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Aaron Wiig, Chapel Hill US

Aaron Wiig, Chapel Hill, NC US

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20090089896PLANT METABOLITE EXPORTER GENE PROMOTERS - The invention provides plant gene promoters, and essential promoter elements, which are root-specific and/or induced by parasitic nematodes. The promoters of the invention are useful for controlling expression of nucleic acids of interest in plant roots.04-02-2009
20090271891Pathogen Inducible Plant Thehalose-6-Phophate Phophatase Gene Promoters and Regulatory Elements - The invention provides plant gene promoters and regulatory elements that are root-specific and/or induced by parasitic nematodes. The promoters of the invention are useful for controlling expression of nucleic acids of interest in plants roots.10-29-2009
20100005544Nematode Inducible Plant MTN3-Like Gene Promotors and Regulatory Elements - The invention provides promoter polynucleotides that are root-preferred and/or induced by parasitic nematodes. The promoter polynucleotides of the invention are useful for controlling expression of nucleic acids of interest in plant roots.01-07-2010
20100011463Compositions and Methods Using RNA Interference for Control of Nematodes - The present invention concerns double stranded RNA compositions and transgenic plants capable of inhibiting expression of genes essential to establishing or maintaining nematode infestation in a plant, and methods associated therewith. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of RNA interference to inhibit expression of a target plant gene, which is a 50657480 gene or a homolog thereof, and relates to the generation of plants that have increased resistance to parasitic nematodes.01-14-2010
20100017912COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING RNA INTERFERENCE OF CAD-LIKE GENES FOR CONTROL OF NEMATODES - The present invention concerns double stranded RNA compositions and transgenic plants capable of inhibiting expression of genes essential to establishing or maintaining nematode infestation in a plant, and methods associated therewith. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of RNA interference to inhibit expression of a target CAD-like plant gene, and relates to the generation of plants that have increased resistance to parasitic nematodes.01-21-2010
20100043102Nematode Inducible Promotors and Methods of Use - The invention provides promoter polynucleotides that are root-specific and/or induced by parasitic nematodes. The promoters of the invention are useful for controlling expression of nucleic acids of interest in plant roots.02-18-2010
20100064389Polynucleotides Encoding Truncated Sucrose Isomerase Polypeptides for Control of Parasitic Nematodes - The invention provides polynucleotides encoding N-terminal truncated forms of sucrose isomerase polypeptides which are capable of conferring increased nematode resistance in a plant. The invention also provides methods of producing transgenic plants with increased nematode resistance, seeds of such transgenic plants, and expression vectors, all of which comprise the polynucleotides of the invention.03-11-2010
20100077506Peroxidase Gene Nematode Inducible Promotors and Methods of Use - The invention provides plant gene promoters and regulatory elements that are root-specific and/or induced by parasitic nematodes. The promoters of the invention are useful for controlling expression of nucleic acids of interest in plants roots.03-25-2010
20100095403PearlI1-Like Pathogen Control Genes and Methods of use in Plants - The invention provides pEARLI1-like polynucleotides which are capable of conferring increased nematode resistance to a plant. Also provided are inhibitory polynucleotides based on pEARLI1-like genes, which are capable of conferring resistance to necrotrophic fungi to plants. Specifically, the invention relates to transgenic plants, transgenic seeds, and expression vectors based on polynucleotides encoding pEARLI1-like genes, and methods of use thereof.04-15-2010
20100107276Compositions and Methods Using RNA Interference Targeting MTHFR-Like Genes for Control of Nematodes - The present invention concerns double stranded RNA compositions and transgenic plants capable of inhibiting expression of genes essential to establishing or maintaining nematode infestation in a plant, and methods associated therewith. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of RNA interference to inhibit expression of a target plant gene, which is an MTHFR-like gene, and relates to the generation of plants that have increased resistance to parasitic nematodes.04-29-2010
20100115660Compositions and Methods Using RNA Interference of OPR3-Like Gene For Control of Nematodes - The present invention concerns double stranded RNA compositions and transgenic plants capable of inhibiting expression of genes essential to establishing or maintaining nematode infestation in a plant, and methods associated therewith. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of RNA interference to inhibit expression of a target OPR3-like plant gene, and relates to the generation of plants that have increased resistance to parasitic nematodes.05-06-2010
20100115664Use of Trehalase Genes to Confer Nematode Resistance to Plants - The invention provides transgenic plants that exhibit increased resistance to nematode infection by virtue of overexpression of a gene that encodes trehalase in nematode-induced syncytia. Expression vectors comprising trehalase-encoding polynucleotides and methods of employing such vectors to increase nematode resistance of plants are also provided.05-06-2010