleic acid ratio, and for marker-assisted breeding of the high oil and/or high oleic acid trait. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110239329 | Secondary Wall Forming Genes from Maize and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the class of genes involved in maize secondary wall (ZmSCW) formation. The invention provides genomic sequence for the ZmSCW genes. ZmSCW are responsible for controlling plant growth, secondary cell wall development and yield in crop plants. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110236319 | METHOD OF EVALUATING PLANT PROTECTION - A method is provided for evaluating a protected plant having a protection mechanism. A population of immature insects (i.e., larvae or nymphs) belonging to an insect species having a plurality of instars is first exposed to the protected plant such that the protected plant is at least contacted thereby. The insect exposure extends for a selected time period corresponding to a sublethal exposure of the insect population to the protected plant. The exposure of the insect population to the protected plant is then halted following the selected time period and insects collected. A physical characteristic of at least some collected insects is measured. The measured physical characteristics are then statistically analyzed so as to determine an efficacy of the protection mechanism of the protected plant with respect to the insect population. Associated methods are also provided. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110231964 | Sclerotinia-resistant Brassica - The invention provides | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110225675 | MANIPULATION OF AMMONIUM TRANSPORTERS (AMTS) TO IMPROVE NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY IN HIGHER PLANTS - The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the protein AMT. The invention provides genomic sequence for the AMT gene. AMT is responsible for controlling nitrogen utilization efficiency in plants. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110224082 | Soybean Event 3560.4.3.5 And Compositions And Methods For The Identification And/Or Detection Thereof - Compositions and methods related to transgenic glyphosate/ALS inhibitor-tolerant soybean plants are provided. Specifically, soybean plants having a 3560.4.3.5 event which imparts tolerance to glyphosate and at least one ALS-inhibiting herbicide are provided. The soybean plant harboring the 3560.4.3.5 event at the recited chromosomal location comprises genomic/transgene junctions having at least the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:10 and/or 11. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the 3560.4.3.5 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 soybean 3560.4.3.5 events are provided. Methods and compositions for increasing yield are also provided. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110212838 | 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. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110209242 | Green Tissue-Preferred Promoter from Maize - The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a green tissue-preferred promoter from maize. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stabling incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the root-preferred promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110191903 | ENGINEERING PLANT RESISTANCE TO DISEASES CAUSED BY PATHOGENS - Methods for identifying one or more amino acid substitutions in an oxalate oxidase (OXOX) variant polypeptide that confer maintained or increased OXOX activity are described herein. Methods and compositions for increasing a plant's resistance to a pathogen using the modified OXOX variant polypeptides are provided. Transformed plants, plant cell, tissues, seed, and expression vectors are also provided. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110191878 | MSCA1 NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES IMPACTING PLANT MALE FERTILITY AND METHOD OF USING SAME - Nucleotide sequences of a Msca1 gene, critical to 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 impacting male fertility in plants. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110183399 | Maize Cellulose Synthases and Uses Thereof - The invention provides isolated cellulose synthase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cellulose synthase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants comprising said nucleic acids. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110179522 | DEFENSIN POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND METHODS OF USE - Methods and compositions for modulating development and defense responses are provided. Nucleotide sequences encoding defensin proteins are provided. The sequences can be used in expression cassettes for modulating development, developmental pathways, and defense responses. Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, and seed are also provided. | 07-21-2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110173714 | MSCA1 NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES IMPACTING PLANT MALE FERTILITY AND METHOD OF USING SAME - Nucleotide sequences of a Msca1 gene, critical to 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 impacting male fertility in plants. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110167522 | CYCLIN D POLYNUCLEOTIDES, POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides isolated polynucleotides, specifically Cyclin D polynucleotides, and their encoded proteins that are involved in cell cycle regulation. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cell cycle protein content and/or composition of plants for the purpose of increasing transformation efficiency. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167518 | ZEA MAYS SARK PROMOTER AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a Zea maize SARK promoter isolated from maize. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the regulatory sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant cell to comprise a heterologous nucleotide sequence operably linked to one or more of the regulatory sequences of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant from the transformed plant cell. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167517 | IDENTIFICATION OF DIURNAL RHYTHMS IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC AND NON-PHOTSYNTHETIC TISSUES FROM ZEA MAYS AND USE IN IMPROVING CROP PLANTS - The present disclosure provides polynucleotide sequences relating to the diurnal cycling in maize leaf and ear tissues. The disclosure provides polynucleotide sequences and the use of encoded polypeptides associated with the oscillation. The disclosed sequences are responsible for controlling plant growth, source-sink relationships and yield in crop plants. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167516 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND REGULATED EXPRESSION OF GENES IN PLANTS - Compositions and methods are provided for the introduction and the regulated expression of genes in plants. Compositions include promoter constructs that provide a level of activity useful for the regulated expression of site-specific recombinases, while avoiding premature excision. Further provided are isolated polynucleotides encoding novel babyboom polypeptides, expression cassettes, and plants comprising the same. Methods for the introduction of genes into plants are provided, including methods for plastid transformation and methods for the transformation of tissues from mature seeds and leaves. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110166337 | Maize Promoter P67 and Methods of Use - A promoter isolated from | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110165679 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TARGETED POLYNUCLEOTIDE MODIFICATION - A variety of methods and compostions are provided, including methods and compositions for targeted modification of a specific target site in a cell or organism, methods for integrating polynucleotides of interest, methods to 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, silence a gene, and identify and/or characterize transcriptional regulating regions. The methods involve the introduction of a cell proliferation factor and a double-strand break-inducing enzyme into an organism. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110165561 | DIRECT AND CONTINUOUS ROOT ALONE OR ROOT/SHOOT PRODUCTION FROM TRANSGENIC EVENTS DERIVED FROM GREEN REGENERATIVE TISSUES AND ITS APPLICATIONS - The present invention provides assays and methods for efficiently testing a polynucleotide of interest for a phenotype in a root. In some embodiments, the assays and methods include regenerating green tissue that is transgenic for at least one polynucleotide of interest into one or more transgenic plantlets that have at least one transgenic root. Further provided are methods of making a root assay by contacting green tissue with a first rooting medium to produce a plantlet and a plurality of roots. Additionally provided are methods of assaying for insecticidal activity on a live root. Accordingly provided herein is a substantially contamination-free, root bioassay. Further provided are methods of identifying a promoter having activity in a root. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110162112 | INCREASING TIME-EFFICIENCY OF HIGH-THROUGHPUT TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES - The methods provided relate to efficient methods for transforming isolated, immature maize embryos and for producing transgenic maize plantlets. The time required for the production of the transgenic plantlets and subsequent plants is significantly decreased compared to conventional methods. The methods also relate to decreasing the selection time of transgenic events and regenerating a transgenic maize plantlet from transgenic somatic embryos from the events in a plant cell culture vessel that allows for root formation and plantlet elongation in the same plant cell culture vessel. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110162111 | METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING SOMATIC EMBRYOS - Methods of transforming a plant cell with a nucleic acid of interest and regenerating plants therefrom are disclosed. The methods are particularly useful for the transformation of dicot or monocot mature somatic embryos. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110162100 | SORGHUM FERTILITY RESTORER GENOTYPES AND METHODS OF MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION - Markers tightly associated with the | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110160087 | METHOD FOR INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF GERMPLASM SCREENING IN PLANT TRANSFORMATION - A method for increasing efficiency of germplasm screening for transformability may include providing a plurality of lines of plant target tissue to be transformed, characterizing each of the lines to provide characterization data, the characterization data comprises DNA or nucleic acid delivery technique response data and tissue culture response data, eliminating one or more of the plurality of lines based on the characterization data without performing transformation of the plurality of lines, such that a subset of the plurality of lines remains, and performing transformation experiments on the subset of the plurality of lines. The method may also include selecting a DNA or nucleic acid delivery technique protocol and a tissue culture protocol prior to the characterization. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110159486 | CELL CYCLE SWITCH 52(CCS52) AND METHODS FOR INCREASING YIELD - Methods and compositions for modulating plant yield are provided. Methods include employing cell cycle switch 52 (ccs52). The ccs52 sequences are used in a variety of methods including modulating plant biomass, growth, or both. Transformed plants, plant cell, tissues, seed, and expression vectors are also provided. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110154537 | Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Gene with Coleopteran Activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154536 | Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Gene with Lepidopteran Activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154535 | Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Gene with Coleopteran Activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154526 | Maize event DP-043A47-3 and methods for detection thereof - The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DP-043A47-3 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154525 | Maize event DP-040416-8 and methods for detection thereof - The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DP-040416-8 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154524 | Maize event DP-032316-8 and methods for detection thereof - The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DP-032316-8 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154523 | Maize event DP-004114-3 and methods for detection thereof - The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DP-004114-3 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110126319 | Plants Having Increased Oil, Oleic Acid Content and Digestibility and Methods of Producing Same - The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for producing corn plants and grain having increased oil content, increased oleic acid content of the oil, and increased digestibility over commodity corn grain. The resulting grain finds use in agricultural and industrial applications. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110113513 | Soybean Isopentenyl Transferase Genes and Methods of Use - Methods and compositions for modulating plant development are provided. Polynucleotide sequences encoding isopentenyl transferase (IPT) 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. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110113511 | Viral promoter, truncations thereof, and methods of use - The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110113030 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE USE OF GEOSPATIAL DATA IN THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, AND SALE OF ARGICULTURAL SEED - A system for aggregating data obtained from different organizations within a seed company or within multiple seed companies is provided. The system may receive seed product development data from a seed product development source, seed production data from a seed production source, and/or seed sales and/or marketing data from a seed sales and/or marketing source. The data may be aggregated in a central storage unit based on the geospatial data associated with the received data. The aggregated data may then be accessed and/or output in response to a query and/or algorithm. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112013 | Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Gene with Lepidopteran Activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110107460 | 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. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110107458 | SOMATIC OVULE SPECIFIC PROMOTER AND METHODS OF USE - Compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant are provided. Compositions include nucleotide sequences for an | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110099665 | LEAFY COTYLEDON 1 TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATOR (LEC1) VARIANT POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF INCREASING TRANSFORMATION EFFICIENCY - The present invention provides LEC1 variants. The LEC1 variants comprise a LEC1 A domain, a LEC1 B domain and a LEC1 C domain, where the LEC1 B domain has at least one mutation and/or is chimeric with respect to the LEC1 A or C domain. The invention also includes methods of preparing such LEC1 variants, and methods of using such LEC1 variants to modulate the level or activity of LEC1 variants in a plant cell. Modulation of LEC1 activity or levels can be used for different purposes such as increasing transformation efficiency, stimulating growth of somatic embryos, improving the growth and recovery of transformants, inducing apomixes, increasing transformation frequency, enhancing tissue culture response and the like. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099662 | CORN EVENT TC1507 AND METHODS FOR DETECTION THEREOF - The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize TC1507 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110098851 | AUTOMATED SEED DETECTION AND PLANTING SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM - An automated seed detection and planting synchronization apparatus, method and system is disclosed. The invention includes a seed detection protocol configured to monitor a derived metric equated to timing of movement of a seed carried by a seed metering unit from a seed pick-up to seed drop point. For controlling synchronization of planting of seed, a seed metering unit empty notification signal is provided if the derived metric is satisfied and sensor readings confirm the absence of seed in the seed metering unit. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110083518 | Correlating Push Force and Stalk Vibration to a Plant's Susceptibility to Root Lodging, Stalk/Stem Lodging and Brittle Snap (Broken Stems or Stalks) - The present device enables measurement of the susceptibility of plants to root lodging, stalk or stem lodging and brittle snap (broken stems or stalks). The device is used to push on a plant stalk or stem and the force used to push over the stalk/stem, and the vibration of the stalk/stem caused by the push are recorded. As material breaks in the stalk/stem, an accelerometer, measures stalk/stem vibration response to the breaking events; the data is then recorded to allow quantitative measurements of the susceptibility of plants to root lodging, stalk or stem lodging and brittle snap (broken stems or stalks). This allows meaningful comparisons of various hybrids or varieties at early stages of evaluation and advancement. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110083231 | NOVEL GLYPHOSATE-N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE (GAT) GENES - Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110079544 | 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. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110078826 | YIELD ENHANCEMENT IN PLANTS BY MODULATION OF A ZM-EREF-TS PROTEIN - Compositions and methods for modulating plant development and for increasing yield in a plant are provided. The compositions include a Zm-EREF-Ts sequence. Compositions of the invention comprise amino acid sequences and nucleotide sequences selected from SEQ ID NOS: 1 and 2 as well as variants and fragments thereof. Nucleotide sequences encoding the Zm-EREF-Ts molecule are provided in DNA constructs for expression in a plant of interest are provided for modulating the level of a Zm-EREF-Ts sequence in a plant or a plant part are provided. The methods comprise introducing into a plant or plant part a heterologous polynucleotide comprising a Zm-EREF-Ts sequence of the invention. The level of the Zm-EREF-Ts polypeptide can be increased or decreased. Such method can be used to increase the yield in plants; in one embodiment, the method is used to increase grain yield in cereals. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078824 | Compositions and Methods for Increasing Plant Tolerance to High Population Density - Compositions and methods for suppressing the shade-avoidance response of plants and improving plant yield are provided. Compositions of the invention include an early flowering 3 (ELF3) maize gene, the promoter for this gene, an | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078822 | Methods and Compositions for Enhanced Yield by Targeted Expression of Knotted1 - Methods and compositions for modulating expression of knotted1 (kn1) polypeptides in seed and reproductive tissue are provided. Polynucleotide sequences encoding knotted1 transcription factor polypeptides are expressed in a spatially and/or temporally regulated manner with expression preferentially in developing flowers, pods, ears and/or seeds, or to other reproductive structures during flowering and seed development, to create a sequestered effect resulting in plants that produce increased yield and may have greater flower, pod, ear and/or seed retention. Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues and seed are also provided. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110077929 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING DURABILITY OF INSECTICIDAL CROP TRAITS - Systems, methods and other means for evaluating durability of genetic traits for the control of damage by pests are provided. Inputs parameters associated with the genetic traits, pests, and one or more fields may be received by a computer and/or other type of machine, which may apply a computer-implemented model to determine, e.g., durability of the genetic traits. Some embodiments may also or instead include an output associated with, e.g., the durability. The computer-implemented model may provide, in some embodiments, for modeling dynamic movement of the pests within a Bt field and one or more of the fields being Bt fields. The computer-implemented model may also or instead provide, in some embodiments, for modeling blended refuge seed products. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110061132 | FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION OF YEAST NITRATE TRANSPORTER (YNT1) IN MAIZE TO IMPROVE NITRATE UPTAKE - The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering NT activity, nitrogen utilization and/or uptake in plants. The invention relates to a method for the production of plants with maintained or increased yield under low or normal nitrogen fertility. The invention provides isolated nitrate transporter (NT) nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants. Plants transformed with nucleotide sequences encoding the NT enzyme show improved properties, for example, increased yield. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110055968 | NOVEL BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CRYSTAL POLYPEPTIDES, POLYNUCLEOTIDES, AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF - The present invention provides insecticidal polypeptides related to shuffled | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110054974 | ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ACROSS AN ENTERPRISE - A computer-assisted method provides for allocating resources across an enterprise to match needs for different business units across the enterprise. The method includes defining business unit categories in a software system. Each of the business unit categories includes a plurality of business factors. The method further includes collecting data associated with the business factors and defining the service levels in the software system. The method further includes forming an impact matrix to relate the service levels to the business factors and analyzing the impact matrix using the software system to provide an analysis to assist in allocating resources. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110053161 | SEQUENTIAL SAMPLING FOR UNEXPECTED DAMAGE TO BT CORN FOR CORN ROOTWORM CONTROL - Methods are provided for the sequential sampling of pest resistant crop plants for determining resistance of a pest to a pesticidal activity of a pest resistant crop plant. The methods involve choosing a plant in a plot in an unbiased sampling manner. Trait expression is determined for each of the transgenic pest resistant plants to identify plants having pesticidal activity, and plants determined to have the pesticidal activity are a batch. Then the pest damage to the roots of the batch is rated with each batch having at least about five plants to determine the resistance of pests in the plot. | 03-03-2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110047650 | YIELD ENHANCEMENT IN PLANTS BY MODULATION OF ZEA MAYS PROTEIN KINASE-LIKE GENE (ZMPKL1) - Compositions and methods for modulating plant development and for increasing yield in a plant are provided. The compositions include a ZMPKL1 sequence. Compositions of the invention comprise amino acid sequences and nucleotide sequences selected from SEQ ID NOS: 2 and 43 as well as variants and fragments thereof. Nucleotide sequences encoding the ZMPKL1 molecule are provided in DNA constructs for expression in a plant of interest are provided for modulating the level of a ZMPKL1 sequence in a plant or a plant part are provided. The methods comprise introducing into a plant or plant part a heterologous polynucleotide comprising a ZMPKL1 sequence of the invention. The level of the ZMPKL1 polypeptide can be increased or decreased. Such method can be used to increase the yield in plants; in one embodiment, the method is used to increase grain yield in cereals. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047649 | NITROGEN RESPONSIVENESS IN PLANTS THROUGH THE EXPRESSION OF PATHWAYS FOR THE FORMATION AND CATABOLISM OF NOVEL N-RICH COMPOUNDS - The invention provides for the regulation of opine synthesis and catabolism providing improved nitrogen responsiveness, utilizing opine synthase and oxidase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering nitrogen utilization and/or uptake in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells and transgenic plants. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047647 | FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION OF SHUFFLED YEAST NITRATE TRANSPORTER (YNT1) IN MAIZE TO IMPROVE NITRATE UPTAKE UNDER LOW NITRATE ENVIRONMENT - The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering NT activity, nitrogen utilization efficiency and/or uptake in plants. The invention relates to a method for the production of plants with maintained or increased yield under low nitrogen fertility. The invention provides isolated nitrate transporter variant (NT variant) nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants. Plants transformed with nucleotide sequences encoding the NT variant enzyme show improved properties, for example, increased yield. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047088 | Method and System For Documenting And Validating Carbon Credits Associated With Crop Production - Carbon credits associated with crop production may be validated. Location data and associated crop production data may be received. The validity of the carbon credit may be determined based on the location data and the associated crop production data. A carbon credit validation may be outputted based on the determination of the validity of the carbon credit. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047042 | AUTOMATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEED PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method for automated high-throughput processing seed requests or orders includes an autonomous single seed counter and packager which operates by pre-programmed criteria. Optional features can include a thresher, a spiral separator, and a label applicator. A conveyance path, controlled automatically, can move the seed to appropriate and desired stations during the processing while maintaining segregation from subsequent seed being processed. Validation of the seed request matching the sample requested occurs prior to processing and information about the seed to process or having been processed can be derived and stored for further use. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110041216 | Nitrate reductases from red algae, compositions and methods of use thereof - The NR enzymes described herein were discovered in the red algae of | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110041214 | Genetic Markers For Orobanche Resistance in Sunflower - Methods for identifying sunflower plants or germplasm that display resistance, improved resistance, or susceptibility to | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110041209 | METHODS FOR INCREASING TRANSFORMATION FREQUENCY THROUGH THE FOLIAR APPLICATION OF COPPER AMINO ACID CHELATE - Methods for transforming an explant are provided. The methods may include applying copper amino acid chelate to a plant and transforming an explant obtained therefrom. The transformed explant may have increased transformation frequency relative to a control. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110041207 | COMPOSITIONS RELATED TO THE QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS 6 (QTL6) IN MAIZE AND METHODS OF USE - Compositions related to the quantitative trait locus 6 (QTL6) in maize and methods for their use are provided. The compositions are novel molecular marker loci that are genetically linked with QTL6 and which are associated with increased oil content and/or increased oleic acid content and/or an increased oleic acid/linoleic acid ratio of a plant or plant part thereof. These novel markers are characterized by the presence of at least one polymorphism relative to the corresponding marker locus from the QTL6 region of non-high-oil, non-high-oleic acid maize plants. In some embodiments, the novel marker loci comprise coding sequence for a maize DGAT1-2 polypeptide or biologically active variant thereof. The marker loci of the invention, and suitable fragments thereof, are useful in methods of the invention for manipulating oil and/or oleic acid content and/or oleic acid/linoleic acid ratio of a plant or plant part thereof, for marker-assisted selection of a plant, for example, a maize plant, or plant part thereof, having an increased oil content and/or increased oleic acid content and/or an increased oleic acid/linoleic acid ratio, and for marker-assisted breeding of the high oil and/or high oleic acid trait. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110035844 | The Maize ERECTA Genes for Improving Plant Growth, Transpiration, Efficiency and Drought Tolerance in Crop Plants - The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the ZmERECTA gene family. The invention provides nucleic acid sequences for the Zm ERECTA genes. ZmERECTA is responsible for controlling plant growth, organ size and yield in crop plants. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035843 | NOVEL ETO1 GENES AND USE OF SAME FOR REDUCED ETHYLENE AND IMPROVED STRESS TOLERANCE IN PLANTS - The invention provides isolated ethylene over-producer 1 (ETO1) nucleic acid molecules which are associated with ethylene production in plants and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering ethylene production and abiotic stress response in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110033907 | YEAST STRAINS FOR IMPROVED ETHANOL PRODUCTION - Novel strains of yeast and methods for improved ethanol production utilizing the yeast strains are disclosed. In particular, the novel yeast strains | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110030107 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GENETIC MODIFICATION OF PLANTS - Methods for the targeted integration of nucleotide sequences into a plant are provided. Transfer cassettes comprising nucleotide sequences of interest flanked by non-identical recombination sites are used to transform a plant comprising a target site. The target site contains at least a set of non-identical recombination sites corresponding to those on the transfer cassette. Exchange of the nucleotide sequences flanked by the recombination sites is effected by a recombinase. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110030086 | CORN EVENT DAS-59122-7 AND METHODS FOR DETECTION THEREOF - The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DAS-59122-7 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110030084 | Dominant Gene Suppression Transgenes and Methods of Using Same - Pairs of plants are provided in which complementing constructs result in suppression of a parental phenotype in the progeny. Methods to generate and maintain such plants, and methods of use of said plants, are provided, including use of parental plants to produce sterile plants for hybrid seed production. Also provided are regulatory elements for pollen-preferred expression of linked polynucleotides. Also provided are methods for identifying gene function, methods for testing allelic variants, and methods for repressing transmission of transgenes. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110027855 | Maize Cellulose Synthases and Uses Thereof - The invention provides isolated cellulose synthase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cellulose synthase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants comprising said nucleic acids. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110023195 | Engineering single-gene-controlled staygreen potential into plants - The enzymes of the ACC synthase family are used in producing ethylene. Nucleotide and polypeptide sequences of ACC synthases are provided along with knockout plant cells having inhibition in expression and/or activity in an ACC synthase and knockout plants displaying a staygreen phenotype, a male sterility phenotype, or an inhibition in ethylene production. Methods for modulating staygreen potential in plants, methods for modulating sterility in plants, and methods for inhibiting ethylene production in plants are also provided. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110023191 | METHODS FOR IMPROVING CROP PLANT ARCHITECTURE AND YIELD - The present invention provides methods for altering plant characteristics by introducing into plants, isolated nucleic acid molecules that can be used to produce transgenic plants characterized by altered plant architecture, plant maturity, carbon and nitrogen partitioning and or improved harvestable yield. Also provided are isolated nucleic acids that encode PDR polypeptides, vectors capable of expressing such nucleic acid molecules, host cells containing such vectors and polypeptides encoded by such nucleic acids. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110023190 | USE OF DIMERIZATION DOMAIN COMPONENT STACKS TO MODULATE PLANT ARCHITECTURE - This invention provides means for altering the harvest index of crop plants by modulating the expression of transgenic genes using dimerization domain and component stacks, thereby modulating plant architecture. The transgene/dimerization domain stacks are provided in a single transformation vector unit and are used to modulate plant growth, yield, and harvest index in plants. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110020936 | METHOD FOR ELECTROPORATION OF LACTOBACILLUS BUCHNERI WITH NUCLEIC ACID - Electroporation methods for transferring a nucleic acid of interest, including ferulic acid esterase nucleic acid, into bacterial host cells, such as | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110016584 | USE OF VIRUS-INDUCED GENE SILENCING (VIGS) TO DOWN-REGULATE GENES IN PLANTS - The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules and methods to down-regulate by virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) vernalization genes in winter annuals, specifically the Flowering Locus C (FLC) gene in | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110016580 | Cell Division and Proliferation Preferred Regulatory Elements and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of nucleotide sequences in a plant. The compositions are novel nucleic acid sequences which confer cellular division and/or proliferation-preferred regulation of operably attached nucleotide sequences. Methods for expressing an isolated nucleotide sequence in a plant using the regulatory sequences, expression cassettes, vectors and resultant plants are also provided. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110010801 | MAIZE CYSTATIN PROMOTER FOR PERICARP PREFERRED EXPRESSION - The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of nucleotide sequences of interest in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a pericarp-preferred promoter associated with the maize cystatin coding region. A method for expressing a nucleotide sequence of interest in a plant using the regulatory sequence disclosed herein is provided. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010799 | Floral Transition Genes in Maize and Uses Thereof - The invention provides isolated floral transition nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering floral transition in plants. The invention further provides regulatory elements, recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010795 | AP2 DOMAIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ODP2 (OVULE DEVELOPMENT PROTEIN 2) AND METHODS OF USE - Methods and compositions for modulating plant development are provided. Nucleotide sequences and amino acid sequences encoding Ovule Development Protein 2 (ODP2) proteins are provided. The sequences can be used in a variety of methods including modulating development, developmental pathways, altering oil content in a plant, increasing transformation efficiencies, modulating stress tolerance, and modulating the regenerative capacity of a plant. Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, and seed are also provided. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010213 | METHOD FOR CAPTURING AND REPORTING RELEVANT CROP GENOTYPE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE INFORMATION TO SCIENTISTS FOR CONTINUED CROP GENETIC IMPROVEMENT - A system for obtaining crop data from crop growers and using the crop data to assist in providing crop genetic improvements is provided. The system receives, from a producer or crop grower, geo-referenced crop data that indicates a yield of a crop at a production location and a particular hybrid or variation of the crop at the production location. The genetic element data is associated with the geo-referenced crop data. Performance data is then determined which indicates the performance of a genetic element of a crop, based on the association of the genetic element data with the geo-referenced crop data. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110004960 | Methods and Compositions for Increasing the Nitrogen Storage Capacity of a Plant - The present invention provides methods and compositions for making and using transgenic plants that exhibit increased nitrogen storage capacity compared to wild-type plants. Methods of the invention comprise inducing overexpression of monocot-derived vegetative storage proteins (VSPs) in plants, particularly in monocots. In some embodiments, at least one nucleotide construct comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the ZmLox6 protein or a biologically active fragment or variant thereof is introduced into a plant. Depending upon the objective, the nucleotide construct may optionally comprise an operably linked coding sequence for a vacuolar sorting signal or plastid transit peptide in order to direct storage of the ZmLox6 protein or biologically active fragment or variant thereof into the vacuolar compartment or plastid compartment, respectively, of the cells in which the VSP is expressed. The invention further provides methods for producing plants with increased nitrogen content and/or increased nutritional value, which is desirable in commercial crops, including those used for forage, silage, and grain production. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110004956 | GENES FOR ENHANCING NITROGEN UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY IN CROP PLANTS - The invention provides isolated NUE (nitrogen utilization efficiency) nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering nitrogen utilization and/or uptake in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells and transgenic plants. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100333231 | Maize Promoter P95 and Methods of Use - A promoter isolated from | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100325752 | Cytokinin Oxidase Promoter from Maize - The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions and methods include expression cassettes and transformed plants and provide for downregulation of cytokinin oxidase in a plant. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100319086 | LEAFY COTYLEDON 1 TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATOR (LEC1) VARIANT POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF INCREASING OIL CONTENT IN PLANTS - The present invention provides LEC1 variants. The LEC1 variants comprise a LEC1 A domain, a LEC1 B domain and a LEC1 C domain, where the LEC1 B domain has at least one mutation and/or is chimeric with respect to the LEC1 A or C domain. The invention also includes methods of preparing such LEC 1 variants, and methods of using such LEC1 variants to modulate the level or activity of LEC1 variants in a plant cell. Modulation of LEC1 activity or levels can be used for different purposes such as increasing embryo oil concentration, oil content of a seed or altering oil phenotype in a plant. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100313304 | Engineering single-gene-controlled staygreen potential into plants - The enzymes of the ACC synthase family are used in producing ethylene. Nucleotide and polypeptide sequences of ACC synthases are provided along with knockout plant cells having inhibition in expression and/or activity in an ACC synthase and knockout plants displaying a staygreen phenotype, a male sterility phenotype, or an inhibition in ethylene production. Methods for modulating staygreen potential in plants, methods for modulating sterility in plants, and methods for inhibiting ethylene production in plants are also provided. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100313302 | Viral Promoter, Truncations Thereof, and Methods of Use - The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100313301 | Early Endosperm Promoter and Methods of Use - Compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant are provided. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a maize early endosperm 5 (eep5) promoter. Also provided is a method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using a promoter sequence disclosed herein. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100313292 | 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. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100303762 | Antifungal Polypeptides - Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include novel amino acid sequences, and variants and fragments thereof, for antipathogenic polypeptides that were isolated from microbial fermentation broths. Nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences that encode the antipathogenic polypeptides of the invention are also provided. A method for inducing pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention. Compositions comprising an antipathogenic polypeptide or a transformed microorganism comprising a nucleic acid of the invention in combination with a carrier and methods of using these compositions to protect a plant from a pathogen are further provided. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100293670 | Maize Genes For Controlling Plant Growth And Organ Size And Their Use In Improving Crop Plants - The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the ZmARGOS gene family. The invention provides genomic sequence for the ZmARGOS genes. ZmARGOS is responsible for controlling plant growth, organ size and yield in crop plants. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289800 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO FACILITATE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS - A method for providing access to process-based documentation associated with producing transgenic plants is provided. Such a method may include displaying to a user an interactive process map to access data associated with a plurality of plant transformation processes, receiving from the user a selection within the interactive process map to select at least one of the plurality of plant transformation processes, and displaying to the user documentation describing the at least one of the plurality of plant transformation processes. The documentation may include laboratory experiment designs and laboratory experimental data associated with the plant transformation processes. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100287669 | MODULATION OF ACC SYNTHASE IMPROVES PLANT YIELD UNDER LOW NITROGEN CONDITIONS - The invention provides methods for improving plant yield, particularly under nitrogen limiting conditions. According to the invention, applicants have discovered that modulating ACC synthase activity in plants improves yield of plants, even when grown under low nitrogen conditions. The same plants, while demonstrating improved yield over non-modified plants, exhibited no deleterious effects under normal nitrogen conditions. The invention further provides methods using recombinant expression cassettes, host cells and transgenic plants. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287662 | Maize Stress-Responsive NAC Transcription Factors and Promoter and Methods of Use - 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. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287656 | 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. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287655 | 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. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100286973 | Real-Time Process For Targeting Trait Phenotyping of Plant Breeding Experiments - A method for targeting trait phenotyping of a plant breeding experiment includes collecting soil data for at least one location, applying the soil data to a crop model, performing environmental monitoring at the at least one location to generate environmental data, updating the crop model with the environmental data, and using the crop model to provide predicted crop conditions. The method further includes determining environmental conditions for each of the plant breeding experiments, determining a likelihood of trait phenotype variations for each experiment using the environmental conditions and the predicted crop conditions, selecting a subset of the plant breeding experiments for collecting trait phenotype measurements based on the likelihood of trait phenotypic variation, and collecting trait phenotype measurements from the subset of the plant breeding experiments. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100285591 | CYCLIN D POLYNUCLEOTIDES, POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides isolated polynucleotides, specifically Cyclin D polynucleotides, and their encoded proteins that are involved in cell cycle regulation. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cell cycle protein content and/or composition of plants for the purpose of increasing transformation efficiency. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100281579 | Methods for Improving Crop Plant Architecture and Yield - The present invention provides methods for altering plant characteristics by introducing into plants, isolated nucleic acid molecules that can be used to produce transgenic plants characterized by altered plant architecture, plant maturity, carbon and nitrogen partitioning and or improved harvestable yield. Also provided are isolated nucleic acids that encode PDR polypeptides, vectors capable of expressing such nucleic acid molecules, host cells containing such vectors, and polypeptides encoded by such nucleic acids. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100281578 | Yield Enhancement in Plants by Modulation of AP2 Transcription Factor - Compositions and methods for modulating flower organ development, leaf formation, phototropism, apical dominance, fruit development, initiation of roots and for increasing yield in a plant are provided. The compositions include an AP2 transcription factor sequence. Compositions of the invention comprise amino acid sequences and nucleotide sequences selected from SEQ ID NOS: 1-11 as well as variants and fragments thereof. Nucleotide sequences encoding the AP2 transcription factors are provided in DNA constructs for expression in a plant of interest are provided for modulating the level of an AP2 transcription factor sequence in a plant or a plant part are provided. The methods comprise introducing into a plant or plant part a heterologous polynucleotide comprising an AP2 transcription factor sequence of the invention. The level of the AP2 transcription factor polypeptide can be increased or decreased. Such method can be used to increase the yield in plants; in one embodiment, the method is used to increase grain yield in cereals. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100281570 | MAIZE 18KD OLEOSIN SEED-PREFERRED REGULATORY ELEMENT - The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of nucleotide sequences of interest in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a seed-preferred promoter associated with the maize 18 KD OLE (18 kilodalton oleosin) coding region. A method for expressing a nucleotide sequence of interest in a plant using the regulatory sequence disclosed herein is provided. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100281569 | MAIZE 17KD OLEOSIN SEED-PREFERRED REGULATORY ELEMENT - The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of nucleotide sequences of interest in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a seed-preferred promoter associated with the maize 17 KD OLE (17 kilodalton oleosin) coding region. A method for expressing a nucleotide sequence of interest in a plant using the regulatory sequence disclosed herein is provided. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100279929 | Novel bacillus thuringiensis gene with coleopteran activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100275323 | PERICARP-PREFERRED REGULATORY ELEMENT - The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a pericarp-preferred promoter and terminator isolated from the maize lipid transfer protein 1 coding region. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the regulatory sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant cell to comprise a heterologous nucleotide sequence operably linked to one or more of the regulatory sequences of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant from the transformed plant cell. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100269229 | Isolated Polynucleotide Molecules Corresponding to Mutant and Wild-Type Alleles of the Maize D9 Gene and Methods of Use - The invention provides isolated polynucleotide molecules encoding mutant and wild-type alleles of the maize D9 gene. The invention further provides methods for modifying the growth of plants by decreasing or increasing plant height, altering stem and/or root growth, and involving the use of these isolated polynucleotide molecules, isolated polypeptides, and transformed plants, seeds, and cells. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100269228 | YIELD ENHANCEMENT IN PLANTS BY MODULATION OF A MAIZE TRANSCRIPTION COACTIVATOR P15 (PC4) PROTEIN - Compositions and methods for modulating plant development and for increasing yield in a plant are provided. The compositions include a PC4 sequence. Compositions of the invention comprise amino acid sequences and nucleotide sequences selected from SEQ ID NOS: 1 and 2 as well as variants and fragments thereof. Nucleotide sequences encoding the PC4 molecule are provided in DNA constructs for expression in a plant of interest are provided for modulating the level of a PC4 sequence in a plant or a plant part are provided. The methods comprise introducing into a plant or plant part a heterologous polynucleotide comprising a PC4 sequence of the invention. The level of the PC4 polypeptide can be increased or decreased. Such method can be used to increase the yield in plants; in one embodiment, the method is used to increase grain yield in cereals. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100269221 | Novel Bacillus Thuringiensis Gene with Lepidopteran Activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100269194 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB07S09 - According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB07S09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB07S09, to the plants of soybean XB07S09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB07S09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB07S09 with another soybean plant, using XB07S09 as either the male or the female parent. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100269193 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB007E09 - According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB007E09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB007E09, to the plants of soybean XB007E09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB007E09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB007E09 with another soybean plant, using XB007E09 as either the male or the female parent. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100269189 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB20W09 - According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB20W09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB20W09, to the plants of soybean XB20W09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB20W09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB20W09 with another soybean plant, using XB20W09 as either the male or the female parent. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100269188 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB31AG09 - According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB31AG09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB31AG09, to the plants of soybean XB31AG09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB31AG09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB31AG09 with another soybean plant, using XB31AG09 as either the male or the female parent. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100269187 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB12U09 - According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB12U09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB12U09, to the plants of soybean XB12U09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB12U09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB12U09 with another soybean plant, using XB12U09 as either the male or the female parent. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100269186 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB25Z09 - According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB25Z09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB25Z09, to the plants of soybean XB25Z09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB25Z09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB25Z09 with another soybean plant, using XB25Z09 as either the male or the female parent. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100269185 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB15Q09 - According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB15Q09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB15Q09, to the plants of soybean XB15Q09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB15Q09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB15Q09 with another soybean plant, using XB15Q09 as either the male or the female parent. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100267625 | Novel bacillus thuringiensis gene with coleopteran activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100242131 | INBRED CORN LINE PHEHG - A novel inbred maize line designated PHEHG and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PHEHG with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHEHG through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the inbred line PHEHG or a trait conversion of PHEHG with another maize line. Inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PHEHG, methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PHEHG and the inbred maize lines and their parts derived by the use of those methods. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100240059 | MAIZE EVENT DP-098140-6 AND COMPOSITIONS AND MEHTODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND/OR DETECTION THEREOF - Compositions and methods related to transgenic glyphosate/ALS inhibitor-tolerant maize plants are provided. Specifically, the present invention provides maize plants having a DP-098140-6 event which imparts tolerance to glyphosate and at least one ALS-inhibiting herbicide. The maize plant harboring the DP-098140-6 event at the recited chromosomal location comprises genomic/transgene junctions having at least the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:5 and/or 6. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the DP-098140-6 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 DP-098140-6 events are provided. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100235939 | INBRED CORN LINE PH8BC - A novel inbred maize line designated PH8BC and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PH8BC with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH8BC through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the inbred line PH8BC or an introgressed trait conversion of PH8BC with another maize line. Inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH8BC, methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH8BC and the inbred maize lines and their parts derived by the use of those methods. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100229420 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING HEATED AIR DRYING - An apparatus, system and method of controlling heated air drying of product. Exhaust temperature is measured during drying and compared to a target or ideal exhaust temperature function or reference. The exhaust temperature function or reference is correlated to a target or ideal drying rate for the product. Drying factors are adjusted to compensate for variance between measured exhaust temperature and the target or ideal exhaust temperature function to influence actual exhaust temperature to follow the target or ideal exhaust temperature function during drying. Drying factors such as inlet air temperature and drying pressure can be controlled manually or automatically by the comparison to promote efficient and controlled drying. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100229257 | INBRED CORN LINE PHCPR - A novel inbred maize line designated PHCPR and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PHCPR with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHCPR through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the inbred line PHCPR or a trait conversion of PHCPR with another maize line. Inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PHCPR, methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PHCPR and the inbred maize lines and their parts derived by the use of those methods. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100223696 | Maize Cellulose Synthases and Uses Thereof - The invention provides isolated cellulose synthase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cellulose synthase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants comprising said nucleic acids. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100223695 | NAC Transcriptional Activators Involved in Abiotic Stress Tolerance - The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions comprise novel nucleic acid sequences encoding a transcriptional activator involved in modulating gene expression in response to abiotic stress such as cold or drought. Methods for expressing the nucleic acid sequence in a plant and improving cold and/or drought tolerance of plants are also provided. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100221238 | PROTEIN MIXTURES FOR MAIZE INSECT CONTROL - Embodiments of the present invention relate to insecticidal | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100218276 | MAIZE MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND METHODS OF USE - Compositions and methods are provided for modulating the level of phytate in plants. More specifically, the invention relates to methods of modulating the level of phytate utilizing nucleic acids comprising multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) nucleotide sequences to modulate the expression of MRP(s) in a plant of interest. The compositions and methods of the invention find use in agriculture for improving the nutritional quality of food and feed by reducing the levels of phytate and/or increasing the levels of non-phytate phosphorus in food and feed. The invention also finds use in reducing the environmental impact of animal waste. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100216129 | GENETIC LOCI ASSOCIATED WITH FUSARIUM SOLANI TOLERANCE IN SOYBEAN - The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying soybean plants that are tolerant, have improved tolerance or are susceptible to | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100212049 | Compositions and Methods of Use of Response Regulators - Methods and compositions for modulating plant development are provided. Methods employing type A Response Regulators (RR) are provided. The type A RR sequences are used in a variety of methods including modulating root development, modulating leaf and/or shoot development, modulating shoot regeneration from callus, modulating tolerance under abiotic stress, modulating yield, modulating cytokinin level/activity, and modulating plant responsiveness to cytokinin. Transformed plants, plant cell, tissues, seed, and expression vectors are also provided. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100210460 | BLENDED REFUGE DEPLOYMENT VIA MANIPULATION DURING HYBRID SEED PRODUCTION - Insect refuge strategies are described for the management of insect resistance development. The present invention relates generally to the control of pests that cause damage to crop plants, and in particular to corn plants, by their feeding activities directed to root damage, and more particularly to the control of such plant pests by ensuring, through the seed production process, that sufficient refuge seeds are present in a given set of seeds to reduce the rate of development of resistant pests, thereby eliminating the problems that may arise with regard to refuge compliance. In addition, the treatment of such seed with a chemical or peptide-associated pesticide prior to planting the seed is also disclosed. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100209228 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PREPARING EARS OF CORN FOR AUTOMATED HANDLING, POSITIONING AND ORIENTING - An apparatus and system for automated handling, positioning and orienting of an ear of corn includes apparatuses and systems for altering a portion of an ear of corn. Optionally included are one or more stations for automatically processing, testing, sampling and preparing the ear of corn for processing, testing or sampling and an automated transport means automatically moving ears of corn from station to station using alterations made to the ear of corn. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100199371 | NOVEL GLYPHOSATE-N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE (GAT) GENES - Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100186131 | MOLECULAR MARKERS LINKED TO PPO INHIBITOR TOLERANCE IN SOYBEANS - This invention relates generally to the detection of genetic differences among soybeans. More particularly, the invention relates to soybean quantitative trait loci (QTL) for tolerance to protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors, to soybean plants possessing these QTLs, which map to a novel chromosomal region, and to genetic markers that are indicative of phenotypes associated with protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor tolerance. Methods and compositions for use of these markers in genotyping of soybean and selection are also disclosed. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100186122 | AUXOTROPHIC AGROBACTERIUM FOR PLANT TRANSFORMATION AND METHODS THEREOF - Auxotrophic | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100186113 | Root-Tip Preferred Promoter from Maize - The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a root tip-preferred promoter from maize. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stabling incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the root-preferred promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100184204 | NOVEL GLYPHOSATE-N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE (GAT) GENES - Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100184079 | SOYBEAN EVENT 3560.4.3.5 AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND DETECTION THEREOF - Compositions and methods related to transgenic glyphosate/ALS inhibitor-tolerant soybean plants are provided. Specifically, soybean plants having a 3560.4.3.5 event which imparts tolerance to glyphosate and at least one ALS-inhibiting herbicide are provided. The soybean plant harboring the 3560.4.3.5 event at the recited chromosomal location comprises genomic/transgene junctions having at least the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:10 and/or 11. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the 3560.4.3.5 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 soybean 3560.4.3.5 events are provided. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100179767 | PORTABLE PLANT HEIGHT AND EAR HEIGHT MEASURING DEVICE - A method and apparatus for dimensionally characterizing a target structure. In an example of the apparatus, the apparatus has a pole having a bottom end and a top end, an indicator system adapted to apprise an operator of the position of a dimension determination system relative to the target structure, and a measurement system adapted to apprise the operator of a dimension of one or more features of the target structure. In another example, the method includes taking a pole having a bottom and top end with a height determination system, a height indicator system and a height measurement system, orienting the pole relative to the plant structure, raising the height determination system to the height of the target plant structure, and determining the height of the target plant structure. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100178698 | TISSUE CULTURE DEVICE - A tissue culture device includes a container having one or more upstanding walls extending upwardly from a floor. The floor of the container has a media having nutrients or growth substances therein. A plurality of plant tissues are within the container compartment and are placed upon a screen between the plant tissues and the media. The screen is tamped downwardly onto the media so that the plant tissues can get nutrients from the media, and so that waste products are transferred into the media. The screen is also removable through the open end of the container so as to remove all of the plurality of the plant tissues from the container at once. The plant tissue device can then be placed in another container having any cultured media as needed for the correct maintenance, propagation and development of plant tissue in culture. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100175151 | RUBISCO ACTIVASE WITH INCREASED THERMOSTABILITY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention provides thermostable polypeptides related to | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100175150 | DOF (DNA BINDING WITH ONE FINGER) SEQUENCES AND METHODS OF USE - Methods and compositions are provided to improve nitrogen use efficiency in plants or plant parts, increase carbon fixation in a plant or plant part, increase grain yield or biomass production of the plant, and/or increase the stress tolerance of the plant. The compositions and methods of the invention modulate these various phenotypes by modulating the level of at least one Dof (for DNA binding with one finger) polypeptide having a Dof domain or a biologically active variant or fragment of a Dof domain. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100175147 | Functional expression of higher plant nitrate transporters in Pichia Pastoris - The present invention relates to a system for functional expression of higher plant nitrate transporter (Nrt) genes in | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100169998 | Use of Silk Number Assay to Screen for Genes Enhancing Corn Yield - The invention provides a rapid and efficient method and assay for monitoring yield enhancement in a plant using a measure of silk number. The plant is transformed with a prospective gene associated with yield enhancement. The transformed plant is grown along with non-transformed control plants until silk growth is apparent. The change in the number of silks in the transformed plant correlated to the change in yield for the plant. Therefore, changes in yield enhancement can be estimated in the transformed plant prior to harvest of mature plant tissues. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100167403 | IDENTIFICATION AND SELECTION OF COMMERCIAL-QUALITY TRANSGENIC PLANT EVENTS - A method for identifying and selecting commercial-quality transgenic plant event from a set of transgenic plant events includes determining a desired set of characteristics for the product, identifying data for assessing the desired set of characteristics, forming a staged experimental plan for generating the data, and executing the staged experimental plan to select at least one event for commercialization. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100162440 | Method for Optimization of Transgenic Efficacy Using Favorable Allele Variants - The present invention includes methods for using favorable functional allele variants to optimize transgene effects and achieve the maximum potential of transgene efficacy. The present invention provides heterozygous allelic combinations of the transgene by stacking alleles from different heterotic pools, methods to increase crop yield by driving genes (maize or other species) by using heterozygous promoter allele combinations that consist of differentially regulatory allelic elements from heterotic pools, methods to increase crop yield utilizing transgenic complementary paired alleles controlling plant growth and yield. Plants, plant progeny, seeds and tissues created by these methods are also described. Polynucleotides encoding the alleles are provided for expression in a plant of interest. Expression cassettes, plants, plant cells, plant parts and seeds comprising the sequences of the invention are further provided. In specific embodiments, the polynucleotide is operably linked to a native promoter and a transcriptional enhancer. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100162425 | WHEAT VARIETY 25R39 - A wheat variety designated 25R39, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 25R39, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 25R39 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 25R39 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety 25R39. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 25R39 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100154083 | Methods and Compositions for the Selection of A Transgenic Plant - Compositions and methods are provided to screen, identify, select, isolate, and/or regenerate targeted integration events using seed priming. Seed priming provides the identification of a seed having stably incorporated into its genome a site-specific recombinase mediated integration of a selectable marker at a target locus operably linked to a promoter active in the seed. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100138952 | GENE PROMOTER REGULATORY ELEMENT ANALYSIS COMPUTATIONAL METHODS AND THEIR USE IN TRANSGENIC APPLICATIONS - A computer-assisted method of identifying regulatory elements includes receiving a first orthologous species sequence, receiving a word length, receiving a relative offset, and receiving at least one additional orthologous species sequences, wherein each of the orthologous species sequences is associated with a species, and each of the species is an orthologous species. The method further includes performing a pairwise comparison between each pair of orthologous species sequences, computing using a computing device, overlapping portions of the sequence overlapping the sequences of all of the orthologous species sequences within the relative offset and greater than or equal to the word length. | 06-03-2010 |
