Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080222753 | 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. | 09-11-2008 |
20090094712 | 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. | 04-09-2009 |
20090222954 | 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. | 09-03-2009 |
20090293147 | Methods For Improving Plant Growth - 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. | 11-26-2009 |
20090320162 | 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. | 12-24-2009 |
20090320163 | 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. | 12-24-2009 |
20100050293 | IMPROVEMENT OF 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. | 02-25-2010 |
20100100985 | 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. | 04-22-2010 |
20100115662 | MANIPULATION OF GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASES (GS) TO IMPROVE NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY AND GRAIN YIELD IN HIGHER PLANTS - The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the protein GS. The invention provides genomic sequence for the GS gene. GS is responsible for controlling nitrogen utilization efficiency in plants. Glutamine synthase sequences are provided for improving grain yield and plant growth. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells and transgenic plants. | 05-06-2010 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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20130232642 | PLANTS WITH IMPROVED AGRONOMIC TRAITS - 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 PRE2 polypeptide. | 09-05-2013 |
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20140041082 | Manipulation of Ammonium Transporters (AMTs) to Improve NUE 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. | 02-06-2014 |
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