Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090172841 | 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 involving the use of these isolated polynucleotide molecules, isolated polypeptides, and transformed plants, seeds, and cells. | 07-02-2009 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
20120266324 | Self-Reproducing Hybrid Plants - Compositions and methods for the production of self-reproducing hybrid plants are provided. Compositions include suppression cassettes encoding polynucleotides and promoters that result in the MiMe diploid gamete phenotype compositions and suppression cassettes and expression cassettes useful for genome elimination of a parental diploid gamete in a fertilized zygote. The methods involve crossing a first plant comprising a first suppression cassette responsible for producing the MiMe diploid gamete phenotype and a first expression cassette expressing an active CENH3 mutant with a second plant comprising a second suppression cassette that reduces the level of wild-type CENH3 and a second expression cassette comprising a polynucleotide expressing CENH3 specifically in the ovule. Self fertilization of the resultant progeny plant results in the elimination of the female diploid genome in the zygote and normal development of the endosperm. Additionally provided are plants and seeds produced by the methods of the invention. | 10-18-2012 |
20130180005 | Method to Screen Plants for Genetic Elements Inducing Parthenogenesis in Plants - Compositions and methods for producing a plant population lacking sexually derived embryos are provided. Compositions include suppression cassettes encoding polynucleotides and promoters resulting in parthenogenesis. Further provided are parthenogenesis genetic elements used to prevent sexual reproduction in self-reproducing plants. | 07-11-2013 |
20130180006 | Pollen Preferred Promoters and Methods of Use - Compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant are provided. Compositions include nucleotide sequences encompasses a strong pollen preferred promoter which drives strong, specific expression of gene products in pollen. Also provided is a method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using a promoter sequence disclosed herein. | 07-11-2013 |
20130180007 | Somatic Ovule Specific Promoters and Methods of Use - Compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant are provided. Compositions include nucleotide sequences for several Arabidopsis thaliana ovule somatic tissue-preferred promoters AT-CYP86C1, AT-PPM, AT-EXT, AT-GILT1 and AT-TT2. Also provided is a method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using a promoter sequence disclosed herein. | 07-11-2013 |
20130180008 | 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 | 07-11-2013 |
20130180009 | Compositions and Methods for Expression of a Sequence in a Reproductive Tissue of a Plant - Compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant are provided. Compositions include promoter sequences with direct expression in an egg cell or embryonic cell-preferred manner. Such compositions find use in, for example, a method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant; detection of specific cell types in the ovule and targeted ablation of specific cell types. | 07-11-2013 |
20130180010 | Methods and Compositions for Modulating Expression or Activity of a RKD Polypeptide in a Plant - Methods and compositions are provided to increase the activity/level of an RKD polypeptide or an active variant or fragment thereof in an unreduced ovule plant cell that is outside of the embryo sac. In specific embodiments, such modulation of activity/level of the RKD polypeptide promotes an egg cell-like state in an unreduced ovule plant cell that is outside of the embryo sac. Such methods and compositions can employ an expression construct comprising a RKD polypeptide or active variant or fragment thereof operably linked to an ovule tissue-preferred promoter, in particular an ovule tissue-preferred promoter that is active in at least one non-gametophyte tissue in a plant ovule and is active in an unreduced cell that is outside of the embryo sac. | 07-11-2013 |