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Multicellular Living Organisms And Unmodified Parts Thereof And Related Processes > Method Of Introducing A Polynucleotide Molecule Into Or Rearrangement Of Genetic Material Within A Plant Or Plant Part Method Of Introducing A Polynucleotide Molecule Into Or Rearrangement Of Genetic Material Within A Plant Or Plant PartMethod Of Introducing A Polynucleotide Molecule Into Or Rearrangement Of Genetic Material Within A Plant Or Plant Part patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/22/07 - 20070271628 - 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 ... 11/22/07 - 20070271627 - Use of non-agrobacterium bacterial species for plant transformation The invention relates to methods for Rhizobia-mediated genetic transformation of plant cells, including soybean, canola, corn, and cotton cells. These include both VirD2-dependent and VirD2-independent methods. Bacterial species utilized include strains of Rhizobium sp., Sinorhizobium sp., and Mesorhizobium sp. Vectors for use in such transformation are also disclosed. ... 11/22/07 - 20070271626 - Soybean cultivar 435.tcs A soybean cultivar designated 435.TCS is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 435.TCS, to the plants of soybean 435.TCS, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 435.TCS and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 435.TCS with itself or with another soybean ... 11/22/07 - 20070271625 - Soybean cultivar 495.rc A soybean cultivar designated 495.RC is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 495.RC, to the plants of soybean 495.RC, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 495.RC and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 495.RC with itself or with another soybean ... 11/22/07 - 20070271624 - Gene encoding an enzyme for catalyzing biosynthesis of lignan, and use thereof The present invention provides an enzyme that catalyzes the reaction producing piperitol from pinoresinol, and a reaction producing sesamin from piperitol. The invention also provides a gene that encodes such enzyme. Further, the invention provides a vector and transformant including a gene encoding the enzyme, and a producing method of ... 11/15/07 - 20070266456 - Methods and compositions for obtaining marker-free transgenic plants The invention provides methods and compositions for identifying transgenic seed that contain a transgene of interest, but lack a marker gene. Use of an identification sequence that results in a detectable phenotype increases the efficiency of screening for seed and plants in which transgene sequences not linked to a gene ... 11/15/07 - 20070266455 - Pufa polyketide synthase systems and uses thereof Disclosed are the complete polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) polyketide synthase (PKS) systems from the bacterial microorganisms Shewanella japonica and Shewanella olleyana, and biologically active fragments and homologues thereof. More particularly, this invention relates to nucleic acids encoding such PUFA PKS systems, to proteins and domains thereof that comprise such PUFA ... 11/15/07 - 20070266454 - Generation of plants with improved drought tolerance The present invention is directed to plants that display a drought tolerance phenotype due to altered expression of a DR05 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with a drought tolerance phenotype. ... 11/15/07 - 20070266453 - Generation of plants with improved drought tolerance The present invention is directed to plants that display a drought tolerance phenotype due to altered expression of a DR03 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with a drought tolerance phenotype. ... 11/08/07 - 20070261133 - Eukaryotic translation initiation factor gene regulatory elements for use in plants The present invention provides eukaryotic translation initiation factor non-coding regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from Nicotiana tabacum, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Medicago truncatula useful for modulating transgene expression in plants. The present invention also provides expression constructs containing the polynucleotide molecules useful for modulating transgene expression in plants. The present invention ... 11/08/07 - 20070261132 - Nucleic acids conferring lipid and sugar alterations in plants ll Isolated nucleic acids and proteins associated with lipid and sugar metabolism regulation are provided. In particular, lipid metabolism proteins (LMP) and encoding nucleic acids originating from Physcomitrella patens, Brassica napus, Glycine max, Zea mays, and Oryza sativa are provided. The nucleic acids and proteins are used in methods of producing ... 11/08/07 - 20070261131 - Protein kinase stress-related proteins and methods of use in plants A transgenic plant transformed by a protein kinase stress-related protein (PKSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by ... 11/08/07 - 20070261130 - Generation of plants with altered oil content The present invention is directed to plants that display an altered oil content phenotype due to altered expression of a HIO128.5 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an altered oil content phenotype. ... 11/08/07 - 20070261129 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from lily are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed ... 11/01/07 - 20070256191 - Plants and seeds of corn variety i539440 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I529440. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I529440, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I529440 with itself ... 11/01/07 - 20070256189 - Soft alignment in gaussian mixture model based transformation Systems and methods are provided for performing soft alignment in Gaussian mixture model (GMM) based and other vector transformations. Soft alignment may assign alignment probabilities to source and target feature vector pairs. The vector pairs and associated probabilities may then be used calculate a conversion function, for example, by computing ... 11/01/07 - 20070256188 - Method of transforming monocotyledonous seed A method of transforming a monocotyledon by means of agrobacterium. There is provided a method of transforming a monocotyledon by means of agrobacterium containing a desired recombinant gene. This transforming method comprises the steps of sowing a culture medium containing a plant growth factor with a monocotyledonous seed, conducting culturing ... 10/25/07 - 20070250957 - Plants and seeds of corn variety i015022 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I015022. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I015022, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I015022 with itself ... 10/25/07 - 20070250956 - Nitrogen-regulated sugar sensing gene and protein and modulation thereof The present invention relates to a nitrogen-regulated GATA transcription factor gene required for sugar sensing and the modulation of the expression of this gene to modulate a characteristic in a plant. The GATA transcription factor of the present invention is involved in regulating sugar sensing in plants and its expression ... 10/25/07 - 20070250954 - Plants and seeds of corn variety i285290 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I285290. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I285290, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I285290 with itself ... 10/25/07 - 20070250951 - Plants and seeds of corn variety i226276 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I226276. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I226276, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I226276 with itself ... 10/25/07 - 20070250950 - Plants and seeds of corn variety i291273 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I291273. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I291273, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I291273 with itself ... 10/25/07 - 20070250949 - Plants and seeds of corn variety i286346 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I286346. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I286346, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I286346 with itself ... 10/25/07 - 20070250948 - Plant-specific genetic-elements and transfer cassettes for plant transformation The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules and sequences, particularly those identified and obtained from plants, that are useful for transferring and integrating one polynucleotide into another via plant transformation techniques. ... 10/25/07 - 20070250947 - Identification and use of target genes for control of plant parasitic nematodes The invention relates to identifying and evaluating target coding sequences for control of plant parasitic nematodes by inhibiting one or more biological functions, and their use. The invention provides methods and compositions for identification of such sequences and for the control of a plant-parasitic nematode population. By feeding one or ... 10/25/07 - 20070250946 - Monocot ahass sequences and methods of use Isolated polynucleotides that encode acetohydroxyacid synthase small subunit (AHASS) polypeptides, and the amino acid sequences encoding these polypeptides, are described. Expression cassettes and expression vectors comprising the polynucleotides of the invention, as well as plants and host cells transformed with the polynucleotides, expression cassettes, and expression vectors, are described. Methods ... 10/25/07 - 20070250945 - Usage of mad-box genes in fruit & seed development by regulating active gibberellin synthesis The present invention relates to a novel use of MADS-box genes, particularly, a novel use of MADS-box gene selected from a group consisting of a gene having a nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ. ID. No 1 containing a nucleotide sequence encoding MADS-domain, a gene having a nucleotide sequence set ... 10/18/07 - 20070245425 - 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, ... 09/27/07 - 20070226838 - Precise breeding-marker-free transformation The present invention relates to a new plant breeding process. The process improves the agronomic performance of crop plants by using genetic material that is also used in classical breeding. Instead of sexually recombining entire genomes at random, as is done in classical breeding, specific genetic elements are rearranged in ... 09/27/07 - 20070226837 - Soybean variety xb35x07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB35X07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB35X07, to the plants of soybean XB35X07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB35X07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 09/27/07 - 20070226836 - Soybean variety xb35s07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB35S07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB35S07, to the plants of soybean XB35S07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB35S07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 09/27/07 - 20070226835 - Soybean variety xb35f07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB35F07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB35F07, to the plants of soybean XB35F07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB35F07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 09/27/07 - 20070226834 - Soybean variety xb34r07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB34R07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB34R07, to the plants of soybean XB34R07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB34R07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 09/27/07 - 20070226833 - Soybean variety xb34l07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB34L07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB34L07, to the plants of soybean XB34L07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB34L07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 09/27/07 - 20070226832 - Soybean variety xb34d07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB34D07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB34D07, to the plants of soybean XB34D07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB34D07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 09/27/07 - 20070226831 - Soybean variety xb33g07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB33G07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB33G07, to the plants of soybean XB33G07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB33G07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 09/27/07 - 20070226830 - Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels. ... 09/27/07 - 20070226829 - Soybean cultivar s050232 A soybean cultivar designated S050232 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050232, to the plants of soybean S050232, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050232 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050232 with itself or with another soybean ... 09/27/07 - 20070226828 - Soybean cultivar 5333301 A soybean cultivar designated 5333301 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5333301, to the plants of soybean 5333301, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5333301 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5333301 with itself or with another soybean ... 09/27/07 - 20070226827 - Soybean cultivar s050215 A soybean cultivar designated S050215 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050215, to the plants of soybean S050215, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050215 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050215 with itself or with another soybean ... 09/27/07 - 20070226826 - Soybean cultivar 3235020 A soybean cultivar designated 3235020 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 3235020, to the plants of soybean 3235020, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 3235020 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 3235020 with itself or with another soybean ... 09/27/07 - 20070226825 - Soybean cultivar 5720482 A soybean cultivar designated 5720482 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5720482, to the plants of soybean 5720482, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5720482 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5720482 with itself or with another soybean ... 09/27/07 - 20070226824 - Soybean cultivar s050216 A soybean cultivar designated S050216 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050216, to the plants of soybean S050216, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050216 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050216 with itself or with another soybean ... 09/27/07 - 20070226823 - Soybean cultivar 5512112 A soybean cultivar designated 5512112 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5512112, to the plants of soybean 5512112, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5512112 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5512112 with itself or with another soybean ... 09/27/07 - 20070226822 - Soybean cultivar 3233021 A soybean cultivar designated 3233021 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 3233021, to the plants of soybean 3233021, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 3233021 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 3233021 with itself or with another soybean ... 09/27/07 - 20070226821 - Soybean cultivar 1336024 A soybean cultivar designated 1336024 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 1336024, to the plants of soybean 1336024, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 1336024 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 1336024 with itself or with another soybean ... 09/27/07 - 20070226820 - Soybean cultivar 5348287 A soybean cultivar designated 5348287 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5348287, to the plants of soybean 5348287, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5348287 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5348287 with itself or with another soybean ... 09/27/07 - 20070226819 - Soybean cultivar 5204220 A soybean cultivar designated 5204220 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5204220, to the plants of soybean 5204220, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5204220 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5204220 with itself or with another soybean ... 09/27/07 - 20070226818 - Soybean cultivar 6188027 A soybean cultivar designated 6188027 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 6188027, to the plants of soybean 6188027, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 6188027 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 6188027 with itself or with another soybean ... 09/27/07 - 20070226817 - Soybean cultivar 4183026 A soybean cultivar designated 4183026 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4183026, to the plants of soybean 4183026, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4183026 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4183026 with itself or with another soybean ... 09/27/07 - 20070226816 - Promoter molecules for use in plants The present invention provides DNA molecules isolated from corn and sorghum plants that are useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides expression constructs containing the DNA molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides transgenic plants and seeds containing the DNA molecules ... 09/20/07 - 20070220629 - Resistance to auxinic herbicides The invention provides methods of identifying herbicidal auxins. The invention further provides auxin-herbicide-resistant plants and genes conferring auxin-herbicide resistance. This invention also provides a method of identifying other proteins that bind picolinate auxins from additional plant species. The invention further provides a method to identify the molecular binding site for ... 09/20/07 - 20070220628 - Methods and compositions for in planta production of inverted repeats Methods and compositions are provided which allow for the production of an inverted repeat in a plant or plant part, which, when transcribed as an RNA can be used in some examples to decrease expression of a target polynucleotide of interest. The methods and composition provide precursor inverted repeat cassettes ... 09/20/07 - 20070220626 - Seed-preferred regulatory elements and uses thereof The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of isolated nucleotide sequences in a plant. The compositions are novel nucleic acid sequences for callus-tissue and seed embryo-preferred regulatory sequences. Methods for expressing an isolated nucleotide sequence in a plant or callus tissue using the regulatory sequences are also ... 09/20/07 - 20070220623 - Lettuce cultivar 50-0401001-b A lettuce cultivar, designated 50-0401001-B, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar 50-0401001-B, to the plants of lettuce cultivar 50-0401001-B and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar 50-0401001-B with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for ... 09/20/07 - 20070220622 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with the cytokinin pathway The present invention is in the field of plant biochemistry. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid sequences from plant cells, in particular, nucleic acid sequences from maize and soybean plants associated with the cytokinin pathway. The invention encompasses nucleic acid molecules that encode proteins and fragments of proteins. ... 09/13/07 - 20070214517 - Sequence-determined dna fragments and corresponding polypeptides encoded thereby The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination ... 09/13/07 - 20070214514 - Maize hybrid variety 39b63 A novel hybrid maize variety designated 39B63 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety 39B63 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in ... 09/13/07 - 20070214513 - Celery cultivar ads-12 A celery cultivar, designated ADS-12, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar ADS-12, to the plants of celery cultivar ADS-12 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar ADS-12 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for ... 09/06/07 - 20070209086 - Yield-related polynucleotides and polypeptides in plants The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be ... 09/06/07 - 20070209085 - Zea mays ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase activase promoter The present invention provides gene regulatory element polynucleotide molecules, including a promoter and a leader, identified from the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase activase (RUA) Zea mays gene, useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and seeds comprising the Zea mays ... 08/30/07 - 20070204366 - Methods of seed breeding using high throughput nondestructive seed sampling The present invention provides for novel methods to facilitate germplasm improvement activities through the use of high throughput, nondestructive sampling of seeds. In one embodiment, a high-throughput, non-destructive method for analyzing individual seeds in a population of seeds comprises removing a sample from a plurality of seeds in the population ... 08/30/07 - 20070204365 - Cocoa polypeptides and their use in the production of cocoa and chocolate flavor The present invention pertains to novel cocoa polypeptides having a molecular weight of about 10 and 14 kDa and being derived from a 69 kDa precursor. In particular, the present invention relates to the production of the polypeptides via recombinant means and the use of the polypeptides or fragments thereof ... 08/30/07 - 20070204364 - Plants and seeds of high oil corn variety hoi002 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated HOI002. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety HOI002, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety HOI002 with itself ... 08/30/07 - 20070204363 - Compositions isolated from forage grasses and methods for their use Isolated polynucleotides encoding polypeptides active in lignin, fructan and tannin biosynthetic pathways are provided, together with expression vectors and host cells comprising such isolated polynucleotides. Methods for the use of such polynucleotides and polypeptides are also provided. ... 08/30/07 - 20070204362 - Potato cultivar fl 2101 A new potato cultivar designated FL 2101 is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato variety FL 2101, to the plants and plant parts of potato variety FL 2101, to the seeds of potato variety and to methods for producing a hybrid potato variety. The invention further relates ... 08/30/07 - 20070204361 - Soybean cultivar s050221 A soybean cultivar designated S050221 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050221, to the plants of soybean S050221, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050221 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050221 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/30/07 - 20070204360 - Soybean cultivar 5802205 A soybean cultivar designated 5802205 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5802205, to the plants of soybean 5802205, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5802205 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5802205 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/30/07 - 20070204359 - Soybean cultivar 1000642 A soybean cultivar designated 1000642 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 1000642, to the plants of soybean 1000642, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 1000642 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 1000642 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/30/07 - 20070204358 - Soybean cultivar 5420128 A soybean cultivar designated 5420128 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5420128, to the plants of soybean 5420128, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5420128 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5420128 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/23/07 - 20070199099 - Cis-prenyltransferases from the rubber-producing plants russian dandelion (taraxacum kok-saghyz) and sunflower (helianthus annus) This invention pertains to nucleic acid fragments encoding plant cis-prenyltransferases. More specifically, this invention pertains to a cis-prenyltransferase homolog from latex of the rubber-producing plant species Taraxacum kok-saghyz (russian dandelion) and a cis-prenyltransferase homolog from the rubber-producing plant species Helianthus annus (sunflower). ... 08/23/07 - 20070199098 - Cotton plant with seed-specific reduction in gossypol A method is disclosed for reducing the level of gossypol in cottonseed. The method generally includes selectively inducing RNA gene silencing in the seed of a transgenic cotton plant, to interfere with expression of the δ-cadinene synthase gene or the δ-cadinene-8-hydroxylase gene in the seed of the cotton plant without ... 08/23/07 - 20070199097 - Tobacco plants having a mutation in a nicotine demethylase gene The present invention generally relates to methods and materials involved in producing tobacco plants having reduced levels of conversion of nicotine to nornicotine. In certain embodiments, the invention is directed to mutations in a nicotine demethylase gene, tobacco plants comprising mutations in a nicotine demethylase gene, and tobacco compositions and ... 08/23/07 - 20070199096 - Compositions and methods for altering alpha- and beta-tocotrienol content Preparation and use of isolated nucleic acids useful in altering the oil phenotype in plants. Isolated nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides that alter alpha- and beta-tocotrienol content in seeds and oil obtained from the seeds. Expression cassettes, host cells and transformed plants containing the foregoing nucleic acids. ... 08/23/07 - 20070199095 - Methods for producing hybrid seed This invention provides methods for producing a non-natural hybrid seed. Also disclosed are specific miRNAs and miRNA recognition sites useful for conferring inducible sterility on a crop plant, and recombinant DNA construct including such exogenous miRNA recognition sites. ... 08/23/07 - 20070199094 - Soybean cultivar s050222 A soybean cultivar designated S050222 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050222, to the plants of soybean S050222, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050222 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050222 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/23/07 - 20070199093 - Soybean cultivar s050217 A soybean cultivar designated S050217 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050217, to the plants of soybean S050217, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050217 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050217 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/23/07 - 20070199092 - Soybean cultivar s050223 A soybean cultivar designated S050223 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050223, to the plants of soybean S050223, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050223 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050223 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/23/07 - 20070199091 - Soybean cultivar s050218 A soybean cultivar designated S050218 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050218, to the plants of soybean S050218, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050218 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050218 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/23/07 - 20070199090 - Modulating alkaloid biosynthesis Materials and methods for modulating expression of nucleic acid sequences of interest, e.g., nucleic acid sequences involved in alkaloid biosynthesis, are disclosed. For example, plants and plant cells containing a regulatory protein that can modulate expression of a gene(s), such as an alkaloid biosynthesis gene(s), are disclosed. ... 08/23/07 - 20070199089 - Soybean cultivar 5419227 A soybean cultivar designated 5419227 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5419227, to the plants of soybean 5419227, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5419227 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5419227 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/23/07 - 20070199088 - Soybean cultivar 5319227 A soybean cultivar designated 5319227 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5319227, to the plants of soybean 5319227, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5319227 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5319227 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/23/07 - 20070199087 - Soybean cultivar 5723045 A soybean cultivar designated 5723045 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5723045, to the plants of soybean 5723045, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5723045 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5723045 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/23/07 - 20070199086 - Soybean cultivar 5051007 A soybean cultivar designated 5051007 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5051007, to the plants of soybean 5051007, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5051007 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5051007 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/23/07 - 20070199085 - Plants having modified growth characteristics and method for making same The present invention concerns a method for modifying the growth characteristics of plants by modulating expression in a plant of a B-type CDK nucleic acid and/or modulating activity and/or levels in a plant of a B-type CDK protein. The invention also relates to transgenic plants having modified growth characteristics, which ... 08/16/07 - 20070192897 - Soybean root-preferred, nematode-inducible promoter and methods of use 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-preferred and inducible promoter for the gene encoding a soybean ripening-related protein. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the ... 08/16/07 - 20070192894 - Transformation and regeneration of allium plants The invention relates to a novel transformation method for plants of the genus Allium, in particular to onion plants. Plants transformed by the method are also provided. The method preferably involves an Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation, more preferably involving immature embryos as the explant source and employing a binary vector. ... 08/16/07 - 20070192893 - Soybean cultivar 5826175 A soybean cultivar designated 5826175 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5826175, to the plants of soybean 5826175, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5826175 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5826175 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/16/07 - 20070192892 - Soybean cultivar s050231 A soybean cultivar designated S050231 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050231, to the plants of soybean S050231, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050231 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050231 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/16/07 - 20070192891 - Soybean cultivar 5826376 A soybean cultivar designated 5826376 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5826376, to the plants of soybean 5826376, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5826376 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5826376 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/16/07 - 20070192890 - Soybean cultivar 5628386 A soybean cultivar designated 5628386 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5628386, to the plants of soybean 5628386, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5628386 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5628386 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/16/07 - 20070192889 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with transcription in plants and uses thereof for plant improvement Polynucleotides useful for improvement of plants are provided, in particular, polynucleotide sequences are provided from plant sources. Polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotide sequences are also provided. The disclosed polynucleotides and polypeptides find use in production of transgenic plants to produce plants having improved properties. ... 08/09/07 - 20070186308 - Stress-related polynucleotides and polypeptides in plants The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be ... 08/09/07 - 20070186307 - Soybean cultivar 5138236 A soybean cultivar designated 5138236 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5138236, to the plants of soybean 5138236, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5138236 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5138236 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/09/07 - 20070186306 - Soybean cultivar 5608398 A soybean cultivar designated 5608398 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5608398, to the plants of soybean 5608398, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5608398 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5608398 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/09/07 - 20070186305 - Soybean cultivar s050230 A soybean cultivar designated S050230 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050230, to the plants of soybean S050230, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050230 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050230 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/09/07 - 20070186304 - Soybean cultivar s050226 A soybean cultivar designated S050226 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050226, to the plants of soybean S050226, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050226 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050226 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/09/07 - 20070186303 - Soybean cultivar s050233 A soybean cultivar designated S050233 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050233, to the plants of soybean S050233, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050233 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050233 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/09/07 - 20070186302 - Genes that confer regeneration ability to plants, and uses thereof A gene relating to the regeneration ability of plants was successfully isolated and identified using linkage analysis. Furthermore, methods for breeding highly regenerative varieties, methods for transforming unculturable varieties, and methods for selecting transformed cells, wherein these methods utilize this gene, were also discovered. The present invention is useful in ... 08/02/07 - 20070180575 - Inbred corn line lh321 An inbred corn line, designated LH321, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line LH321, to the plants of inbred corn line LH321 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line LH321 with itself or another corn ... 08/02/07 - 20070180574 - Methods for breeding glyphosate resistant plants and compositions thereof A plant comprising SEQ. ID. NO. 2 or a functional portion thereof, wherein SEQ ID NO. 2 is not native to said plant. A glyphosate resistant grass of economic value comprises a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a EPSPS enzyme. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid molecule comprises a sequence ... 08/02/07 - 20070180573 - Screening method for selecting plants that show reduced wound-induced surface discolouration and plant and plant parts thus obtained Provided is a method for screening a population of plants or plant parts for the presence therein of individuals that show a reduced wound-induced surface discolouration as compared to a control plant or plant part, which method comprises providing a population of plants or parts of the plants from the ... 08/02/07 - 20070180571 - Plants and seeds of variety i294213 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I294213. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I294213, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I294213 with itself ... 08/02/07 - 20070180570 - Temporal seed promoters for expressing genes in plants The present invention relates to the field of plant genetic engineering. More specifically, the present invention relates to seed specific gene expression during a defined period of embryogenesis. The present invention provides promoters capable of transcribing heterologous nucleic acid sequences in seeds, and methods of modifying, producing, and using the ... 08/02/07 - 20070180569 - Plants and seeds of corn variety lh311 An inbred corn variety, designated LH311, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn variety LH311, to the plants of inbred corn variety LH311 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred variety LH311 with itself or another corn ... 08/02/07 - 20070180568 - Plants and seeds of corn variety i119148 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I119148. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I119148, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I119148 with itself ... 08/02/07 - 20070180567 - Plants and seeds of corn variety i113752 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I113752. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I113752, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I113752 with itself ... 08/02/07 - 20070180566 - Plants and seeds of variety i180421 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I180421. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I180421, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I180421 with itself ... 08/02/07 - 20070180565 - Plants and seeds of corn variety i059908 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I059908. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I059908, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I059908 with itself ... 08/02/07 - 20070180564 - Plants and seeds of corn variety i119135 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I119135. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I119135, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I119135 with itself ... 08/02/07 - 20070180563 - Plants and seeds of corn variety i325350 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I325350. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I325350, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I325350 with itself ... 08/02/07 - 20070180562 - Method of transforming plants The present invention relates to novel method of vacuum infiltration transformation of plants which provides an increased efficiency of transformation over previously known vacuum infiltration methods, as well as seeds, plants and plant parts transformed with the methods. ... 08/02/07 - 20070180561 - Soybean cultivar 5624126 A soybean cultivar designated 5624126 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5624126, to the plants of soybean 5624126, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5624126 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5624126 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/02/07 - 20070180560 - Soybean cultivar 5019225 A soybean cultivar designated 5019225 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5019225, to the plants of soybean 5019225, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5019225 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5019225 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/02/07 - 20070180559 - Soybean cultivar 5549483 A soybean cultivar designated 5549483 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5549483, to the plants of soybean 5549483, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5549483 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5549483 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/02/07 - 20070180558 - Inbred corn line bb14 An inbred corn line, designated BB14, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line BB14, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line BB14 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line BB14 with itself ... 08/02/07 - 20070180557 - Inbred corn line g06-np2405 Basically, this invention provides for an inbred corn line designated G06-NP2405, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line G06-NP2405 with plants of another corn plants. The invention relates to the various parts of inbred G06-NP2405 including culturable cells. This invention also relates to methods ... 08/02/07 - 20070180556 - Inbred corn line g06-np2536 Broadly, this invention provides for an inbred corn line designated G06-NP2536, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line G06-NP2536 with plants of another corn plants. The invention relates to the various parts of inbred G06-NP2536 including culturable cells. This invention also relates to methods ... 08/02/07 - 20070180555 - Inbred corn line g06-np2546 Broadly, this invention provides for an inbred corn line designated G06-NP2546, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line G06-NP2546 with plants of another corn plants. The invention relates to the various parts of inbred G06-NP2546 including culturable cells. This invention also relates to methods ... 08/02/07 - 20070180554 - Inbred corn line g06-np2414 Broadly, this invention provides for an inbred corn line designated G06-NP2414, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line G06-NP2414 with plants of another corn plants. The invention relates to the various parts of inbred G06-NP2414 including culturable cells. This invention also relates to methods ... 08/02/07 - 20070180553 - Inbred corn line g06-np2482 Broadly, this invention provides for an inbred corn line designated G06-NP2482, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line G06-NP2482 with plants of another corn plants. The invention relates to the various parts of inbred G06-NP2482 including culturable cells. This invention also relates to methods ... 08/02/07 - 20070180552 - Celery cultivar ads-13 A celery cultivar, designated ADS-13, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar ADS-13, to the plants of celery cultivar ADS-13 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar ADS-13 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for ... 08/02/07 - 20070180551 - Soybean cultivar 4189010 A soybean cultivar designated 4189010 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4189010, to the plants of soybean 4189010, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4189010 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4189010 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/02/07 - 20070180550 - Soybean cultivar 1486018 A soybean cultivar designated 1486018 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 1486018, to the plants of soybean 1486018, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 1486018 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 1486018 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/02/07 - 20070180549 - Soybean cultivar s050235 A soybean cultivar designated S050235 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050235, to the plants of soybean S050235, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050235 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050235 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/02/07 - 20070180548 - Soybean cultivar 5023230 A soybean cultivar designated 5023230 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5023230, to the plants of soybean 5023230, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5023230 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5023230 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/02/07 - 20070180547 - Soybean cultivar 5806063 A soybean cultivar designated 5806063 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5806063, to the plants of soybean 5806063, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5806063 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5806063 with itself or with another soybean ... 07/26/07 - 20070174931 - Methods for controlling gibberellin levels Methods and materials are disclosed for the inhibition and control of gibberellic acid levels. In particular, nucleic acid sequences of copalyl diphosphate synthase. 3-β hydroxylase, and 2-oxidase and additional nucleic acid sequences are disclosed. Gibberellic acid levels may be inhibited or controlled by preparation of a chimeric expression construct capable ... 07/26/07 - 20070174930 - Soybean cultivar s050238 A soybean cultivar designated S050238 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050238, to the plants of soybean S050238, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050238 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050238 with itself or with another soybean ... 07/26/07 - 20070174929 - Soybean cultivar 5726085 A soybean cultivar designated 5726085 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5726085, to the plants of soybean 5726085, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5726085 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5726085 with itself or with another soybean ... 07/26/07 - 20070174928 - Soybean cultivar 5830261 A soybean cultivar designated 5830261 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5830261, to the plants of soybean 5830261, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5830261 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5830261 with itself or with another soybean ... 07/26/07 - 20070174927 - Transgenic expression constructs for vegetative plant tissue specific expression of nucleic acids The invention relates to transgenic expression constructs and vectors comprising plant promoters with a non-seed tissue, preferably vegetative plant tissue specific expression profile, and the use of these transgenic expression constructs or vectors for the transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences in plants. More preferably, the promoters of the invention ... 07/19/07 - 20070169220 - Soybean variety 98y11 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated 98Y11. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety 98Y11, to the plants of soybean 98Y11 to plant parts of soybean variety 98Y11 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 07/19/07 - 20070169219 - Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring improved nitrogen use efficiency characteristics in plants The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able to confer the traits of improved nitrogen use efficiency in plants. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or ... 07/19/07 - 20070169218 - Epsp synthase domains conferring glyphosate resistance Compositions and methods for conferring tolerance to glyphosate in bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions include novel EPSP synthase enzymes and nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, vectors comprising those nucleic acid molecules, and host cells comprising the vectors. The novel proteins comprise at least one ... 07/19/07 - 20070169217 - Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthases This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of ... 07/19/07 - 20070169216 - Novel cucurbita plants The present invention relates to novel Cucurbita plants comprising a new gene conferring resistance to viruses upon said plant, in particular resistance to Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV). The new gene is designated as Cmv-2. The present invention also relates to seeds and parts of said plants, for example fruits. The ... 07/19/07 - 20070169215 - Rice cultivar 'spring' A rice cultivar designated ‘Spring’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar ‘Spring’, to the plants of rice ‘Spring’ and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar ‘Spring’ with itself or another rice variety. The invention further relates to hybrid rice ... 07/19/07 - 20070169214 - Thiol methyltransferase-based selection TMT-based methods for the selection of transgenic cells and the production of transgenic organisms are described herein. The toxin used in the selection methods is a TMT substrate. Also described herein are the recombinant cells, plants and progeny and seeds thereof having the TMT gene, a selectable marker system based ... 07/19/07 - 20070169213 - Method rubisco large subunit n-methyltransferase useful for targeting molecules to the active-site vicinity of ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphatet The present invention generally relates to a modified Rubisco large subunit εN-Methyltransferase (Rubisco LSMT, or RLSMT). The present invention also relates to a modified RLSMT-carbonic anhydrase (RLSMT-CA). This modified RLSMT-CA improves the efficiency of the reduction of CO2 during photosynthesis, which may increase plant growth rates. The present invention also ... 07/19/07 - 20070169212 - Manipulation of organic acid biosynthesis and secretion The present invention relates to nucleic acid fragments encoding amino acid sequences for organic acid biosynthetic enzymes in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of, for example, organic acid biosynthesis and secretion in plants. In particularly preferred embodiments, the invention relates to the combinatorial expression of citrate synthase ... 07/12/07 - 20070162996 - Inbred corn line ph8jv A novel inbred maize line designated PH8JV and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PH8JV with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH8JV through ... 07/12/07 - 20070162995 - Nitrogen-efficient monocot plants Methods of increasing nitrogen utilization efficiency in monocot plants through genetic modification to increase the levels of alanine aminotransferase expression and plants produced there from are described. In particular, methods for increasing the biomass and yield of transgenic monocot plants grown under nitrogen limiting conditions compared to non-transgenic plants are ... 07/12/07 - 20070162994 - Pseudomonas avr and hop proteins, their encoding nucleic acids, and use thereof One aspect of the present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding avirulence proteins or polypeptides of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae DC 3000, or nucleic acid molecules which are complementary thereto. Expression vectors, host cells, and transgenic plants which include the DNA molecules of the present invention are also ... 07/12/07 - 20070162993 - Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthases This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of ... 07/05/07 - 20070157337 - Promoter sequence obtained from rice and methods of use Methods are provided by which Oryza sativa plants and seeds thereof may be modified to express a coding region of interest using a promoter sequence operatively linked to the coding region. The promoter sequence is an isolated Oryza sativa antiquitin (OsAnt1) promoter sequence including SEQ ID NO: 1. The coding ... 07/05/07 - 20070157336 - Plants and seeds of high oil corn variety hoi001 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated HOI001. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety HOI001, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety HOI001 with itself ... 07/05/07 - 20070157335 - Altering protein functional properties through terminal fusions The invention provides isolated terminal fusion glycinin and proglycinin polypeptides that when expressed alter the functional properties of the protein in comparison with wild type. Also provided are nucleic acid sequences that encode the terminal fusion polypeptides, and methods of modifying the functional properties of glycinin proteins. ... 07/05/07 - 20070157334 - Protein kinase stress-related proteins and methods of use in plants A transgenic plant transformed by a Protein Kinase Stress-Related Protein (PKSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by ... 07/05/07 - 20070157333 - Celery cultivar ads-11 A celery cultivar, designated ADS-11, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar ADS-11, to the plants of celery cultivar ADS-11 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar ADS-11 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for ... 07/05/07 - 20070157332 - Potato cultivar fl 2095 A new potato cultivar designated FL 2095 is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato variety FL 2095, to the plants and plant parts of potato variety FL 2095, to the seeds of potato variety and to methods for producing a hybrid potato variety. The invention further relates ... 06/28/07 - 20070150981 - Nicotianamine synthase and gene encoding the same A nicotianamine synthase is isolated and purified. Then the gene of this enzyme is cloned and the base sequence and amino acid sequence thereof are determined. This gene is employed in constructing plants, in particular, grass plants highly tolerant to iron-deficiency. A nicotianamine synthase involved in the mugineic acid biosynthesis ... 06/28/07 - 20070150980 - Soybean variety xb15e07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB15E07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB15E07, to the plants of soybean XB15E07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB15E07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/28/07 - 20070150979 - Soybean variety 92m52 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated 92M52. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety 92M52, to the plants of soybean 92M52 to plant parts of soybean variety 92M52 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/28/07 - 20070150978 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants The present invention is in the field of plant genetics. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid molecules and nucleic acid molecules that contain markers, in particular, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and repetitive element markers. In addition, the present invention provides nucleic acid molecules having regulatory elements or encoding ... 06/28/07 - 20070150977 - Radish cultivar ads-10 A radish cultivar, designated ADS-10, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of radish cultivar ADS-10, to the plants of radish cultivar ADS-10 and to methods for producing a radish plant by crossing radish cultivar ADS-10 with itself or another radish cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for ... 06/28/07 - 20070150976 - High-level expression of fusion polypeptides in plant seeds utilizing seed-storage proteins as fusion carriers The expression of heterologous peptides or polypeptides in the seeds of monocot plants is optimized by generating fusion protein constructs in which monocot plant seed storage proteins are used as fusion protein carriers for the heterologous peptides or polypeptides. The heterologous peptides or polypeptides are preferably small, about 10 kDa ... 06/21/07 - 20070143876 - Cry1f and cry1ac transgenic cotton lines and event-specific identification thereof This invention relates to plant breeding and the protection of plants from insects. More specifically, this invention includes novel transformation events of cotton plants comprising one or more polynucleotide sequences, as described herein, inserted into specific site(s) within the genome of a cotton cell. In highly preferred embodiments, said polynucleotide ... 06/21/07 - 20070143875 - Polynucleotides and other molecules associated with plants Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from wheat are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed ... 06/21/07 - 20070143874 - Rice hybrid xl730 A rice hybrid designated XL730 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice hybrid XL730, to the plants of rice hybrid XL730 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the hybrid XL730 with itself or another rice plant. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 06/21/07 - 20070143873 - Potassium channels The invention relates to the use of a gene encoding a new outward rectifier potassium channel of Vitis vinifera to modify a phenotype relating to a size and the organic acid composition of grape berries. This gene is used in such a manner that it increases the size of such ... 06/21/07 - 20070143872 - Enhancing accumulation of heterologous polypeptides in plant seeds through targeted suppression of endogenous storage proteins The present invention relates to improved methods for increasing accumulation levels of heterologous proteins in plant seeds for molecular farming through targeted suppression of endogenous proteins that compete against the heterologous protein for limited resources, such as amino acids, ribosomal binding sites and portfolio of enzymes participating in translation and ... 06/14/07 - 20070136889 - Method and means for modulating plant cell cycle proteins and their use in plant cell growth control The present invention provides a new Arabidopsis thaliana nucleotide sequence and polypeptide sequence having a molecular weight of about 10.5 kDa. Modulation of the expression of the polypeptides encoded by the nucleotide sequences according to the invention has an advantageous influence on plant cell division characteristics especially on the endoreduplication ... 06/14/07 - 20070136888 - Soybean variety xb47r07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB47R07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB47R07, to the plants of soybean XB47R07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB47R07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136887 - Soybean variety xb46v07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB46V07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB46V07, to the plants of soybean XB46V07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB46V07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136886 - Soybean variety xb57e07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB57E07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB57E07, to the plants of soybean XB57E07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB57E07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136885 - Soybean variety xb54x07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB54X07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB54X07, to the plants of soybean XB54X07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB54X07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136884 - Soybean variety xb54v07 1638 ... // - 200 - ... // - 800 - ... 06/14/07 - 20070136883 - Soybean variety xb52q07 1638 ... // - 200 - ... // - 800 - ... 06/14/07 - 20070136882 - Soybean variety xb37m07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB37M07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB37M07, to the plants of soybean XB37M07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB37M07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136881 - Soybean variety xb37j07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB37J07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB37J07, to the plants of soybean XB37J07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB37J07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136880 - Soybean variety xb34q07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB34Q07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB34Q07, to the plants of soybean XB34Q07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB34Q07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136879 - Soybean variety xb32s07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB32S07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB32S07, to the plants of soybean XB32S07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB32S07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136878 - Soybean variety xb32j07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB32J07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB32J07, to the plants of soybean XB32J07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB32J07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136877 - Soybean variety xb31r07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB31R07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB31R07, to the plants of soybean XB31R07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB31R07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136876 - Soybean variety xb31j07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB31J07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB31J07, to the plants of soybean XB31J07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB31J07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136875 - Soybean variety xb29k07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB29K07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB29K07, to the plants of soybean XB29K07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB29K07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136874 - Soybean variety xb31h07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB31H07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB31H07, to the plants of soybean XB31H07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB31H07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136873 - Soybean variety xb30g07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB30G07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB30G07, to the plants of soybean XB30G07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB30G07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136872 - Soybean variety xb30e07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB30E07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB30E07, to the plants of soybean XB30E07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB30E07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136871 - Soybean variety xb25e07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB25E07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB25E07, to the plants of soybean XB25E07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB25E07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136870 - Soybean variety xb26x07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB26X07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB26X07, to the plants of soybean XB26X07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB26X07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136869 - Soybean variety xb23l07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB23L07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB23L07, to the plants of soybean XB23L07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB23L07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136868 - Soybean variety xb19z07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB19Z07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB19Z07, to the plants of soybean XB19Z07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB19Z07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136867 - Soybean variety xb19e07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB19E07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB19E07, to the plants of soybean XB19E07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB19E07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136866 - Soybean variety xb18m07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB18M07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB18M07, to the plants of soybean XB18M07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB18M07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136865 - Soybean variety xb18k07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB18K07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB18K07, to the plants of soybean XB18K07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB1 8K07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants ... 06/14/07 - 20070136864 - Soybean variety xb18j07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB18J07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB18J07, to the plants of soybean XB18J07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB18J07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136863 - Soybean variety xb17w07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB17W07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB17W07, to the plants of soybean XB17W07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB17W07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136862 - Soybean variety xb17u07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB17U07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB17U07, to the plants of soybean XB17U07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB17U07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136861 - Soybean variety xb15b07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB15B07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB15B07, to the plants of soybean XB15B07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB15B07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136860 - Soybean variety xb12r07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB12R07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB12R07, to the plants of soybean XB12R07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB12R07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136859 - Soybean variety xb11j07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB11J07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB11J07, to the plants of soybean XB11J07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB11J07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136858 - Soybean variety xb04e07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB04E07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB04E07, to the plants of soybean XB04E07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB04E07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136857 - Soybean variety xb02k07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB02K07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB02K07, to the plants of soybean XB02K07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB02K07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136856 - Soybean variety xb49v07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB49V07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB49V07, to the plants of soybean XB49V07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB49V07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136855 - Soybean variety xb48x07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB48X07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB48X07, to the plants of soybean XB48X07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB48X07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136854 - Soybean variety 92m75 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated 92M75. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety 92M75, to the plants of soybean 92M75 to plant parts of soybean variety 92M75 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136853 - Soybean variety xb48w07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB48W07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB48W07, to the plants of soybean XB48W07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB48W07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136852 - Soybean variety xb44g07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB44G07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB44G07, to the plants of soybean XB44G07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB44G07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136851 - Soybean variety xb42k07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB42K07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB42K07, to the plants of soybean XB42K07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB42K07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136850 - Soybean variety xb42h07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB42H07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB42H07, to the plants of soybean XB42H07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB42H07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136849 - Soybean variety xb41j07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB41J07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB41J07, to the plants of soybean XB41J07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB41J07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136848 - Soybean variety xb40y07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB40Y07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB40Y07, to the plants of soybean XB40Y07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB40Y07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136847 - Soybean variety xb40x07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB40X07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB40X07, to the plants of soybean XB40X07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB40X07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136846 - Soybean variety xb39e07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB39E07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB39E07, to the plants of soybean XB39E07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB39E07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136845 - Soybean variety xb38w07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB38W07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB38W07, to the plants of soybean XB38W07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB38W07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136844 - Soybean variety xb38s07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB38S07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB38S07, to the plants of soybean XB38S07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB38S07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136843 - Soybean variety xb23v07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB23V07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB23V07, to the plants of soybean XB23V07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB23V07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136842 - Maize hybrid variety 38n86 A novel hybrid maize variety designated 38N86 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety 38N86 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in ... 06/14/07 - 20070136841 - Plants and seeds of corn variety i180580 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I180580. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I180580, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I180580 with itself ... 06/14/07 - 20070136840 - Grg23 and grg 51 genes conferring herbicide resistance Compositions and methods for conferring herbicide resistance or tolerance to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions include polynucleotides encoding herbicide resistance or tolerance polypeptides, vectors comprising those polynucleotides, and host cells comprising the vectors. The nucleotide sequences of the invention can be used in DNA constructs ... 06/14/07 - 20070136839 - Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels. ... 06/14/07 - 20070136838 - Inbred corn line phcjp A novel inbred maize line designated PHCJP and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PHCJP with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHCJP through ... 06/14/07 - 20070136837 - Glyphosate tolerant plants and methods of making and using the same A crop plant having an induced mutant allele of an endogenous gene, the induced mutant allele conferring tolerance to glyphosate as compared with a wild-type plant of the same species, wherein the glyphosate tolerance is due to the presence of the induced mutant allele of the endogenous plant gene, is ... 06/14/07 - 20070136836 - Development of novel germplasm using segregates from transgenic crosses This invention provides a method for the development of novel plant germplasm using segregates from a transgenic line combined with PCR-based zygosity testing and, optionally, Southern blot analysis. ... 06/14/07 - 20070136835 - Organisms with elevated levels of gallic acid/polyphenol oxidase and methods of generating such organisms Gallic acid inhibits the synthesis by A. flavus of aflatoxin, a toxic carcinogen that can contaminate crops such as corn, peanuts and walnuts rendering them inedible. The present invention takes advantage of this inhibition to provide various methods and compositions useful for protecting crops from contamination. Gallic acid is also ... 06/14/07 - 20070136834 - Method and system for real-time analysis of biosensor data A method of biosensor-based detection of toxins includes the steps of providing a fluid to be analyzed having a plurality of photosynthetic organisms therein, wherein chemical, biological or radiological agents alter a nominal photosynthetic activity of the photosynthetic organisms. At a first time a measured photosynthetic activity curve is obtained ... 06/07/07 - 20070130652 - Soybean variety xb31m07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB31M07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB31M07, to the plants of soybean XB31M07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB31M07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/07/07 - 20070130651 - Soybean variety xb28e07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB28E07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB28E07, to the plants of soybean XB28E07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB28E07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/07/07 - 20070130650 - Soybean variety xb25s07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB25S07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB25S07, to the plants of soybean XB25S07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB25S07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/07/07 - 20070130649 - Soybean variety xb21n07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB21N07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB21N07, to the plants of soybean XB21N07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB21N07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/07/07 - 20070130648 - Soybean variety xb03q07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB03QO7. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB03QO7, to the plants of soybean XB03QO7 to plant parts of soybean variety XB03QO7 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/07/07 - 20070130647 - Soybean variety xb49q07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB49Q07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB49Q07, to the plants of soybean XB49Q07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB49Q07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/07/07 - 20070130646 - Soybean variety xb06m07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB06M07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB06M07, to the plants of soybean XB06M07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB06M07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 06/07/07 - 20070130645 - Genome-wide identification and characterization of gene expression regulatory elements in zea mays for use in plants The present invention provides non-coding regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from Zea mays and useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and seeds containing the Zea mays regulatory polynucleotide sequences, and methods for preparing and using the same. ... 06/07/07 - 20070130644 - Oryza sativa ltp promoters useful for modulating gene expression in plants The present invention provides non-coding regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from the lipid transfer protein (LTP) gene of Oryza sativa and useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and seeds containing the Oryza sativa regulatory polynucleotide sequences, and methods ... 06/07/07 - 20070130643 - Method of producing transgenic plants having improved amino acid composition and improved yielding The object of the present invention is to provide transgenic plants which accumulate free amino acids, particularly at least one amino acid selected from among glutamic acid, asparagine, aspartic acid, serine, threonine, alanine and histidine accumulated in a large amount, in the edible parts thereof, and a method of producing ... 06/07/07 - 20070130642 - Methods and compositions for reducing the expression of a polynucleotide of interest The present invention provides methods and compositions that allow for the modulation of the level of at least two polynucleotides or the polypeptides encoded thereby in a plant or plant part. Specifically, the present invention relates to recombinant polynucleotides that are designed to allow for the overexpression of a polynucleotide ... 06/07/07 - 20070130641 - Methods and compositions for expressing an herbicide-tolerant polynucleotide Methods and compositions are provided related to improved plants that are tolerant to more than one herbicide. Particularly, the invention provides plants that are tolerant of glyphosate and are tolerant to at least one ALS inhibitor, and methods of use thereof. The glyphosate/ALS inhibitor-tolerant plants comprise a polynucleotide that encodes ... 06/07/07 - 20070130640 - Methods of modulating auxin production in plants The present invention relates to methods for modulating auxin and glucosinolate production in plants, specifically by modulating CYP83B1 expression. The present invention also relates to transgenic plants that overexpress and underexpress CYP83B1. ... 06/07/07 - 20070130639 - Rice hybrid xl723 A rice hybrid designated XL723 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice hybrid XL723, to the plants of rice hybrid XL723 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the hybrid XL723 with itself or another rice plant. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 06/07/07 - 20070130638 - Rice hybrid xp316m A rice hybrid designated XP316M is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice hybrid XP316M, to the plants of rice hybrid XP316M and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the hybrid XP316M with itself or another rice plant. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 06/07/07 - 20070130637 - Inbred rice line 053001 An inbred rice line designated 053001 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice line 053001, to the plants of rice line 053001 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the inbred rice line 053001 with itself or another rice line. The invention further ... 06/07/07 - 20070130636 - Inbred rice line 054001 An inbred rice line designated 054001 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred rice line 054001, to the plants of rice line 054001 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the line 054001 with itself or another rice line. The invention further relates ... 06/07/07 - 20070130635 - Inbred rice line 053002 An inbred rice line designated 053002 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred rice line 053002, to the plants of rice line 053002 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the line 053002 with itself or another rice line. The invention further relates ... 06/07/07 - 20070130634 - Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthases This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of ... 06/07/07 - 20070130633 - Rice regulatory sequences for gene expression in defined wheat tissue The abundance of the 96 most abundant EST cluster sequences in a wheat lemma/palea cDNA library was investigated in a range of cDNA libraries made from various wheat tissues. 30 cDNA sequences showing highly enhanced abundance in lemma, palea and glume tissues over leaf, stem, embryo, endosperm and root tissue ... 05/31/07 - 20070124834 - Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels. ... 05/31/07 - 20070124833 - Genes and uses for plant improvement Transgenic seed for crops with improved traits are provided by trait-improving recombinant DNA in the nucleus of cells of the seed where plants grown from such transgenic seed exhibit one or more improved traits as compared to a control plant. Of particular interest are transgenic plants that have increased yield. ... 05/31/07 - 20070124832 - Bioreactor containing cells expressing glycosyltransferase nucleic acids We describe glycosyltransferase nucleic acids and proteins, transgenic cells expressing said glycosyltransferases and bioreactors comprising said transgenic cells. ... 05/31/07 - 20070124831 - Plant transformation with in vivo assembly of a trait A process of endowing a plant or plant cells with a trait of interest by expressing an RNA sequence of interest, said process comprising: providing plant cells or cells of said plant with a first vector and a second vector and selecting cells endowed with said trait of interest, wherein ... 05/31/07 - 20070124830 - Plastid genetic engineering via somatic embryogenesis A plastid transformation vector suitable for transforming a non-green plant cell, in which the plastid vector comprises, as operably linked components, a first flanking sequence, a DNA sequence coding for a foreign gene, and a second flanking sequence. ... 05/24/07 - 20070118923 - Methods and compositions to modulate expression in plants The invention relates to the field of plant and agricultural technology. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of zinc finger proteins and fusions of said proteins to regulate gene expression and metabolic pathways in plants. ... 05/24/07 - 20070118922 - Novel plant promoter This disclosure provides gene sequence of a novel gene DaRub1 of Deschampsia antarctica expressed at low temperatures. The promoter sequence of this gene is identified and characterized. The promoter is inducible at low temperature, upon wounding and after auxin-treatment. Additionally this disclosure shows improved low temperature tolerance of transgenic Eucalyptus ... 05/24/07 - 20070118921 - Genomic plant sequences and uses thereof The present invention discloses rice genomic promoter sequences. The promoters are particularly suited for use in rice and other cereal crops. Methods of modifying, producing, and using the promoters are also disclosed. The invention further discloses compositions, transformed host cells, transgenic plants, and seeds containing the rice genomic promoter sequences, ... 05/24/07 - 20070118920 - Herbicide-resistant sunflower plants, polynucleotides encoding herbicide-resistant acetohydroxyacid synthase large subunit proteins, and methods of use Herbicide-resistant sunflower plants, isolated polynucleotides that encode herbicide-resistant and wild-type acetohydroxyacid synthase large subunit (AHASL) polypeptides, and the amino acid sequences of these polypeptides, are described. Expression cassettes and transformation vectors comprising the polynucleotides of the invention, as well as plants and host cells transformed with the polynucleotides, are described. ... 05/24/07 - 20070118919 - Inbred corn line phcer A novel inbred maize line designated PHCER and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PHCER with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHCER through ... 05/24/07 - 20070118918 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 05/24/07 - 20070118917 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 05/24/07 - 20070118916 - Process for the production of fine chemicals The present invention relates to a process for the production of the fine chemical in a microorganism, a plant cell, a plant, a plant tissue or in one or more parts thereof, preferably in plastids. The invention furthermore relates to nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, antibodies, host ... 05/17/07 - 20070113302 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 05/17/07 - 20070113301 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 05/17/07 - 20070113300 - Clp-protease as target for herbicides The present invention relates to Clp-protease, which, when absent, brings about reduced growth and chlorotic leaves as target for herbicides. For this purpose, novel nucleic acid sequences encompassing SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:11 and SEQ ID NO: 17 and functional equivalents of SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:11 and ... 05/10/07 - 20070107079 - Plant cell death system This invention seeks to provide means by which transgenic plants harbour within their genome a chimaeric gene which when expressed produces a protein having a cytotoxic effect. Cytotoxicity is achieved by way of a protein or part thereof capable of blocking cellular protein synthesis, such as a maize ribosome inactivating ... 05/10/07 - 20070107078 - Methods to confer herbicide resistance Compositions and methods for conferring herbicide resistance to plant cells and bacterial cells are provided. The methods comprise transforming the cells with nucleotide sequences encoding herbicide resistance genes. In particular, herbicide resistance is conferred by expression of proteins with homology to decarboxylase enzymes. Compositions comprise transformed plants, plant tissues, and ... 05/10/07 - 20070107077 - Microprojectile bombardment transformation of brassica The invention relates to the genetic manipulation of plants, particularly plants of the genus Brassica. Methods are provided for producing transgenic Brassica plants involving the introduction of a DNA construct by microprojectile bombardment into pre-incubated microspores, microspore-derived embryos and microspore-derived hypocotyls. The methods find use in the development of improved ... 05/03/07 - 20070101454 - Polynucleotides and polypeptides in plants The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be ... 04/26/07 - 20070094747 - Inbred corn line phcam A novel inbred maize line designated PHCAM and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PHCAM with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHCAM through ... 04/26/07 - 20070094746 - Hybrid caulimovirus promoters and constructs thereof The present invention relates to novel hybrid promoters comprising a caulimovirus promoter operably linked to one or more of an EF1α, Act8, Act2 or Act11 promoter. The present invention also relates to novel DNA constructs comprising at least one expression cassette which comprises the hybrid promoter thereof. The present invention ... 04/26/07 - 20070094745 - Cotton cultivar dp 164 b2rf A cotton cultivar, designated DP 164 B2RF, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar DP 164 B2RF, to the plants of cotton DP 164 B2RF and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar DP 164 B2RF with itself or another cotton ... 04/26/07 - 20070094744 - A novel stay-green gene and method for preparing stay-green transgenic plants The present invention relates to a novel SGR (STAY-GREEN) gene participating in chlorophyll catabolism during plant senescence, thereby causing leaf yellowing, a method for preparing stay-green transgenic plants maintaining greenness during leaf senescence, which being characterized by mutating the SGR gene, suppressing the expression of the SGR gene, or deactivating ... 04/19/07 - 20070089196 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 04/19/07 - 20070089195 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 04/19/07 - 20070089194 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 04/19/07 - 20070089193 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 04/19/07 - 20070089192 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 04/19/07 - 20070089191 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 04/19/07 - 20070089190 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 04/19/07 - 20070089189 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 04/19/07 - 20070089188 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular consrtucts and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 04/19/07 - 20070089187 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 04/19/07 - 20070089186 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 04/19/07 - 20070089185 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 04/19/07 - 20070089184 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 04/19/07 - 20070089183 - Size and/or growth engineering by modulation of the interaction between calmodulin, and brassinosteroid biosynthetic enzymes and orthologs therof Particular aspects show that DWF1 is a Ca2+/calmodulin-binding protein, and this binding is critical for function. Molecular/genetic analysis using site-directed and deletion mutants revealed that loss of calmodulin binding abolished the function of DWF1 in planta, whereas partial loss of calmodulin binding resulted in a partial dwarf phenotype in complementation ... 04/19/07 - 20070089182 - Regeneration The invention relates to the filed of regeneration of cells, self-renewal of (micro-organisms), and the vegetative propagation of plant parts such as plant tissues or organs. ... 04/19/07 - 20070089181 - Canola line 45h25 A canola variety designated 45H25, plants and seeds of the 45H25 canola variety, methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the 45H25 variety with itself or with another canola plant, and hybrid canola seeds and plants produced by crossing the 45H25 variety with another canola line or plant ... 04/19/07 - 20070089180 - Transcription factors of cereals Plant DISR genes the expression of which in a plant increases resistance of the plant to pathogen infection, compositions comprising the genes or encoded polypeptides, and methods for their use, are provided. ... 04/12/07 - 20070083947 - Recombinant dna constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs ... 04/12/07 - 20070083946 - Recombinant watermelon (citrullus lanatus) hydroperoxide lyase and uses thereof Recombinant watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)hydroperoxide lyase protein, DNA sequences encoding the protein, vectors containing the DNA sequences and hosts containing the vectors are provided, together with methods for recombinantly producing watermelon hydroperoxide lyase, DNA sequences, vectors and hosts. ... 04/12/07 - 20070083945 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants The present invention is in the field of plant genetics. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid molecules and nucleic acid molecules that contain markers, in particular, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and repetitive element markers. In addition, the present invention provides nucleic acid molecules having regulatory elements or encoding ... 04/12/07 - 20070083944 - Methods to produce desired proteins in plants Fusion proteins that comprise at least one subunit of glutelin and a desired protein permit enhanced production of the desired protein in a useable form in plants. Such fusion proteins may be used to improve the nutritional value of plants, such as rice, by enhancing the production of specific essential ... 04/12/07 - 20070083943 - Materials and methods for improved sweet corn The subject invention pertains to materials and methods for producing improved sweet corn. Sweet corn produced according to the present invention exhibits increased sweetness without a reduction in germination or seedling vigor. One aspect of the invention pertains to a dominant loss-of-function sh2 allele. Another aspect of the invention pertains ... 04/12/07 - 20070083942 - Biological contamination-removal method The invention relates to a method of decontaminating a metal-contaminated growth medium, using genetically-modified plants, algae or bacteria over a sufficient period of time for the metals to be absorbed and accumulated. ... 04/05/07 - 20070079396 - Transgenic plant seed with increased lysine Disclosed herein are transgenic plants having a novel exogenous DNA construct that expresses a dihydrodipicolinic acid synthase and a gene suppression molecule for lysine ketoglutarate reductase, the activity of which results in increased lysine in a plant seed. ... 04/05/07 - 20070079395 - Homogentisate prenyl transferase (hpt) nucleic acids and polypeptides, and uses thereof The present invention is in the field of plant genetics and biochemistry. More specifically, the present invention relates to genes and polypeptides associated with the tocopherol biosynthesis pathway, namely those encoding homogentisate prenyl transferase activity, and uses thereof. ... 04/05/07 - 20070079394 - Proteins imparting boron-tolerance and genes thereof The present invention provides genes and proteins having possibilities to generate plants having tolerance against excessive boron, which can confer a boric acid tolerance to organisms. 5 types of genes that can confer a boric acid tolerance to yeast, such as AtPAB2, AtRBP47c′, AtRPS20B, AtMYB13 and AtMYB68, AtRBP45a, AtRBP45b, AtRBP45c, ... 04/05/07 - 20070079393 - Methods and compositions for providing tolerance to multiple herbicides Methods and compositions are provided related to improved plants that are tolerant to more than one herbicide. Particularly, the invention provides plants that are tolerant of glyphosate and are tolerant to at least one ALS inhibitor, and methods of use thereof. The glyphosate/ALS inhibitor-tolerant plants comprise a polynucleotide that encodes ... 03/29/07 - 20070074305 - Coordinated decrease and increase of gene expression of more than one gene using transgenic constructs The present invention is directed to nucleic acid molecules and nucleic acid constructs, and other agents associated with simultaneous up- and down-regulation of expression of RNAs. Specifically it includes methods of simultaneously enhancing the expression of a first RNA at the same time as suppressing the expression of a second ... 03/29/07 - 20070074304 - Low acrylamide foods The present invention provides polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences isolated from plants, methods for reducing free asparagine levels in plants, methods for producing heat-processed foods containing reduced levels of acrylamide, and plants and foods obtained by these methods. ... 03/29/07 - 20070074303 - Methods and compositions for controlling weeds Methods and compositions are provided related to improved plants that are tolerant to more than one herbicide. Particularly, the invention provides plants that are tolerant of glyphosate and are tolerant to at least one ALS inhibitor, and methods of use thereof. The glyphosate/ALS inhibitor-tolerant plants comprise a polynucleotide that encodes ... 03/29/07 - 20070074302 - Triticale cultivar 97tv38011 A triticale cultivar, designated 97TV38011, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of triticale cultivar 97TV38011, to the plants of triticale 97TV38011, and to methods for producing a triticale plant produced by crossing the cultivar 97TV38011 with itself or another triticale variety. The invention also relates to methods for ... 03/22/07 - 20070067867 - Gene cluster involved in biosynthesis of isopentenyl diphosphate in the non-mevalonate pathway of hevea brasiliensis According to this invention, a gene cluster involved in the non-mevalonate pathway of Hevea brasiliensis was obtained and nucleotide sequences of these genes were determined. The gene cluster according to this invention involved in the IPP biosynthesis in the non-mevalonate pathway is involved in the biosynthesis of vitamin E and ... 03/22/07 - 20070067866 - Gene cluster of prenyl transferase from hevea brasiliensis According to the present invention, a gene cluster encoding various kinds of prenyl transferase of Hevea brasiliensis is obtained, and the nucleotide sequences of these genes are determined. The prenyl transferases are involved in the biosynthesis of isoprene backbone of natural rubber. Therefore, improvement of productivity of rubber can be ... 03/22/07 - 20070067865 - Annotated plant genes The present invention is in the field of plant biochemistry. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid sequences from plant cells, in particular, nucleic acid sequences from maize, teosinte, soybean, Arabidopsis, cotton, Sorghum, rice and wheat. The invention encompasses nucleic acid molecules that encode proteins and fragments of proteins. ... 03/22/07 - 20070067864 - Cytochrome p450 oxygenases and their uses Oxygenase enzymes and the use of such enzymes to produce paclitaxel (Taxol™), related taxoids, as well as intermediates in the Taxol biosynthetic pathway are disclosed. Also disclosed are nucleic acid sequences encoding the oxygenase enzymes. ... 03/22/07 - 20070067863 - Rice cultivar designated 'trenasse' A novel rice cultivar, designated ‘Trenasse,’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar ‘Trenasse,’ to the plants of rice ‘Trenasse,’ and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar ‘Trenasse’ with itself or another rice variety, and to single gene conversions of ... 03/22/07 - 20070067862 - Chloroplast transgenic approach to express and purify human serum albumin, a protein highly susceptible to proteolytic degradation Production of human serum albumin (HSA) in prokaryotic systems has not been successful to date because HSA is highly susceptible to proteolytic degradation. Production in plants has not yielded enough protein to be cost-effective. The instant invention overcomes this by producing HSA in plant plastids at high levels. ... 03/15/07 - 20070061917 - Methods and compositions for the expression of a polynucleotide of interest Methods and compositions for expressing a polynucleotide of interest are provided. Compositions comprise an enhancer domain set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, 10, 15, or 16 and active variants and fragments thereof. Further provided are DNA constructs comprising at least one transcriptional enhancer sequence comprising the nucleotide sequence set ... 03/15/07 - 20070061916 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants and uses thereof for plant improvement Recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides useful for improvement of plants are provided. The disclosed recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides find use in production of transgenic plants to produce plants having improved properties. ... 03/15/07 - 20070061915 - Rice cultivar designated 'cl131' A novel rice cultivar, designated ‘CL131,’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar ‘CL131,’ to the plants of rice ‘CL131,’ and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar ‘CL131’ with itself or another rice variety, and to single gene conversions of ... 03/15/07 - 20070061914 - Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants. ... 03/15/07 - 20070061913 - Promoter and construct for plant transformation The present invention is directed to a promoter, designated EPSP. The present invention is also directed to DNA molecules including the EPSP promoter, such as a DNA construct containing the promoter operably linked to one or more genes or antisense DNA. The invention is further directed to transformed plant tissue ... 03/15/07 - 20070061912 - Method for obtaining improved fertility restorer lines for transgenic male sterile crop plants and a dna construct for use in said method A method for obtaining improved fertility restorer lines for male sterile crop plants and a DNA construct for use in said method are disclosed. The invention relates to the simultaneous use of two different gene sequences encoding the same protein product, one being the naturally occurring wild type sequence and ... 03/15/07 - 20070061911 - Polynucleotides and polypeptides in plants The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be ... 03/08/07 - 20070056056 - Corn event pv-zmgt32(nk603) and compositions and methods for detection thereof The present invention provides a DNA construct that confers tolerance to transgenic corn plant. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the PV-ZMGT32(nk603) corn event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the corn genome and of genomic sequences flanking the insertion site. ... 03/08/07 - 20070056055 - Rice promoters for regulation of plant expression The present invention provides promoters from plants capable of driving gene expression in plant cells. The promoters vary in strength and in tissue specificity, and can be used to facilitate the development of transgenic plants in which tissue preferred expression, constitutive expression, and the strength of transgene expression is either ... 03/01/07 - 20070050864 - Rubisco activase with increased thermostability and methods of use thereof The present invention provides thermostable polypeptides related to Arabidopsis Rubisco Activase polypeptides. Nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides of the invention are also provided. Methods for using the polypeptides and nuclei acids of the invention to enhance resistance of plants to heat stress are encompassed. ... 03/01/07 - 20070050863 - Herbicide resistance gene, compositions and methods The present disclosure provides methods, recombinant DNA molecules, recombinant host cells containing the DNA molecules, and transgenic plant cells, plant tissue, seeds and plants which contain and express an herbicide resistant protoporphyrinogen oxidase such that they germinate from seed and grow in the presence of an amount of herbicide where ... 03/01/07 - 20070050862 - Promoter and methods of use in plants The invention provides an AtCel5 promoter isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana that is expressed exclusively in root cap cells of both primary and secondary roots. AtCel5 is believed to be a soluble and secreted protein that plays a role in the sloughing of root cap cells from the root tip. The ... 03/01/07 - 20070050861 - Inbred broccoli line gko-1 An inbred broccoli line, designated GKO-1 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred broccoli line GKO-1, to the plants of inbred broccoli line GKO-1, and to methods for producing a broccoli plant produced by crossing the inbred line GKO-1 with itself or another broccoli line. The invention ... 03/01/07 - 20070050860 - Nucleic acid sequences from diabrotica virgifera virgifera leconte and uses thereof Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from the Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, are disclosed. The invention encompasses nucleic acid molecules that encode D. v. virgifera protein homologs and fragments thereof. In addition, antibodies capable of binding the proteins are encompassed by the present invention. The disclosed ESTs have ... 02/22/07 - 20070044177 - Genetically engineered duckweed Methods and compositions for the efficient transformation of duckweed are provided. Preferably, the methods involve transformation by either ballistic bombardment or Agrobacterium. In this manner, any gene or nucleic acid of interest can be introduced and expressed in duckweed plants. Transformed duckweed plants, cells, tissues are also provided. Transformed duckweed ... 02/22/07 - 20070044176 - Nitrate transport components This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding high affinity nitrate transport components. The invention also relates to the construction of recombinant DNA constructs encoding all or a portion of nitrate transport components, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct may alter levels of ... 02/22/07 - 20070044175 - Genes conferring herbicide resistance Compositions and methods for conferring herbicide resistance to plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a polypeptide that confers resistance or tolerance to glyphosate herbicides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression ... 02/22/07 - 20070044174 - Vanillin production Novel compositions and methods for improving vanillin production in cultured Vanilla planifolia and in intact plants are provided. Transgenic cells and plants having improved vanillin production are also provided. ... 02/22/07 - 20070044173 - Agrobacterium transformation of stolons The invention provides methods for transforming monocotyledonous plants with Agrobacterium, for example, using stolons as a target tissue. The invention allows creation of transgenic plants without the need for callus as a target tissue for transformation, thus providing a rapid method for the production of transgenic plants. The ability to ... 02/22/07 - 20070044172 - Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying nitrogen use efficiency characteristics in plants Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants with increased nitrogen use efficiency. The present invention further relates to nucleotide sequences and the use of those nucleotide sequences in the genetic-engineering of plants to display enhanced nitrogen assimilatory and ... 02/22/07 - 20070044171 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants and uses thereof for plant improvement Recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides useful for improvement of plants are provided. The disclosed recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides find use in production of transgenic plants to produce plants having improved properties. ... 02/22/07 - 20070044170 - Rna virus-derived plant expression system A process of expressing a sequence of interest in a plant, plant part, or plant cell culture, comprising: (a) providing a plant, plant part, or plant cell culture containing in cell nuclei a heterologous DNA having a sequence encoding an RNA replicon operably linked or linkable to a transcription promoter, ... 02/22/07 - 20070044169 - Method of selectively producing male for female sterile plants A method of producing male or female sterile plants comprising providing means for inactivating a herbicide and means for reactivating the thus inactivated herbicide, wherein the herbicide inactivating means is provided within vegetative tissues and the reactivating means is provided in either the male or female reproductive structures of the ... 02/15/07 - 20070039068 - High threonine producing lines of nicotiana tobacum and methods for producing The present invention provides a method for producing plants with a desired phenotypic trait which comprises subjecting plants to mutagenesis, screening chimeric progeny for plants having the desired phenotypic trait, and propagating the survivors. In an embodiment, the phenotypic trait comprises an altered amino acid content. Preferably, the technique is ... 02/15/07 - 20070039067 - Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants. ... 02/15/07 - 20070039066 - Biological containment system The invention relates to materials and methods useful for controlling the unwanted spread of transgenic traits. The methods involve an apomictic plant containing a transgene for a desired trait and a transgene causing seed infertility. The methods also involve one or more transcription activators that activates expression of both transgenes ... 02/08/07 - 20070033672 - Inbred corn line be9515 An inbred corn line, designated BE9515, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line BE9515, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line BE9515 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing ... 02/08/07 - 20070033671 - Polynucleotides and polypeptides in plants The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be ... 02/08/07 - 20070033670 - Wheat plants having increased tolerance to imidazolinone herbicides The present invention is directed to wheat plants and triticale plants having increased tolerance to an imidazolinone herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes wheat plants or triticale plants containing one or more Triticum turgidum IMI nucleic acids. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these wheat plants and ... 02/01/07 - 20070028323 - Artificial bidirectional promoter for activation of gene expression A bidirectional module for activation of gene expression and regulation of transcription in both directions is disclosed. The bidirectional module comprises multiple cis regulatory DNA sequence elements, strategically arranged to give a ‘Transcription Activating Module’ that achieves high level expression from a ‘Transcription Initiation Module’. The latter functions like a ... 02/01/07 - 20070028322 - High lysine maize compositions and methods for detection thereof Disclosed herein are assays for detecting the presence of a lysine-increasing transgenic event based on the DNA sequence of the exogenous DNA construct inserted into the maize genome and of genomic sequences flanking the insertion site. Also provided are transgenic plants having a novel exogenous DNA construct that expresses a ... 02/01/07 - 20070028321 - High tryptophan maize The present invention provides a method for altering the tryptophan content of a plant by introducing and expressing an artificial polynucleotide sequence encoding an anthranilate synthase in the cells of the plant. Transgenic plants transformed with an artificial polynucleotide sequence encoding an anthranilate synthase, as well as human or animal ... 02/01/07 - 20070028320 - Plant artificial chromosome (plac) compositions and methods The present invention provides for the identification and cloning of functional plant centromeres in Arabidopsis. This will permit construction of stably inherited plant artificial chromosomes (PLACs) which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. In addition, information on the structure and function of these ... 02/01/07 - 20070028319 - Soybean cultivar s050051 A soybean cultivar designated S050051 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050051, to the plants of soybean S050051, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050051 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050051 with itself or with another soybean ... 02/01/07 - 20070028318 - Rice plants having increased tolerance to imidazolinone herbicides The present invention is directed to plants having increased tolerance to an imidazolinone herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes rice plants containing at least one variant AHAS nucleic acid such as an imidazolinone tolerant IMINTA 1, 4 or 5 lines comprising an alanine to threonine substitution as compared to ... 02/01/07 - 20070028317 - Plants and seeds of corn variety i015011 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I015011. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I015011, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I015011 with itself ... 01/25/07 - 20070022494 - Cotton plants having vegetative and reproductive tolerance to glyphosate The present invention relates to a transgenic cotton plant and seed that has vegetative and reproductive tolerance to glyphosate, wherein the transgenic plant or seed comprises at least one expression cassette comprising a structural DNA sequence encoding a glyphosate tolerance protein, and the transgenic plant has a boll map value ... 01/25/07 - 20070022493 - Fertile transgenic corn plants Fertile transgenic Zea mays (corn) plants which stably express recombinant DNA which is heritable are provided wherein said DNA preferably comprises a recombinant gene which encodes a seed storage protein, so that the amino acid profile of the corn is improved. ... 01/25/07 - 20070022492 - Corn inbred 3b50ho A corn inbred designated 3B50HO is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of corn inbred 3B50HO, to the plants of corn inbred 3B50HO, to plant parts of corn inbred 3B50HO and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing corn inbred 3B50HO with itself or with another ... 01/25/07 - 20070022491 - Corn inbred 3b703 A corn inbred designated 3B703 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of corn inbred 3B703, to the plants of corn inbred 3B703, to plant parts of corn inbred 3B703 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing corn inbred 3B703 with itself or with another ... 01/25/07 - 20070022490 - Corn inbred 3b603 A corn inbred designated 3B603 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of corn inbred 3B603, to the plants of corn inbred 3B603, to plant parts of corn inbred 3B603 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing corn inbred 3B603 with itself or with another ... 01/25/07 - 20070022489 - Modulation of coffee flavour precursor levels in green coffee grains The present invention relates to isolated polynucleotides encoding cysteine proteinases; cysteine proteinase inhibitors; and aspartic endoproteinases. The invention also relates to a transformed host cell, preferably a plant cell, in which over- or under-expression of these polynucleotides result in altered levels of coffee flavour precursor levels, specifically, amino group-containing molecules ... 01/18/07 - 20070016975 - Methods and compositions for reduced putrescine methyl transferase and reduced quinolate phosphoribosyl transferase in plants The present application describes isolated nucleic acids that contain a Nic gene product responsive element, and the use thereof in methods of producing transgenic tobacco plants having reduced levels of nicotine and/or TSNA therein, as well as other plants or host cells that contain altered levels of a protein of ... 01/18/07 - 20070016974 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from rice are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed ... 01/18/07 - 20070016973 - Selective plant growth using d-amino acids This invention relates to plants and plant cells which express heterologous D-amino acid metabolizing enzymes and may therefore employ D-amino acids as a source of nitrogen. Methods and means are provided for selectively modulating the growth and stress tolerance such plants using D-amino acids. The methods can be used either ... 01/18/07 - 20070016972 - Aerated liquid priming of conifer somatic germinants A process of priming mature, imbibed, germinated somatic embryos of a conifer species. The process comprises fully immersing mature, imbibed, germinated somatic conifer embryos in a sterile liquid nutrient medium, bubbling an oxygen-containing gas through the liquid nutrient medium containing the germinants to form an aerated embryo-containing nutrient medium, optionally ... 01/18/07 - 20070016971 - Transcriptional control element, chimeric constructs and uses therefor This invention discloses a constitutive promoter for expression of foreign or endogenous coding sequences in plants, including dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous plants. The invention also discloses a chimeric nucleic acid construct comprising the promoter of the invention operably linked to a foreign or endogenous polynucleotide that codes for a protein of ... 01/11/07 - 20070011771 - Oar polynucleotides, polypeptides and their use in pha production in plants The invention relates to the genes encoding 3-oxoacyl-[acyl carrier protein(ACP)] reductase (OAR). Compositions and methods for producing polyhydroxyalkanoate in transformed plants and transformed host cells are provided. Such methods find use in producing biodegradable thermoplastics in host cells and plants. Isolated nucleotide molecules, expression cassettes, isolated polypeptides and genetically manipulated ... 01/11/07 - 20070011770 - Cotton cultivar dpx 08q912df A cotton cultivar, designated DPX 08Q912DF, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar DPX 08Q912DF, to the plants of cotton DPX 08Q912DF and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar DPX 08Q912DF with itself or another cotton variety. The invention further ... 01/11/07 - 20070011769 - Cotton cultivar dp 143 b2rf A cotton cultivar, designated DP 143 B2RF, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar DP 143 B2RF, to the plants of cotton DP 143 B2RF and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar DP 143 B2RF with itself or another cotton ... 01/11/07 - 20070011768 - Cotton cultivar dp 117 b2rf A cotton cultivar, designated DP 117 B2RF, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar DP 117 B2RF, to the plants of cotton DP 117 B2RF and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar DP 117 B2RF with itself or another cotton ... 01/11/07 - 20070011767 - Cotton cultivar dp 113 b2rf A cotton cultivar, designated DP 113 B2RF, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar DP 113 B2RF, to the plants of cotton DP 113 B2RF and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar DP 113 B2RF with itself or another cotton ... 01/11/07 - 20070011766 - Cotton cultivar dp 167 rf A cotton cultivar, designated DP 167 RF, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar DP 167 RF, to the plants of cotton DP 167 RF and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar DP 167 RF with itself or another cotton ... 01/11/07 - 20070011765 - Cotton cultivar dp 108 rf A cotton cultivar, designated DP 108 RF, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar DP 108 RF, to the plants of cotton DP 108 RF and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar DP 108 RF with itself or another cotton ... 01/11/07 - 20070011764 - Cotton cultivar dp 110 rf A cotton cultivar, designated DP 110 RF, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar DP 110 RF, to the plants of cotton DP 110 RF and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar DP 110 RF with itself or another cotton ... 01/11/07 - 20070011763 - Nitrogen transport metabolism This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding an ammonium transporter. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA constructencoding all or a portion of ammonium transporters, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct may alter levels of the ammonium ... 01/11/07 - 20070011762 - Individualized trichomes and products employing same Individualized trichomes, methods for individualizing trichomes, chemical derivatives of individualized trichomes, trichome-containing fibrous structures, single- or multi-ply sanitary tissue products comprising such fibrous structures and methods for making such fibrous structures and sanitary tissue products are provided. ... 01/11/07 - 20070011761 - Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression The invention provides transgenic plants having within their genome DNA that includes an exogenous gene encoding a polypeptide and having in its 3′ untranslated region a destabilizing sequence, whereby the polypeptide is expressed at a lower level in seed of the transgenic plants relative to expression in the absence of ... 01/11/07 - 20070011760 - Nucleic acids that control seed and fruit development in plants The invention provides methods of controlling endosperm development in plants. ... 01/11/07 - 20070011759 - Vector mediated organelle transfection The present invention provides compositions and methods for direct transfection of mitochondria and chloroplast DNA in living cells. More particularly, the present invention is based on the use of viral vectors that specifically bind to receptors uniquely found on the target organelle. In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, ... 01/04/07 - 20070006339 - Plant caffeic acid 3-o-methyltransferase homologs This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a protein involved in phenylpropanoid metabolism. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the protein involved in phenylpropanoid metabolism, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene ... 01/04/07 - 20070006338 - Corn plants and seed enhanced for asparagine and protein The present invention relates to a corn plant and seed with enhanced levels of protein and amino acids. The invention also relates to DNA constructs that provide expression in transgenic corn cells of an asparagine synthetase enzyme. The DNA constructs are used in a method to produce transgenic corn plants ... 01/04/07 - 20070006337 - Early light-induced protein promoters The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels. ... 01/04/07 - 20070006336 - Brassica indehiscent1 sequences The present application provides Brassica INDEHISCENT1 (BIND) sequences. ... 01/04/07 - 20070006335 - Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels. ... 12/28/06 - 20060294617 - Zinc finger proteins for dna binding and gene regulation in plants Disclosed herein are modified plant zinc finger proteins; compositions comprising modified plant zinc finger proteins and methods of making and using modified plant zinc finger proteins. The modified plant zinc finger proteins, in contrast to naturally-occurring plant zinc finger proteins, have a binding specificity that is determined by tandem arrays ... 12/21/06 - 20060288443 - Glutamine-rich maize seed protein and promoter Provided is a nucleotide sequence encoding a 55 kDa maize prolamin family protein. Also provided is a nucleotide sequence derived from the promoter of the 55 kDa maize gene that can be used to express heterologous sequences in plants, and methods of using the disclosed nucleotide sequences. ... 12/21/06 - 20060288442 - Use of mixed duplex oligonucleotides to effect localized genetic changes in plants The invention concerns the use of duplex oligonucleotides about 25 to 30 base pairs to introduce site specific genetic alterations in plant cells. The oligonucleotides can be delivered by mechanical (biolistic) systems or by electroporation of plant protoplasts. Thereafter plants having the genetic alteration can be generated form the altered ... 12/21/06 - 20060288441 - Plant genes encoding pantothenate synthetase This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding pantothenate synthetases. The invention also relates to the construction of chimeric genes encoding all or a portion of the pantothenate synthetases, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric genes results in production of altered levels of the pantothenate ... 12/21/06 - 20060288440 - 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 are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. In one such method, the homozygous recessive condition of male sterility causing ... 12/21/06 - 20060288439 - Leaf-specific chlorophyll a/b binding protein promoter The present invention discloses a promoter sequence of light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding protein pGWLS01 isolated from the oil palm leaf. This promoter enables the manipulation of oil palm leaves for the production of high value-added products via genetic engineering tools. The novel features of the promoter itself which regulate high ... 12/21/06 - 20060288438 - Novel miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (mites)-like element and transcriptional activation element The invention provides novel, carrot-derived MITE-like elements (transposable elements). It further provides transcriptional activation elements comprising at least one transposable element, in particular one of the above MITE-like elements. Specifically, it provides transcriptional activation elements having a DNA comprising the nucleotide sequence shown under SEQ ID NO:1 or a functional ... 12/14/06 - 20060282915 - Soybean event mon89788 and methods for detection thereof The present invention provides for soybean plant and seed comprising transformation event MON89788 and DNA molecules unique to these events. The invention also provides methods for detecting the presence of these DNA molecules in a sample. ... 12/14/06 - 20060282914 - Targeted dna insertion in plants Methods and means are provided to improve targeted DNA insertion in plants using rare-cleaving “double stranded break” inducing enzymes. Also provided are improved I-SceI encoding nucleotide sequences. ... 12/14/06 - 20060282913 - Method of efficiently growing modified morning glory plant The present invention provides a method for efficient tissue culturing of modified morning glory; a method for maintaining and proliferating embryoid bodies throughout the year; and a method for obtaining a large number of modified morning glories from embryoid bodies. The present invention was completed by maintaining and proliferating embryoid ... 12/14/06 - 20060282912 - Production of plants with improved digestibility having an inactive peroxidase The invention relates to improving the digestibility of a plant by total or partial inhibition of the expression and/or of the activity of the Pox3/U19 peroxidase of said plant. The invention also relates to the selection of plants with improved digestibility, in which the expression and/or the activity of the ... 12/07/06 - 20060277626 - Plant farnesyltransferases This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a farnesyltransferase subunit. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the farnesyltransferase subunit, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels ... 12/07/06 - 20060277625 - Non-autonomous transposon gene of rice transformed plant and method of use A method of transposing a nonautonomous transposon gene of rice (Oryza sativa) comprises culturing anthers of rice or treating seeds, leaves, stems oracallus of auxiliary buds of rice with 5-azacytidine or 5-deazadeoxycytidine. A plant is produced by the transposition method of the invention. ... 12/07/06 - 20060277624 - Plant amino acid biosynthetic enzymes This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a plant cysteine γ synthase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the plant cysteine γ synthase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in ... 12/07/06 - 20060277623 - Promoters and utilization thereof The present invention relates to improved promoters and utilization thereof, in particular to promoters which are improved so as not to undergo methylation in the course of constructing transformants, and utilization thereof. The improved promoters of the present invention are represented by the following (1) and (2): (1) a DNA ... 12/07/06 - 20060277622 - Dnas coding for flavone synthases, methods of using flavone synthase dnas, and plants, flowers, and vectors containing flavone synthase dnas DNA obtained, for example, from snapdragon or torenia, encoding an enzyme that can convert flavanones directly to flavones, and its uses; the DNA and amino acid sequences for enzymes encoded thereby are listed as SEQ.ID. No. 1 & 2 and 3 & 4, for example. Introduction of the genes into ... 12/07/06 - 20060277621 - Dnas coding for flavone synthases, methods of using flavone synthase dnas, and plants, flowers, and vectors containing flavone synthase dnas DNA obtained, for example, from snapdragon or torenia, encoding an enzyme that can convert flavanones directly to flavones, and its uses; the DNA and amino acid sequences for enzymes encoded thereby are listed as SEQ.ID. No. 1 & 2 and 3 & 4, for example. Introduction of the genes into ... 12/07/06 - 20060277620 - Benzoate inductible promoters The present invention provides inducible promoter systems. In particular, the present invention provides benzoate inducible promoters and promoter systems, and modifications and uses thereof. ... 12/07/06 - 20060277619 - Method for identifying herbicidally active substances The present invention relates to a method of identifying herbicidally active compounds. The invention furthermore relates to nucleic acid constructs, to vectors comprising the nucleic acid constructs, to transgenic organisms and to their use. Moreover, the present invention relates to substances which have been identified using the abovementioned method. ... 11/30/06 - 20060272048 - Soybean seeds and plants exhibiting natural herbicide resistance Soybean plants are provided that exhibit in the absence of induced mutagenesis naturally-occurring genetically-controlled glyphosate herbicide resistance that is not attributable to genetic engineering. Mature soybean seeds initially are soaked in a liquid comprising a glyphosate herbicide for a period of time sufficient for the herbicide to reach the embryos ... 11/30/06 - 20060272047 - Isolation of proteins involved in posttranscriptional gene silencing and methods of use The present invention includes a method for detecting and isolating sugarcane proteins that interact with the HC-Pro and P1 proteins of SrMV and other proteins involved in gene silencing, particularly in sugarcane. The method uses a two hybrid assay with an HC-Pro, P1, or other silencing-related protein-containing bait protein and ... 11/30/06 - 20060272046 - Novel inositol polyphosphate kinase genes and uses thereof This invention relates to newly identified polynucleotides and polypeptides in the phytic acid biosynthetic pathway, variants and derivatives of same; methods for making the polynucleotides, polypeptides, variants, derivatives and antagonists. In particular the invention relates to polynucleotides and polypeptides of the inositol polyphosphate kinase gene family. In particular this invention ... 11/30/06 - 20060272045 - Brittle-2 regulatory elements for use in plants The present invention provides gene regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from the Zea mays brittle-2 gene useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and seeds comprising the Zea mays gene regulatory molecules, and methods for preparing and using the ... 11/30/06 - 20060272044 - Methods for improving a photosynthetic carbon fixation enzyme The invention relates to methods and compositions for generating, modifying, adapting, and optimizing polynucleotide sequences that encode proteins having photosynthetic carbon fixation activities, including Rubisco and Rubisco activase activities, which are useful for introduction into plant species, agronomically-important microorganisms, and other hosts, and related aspects. ... 11/30/06 - 20060272043 - Artichoke hybrid named 'ps-h1855' A new and distinct artichoke hybrid named ‘PS-H1855’, characterized by its numerous bud numbers, fleshiness of bracts, fleshiness of hearts, uniformity of head shapes and ability to bolt in warm summer conditions (reduced vernalization requirements) allowing spring/summer planting and fall production. ... 11/30/06 - 20060272042 - Glyphosate tolerant alfalfa events and methods for detection The present invention provides for alfalfa events J-101 and J-163 and DNA molecules unique to these events. The invention also provides methods for detecting the presence of these DNA molecules in a plant sample. ... 11/23/06 - 20060265782 - Novel plant transcribed regions and uses thereof The present invention is in the field of plant molecular biology. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid molecules that encode proteins and fragments of proteins. The invention also relates to proteins and fragments of proteins so encoded and antibodies capable of binding the proteins. The invention also relates ... 11/23/06 - 20060265781 - Novel rubisco promoters and uses thereof The present invention is related to a family of novel spatiotemporally active Rubisco promoters (SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3) obtainable from light grown Brassica seedlings. Furthermore the invention is related to transgene expression in specific plant organs or at specific stages of plant development. DNA constructs and expression cassettes ... 11/23/06 - 20060265780 - Interaction of glyphosate with photosystem ii inhibitor herbicides as a selection tool for roundup ready events A method of assessing herbicide tolerance in a plant is provided. The method of determining herbicide tolerance in plants comprises applying the herbicide to be tested in conjunction with at least one supplemental herbicide, determining the extent of resultant injury, and correlating the extent of injury to the herbicide tolerance ... 11/23/06 - 20060265779 - Genetic and epigenetic manipulation of abc transporters and ecto-phosphatases for the conference of drug resistance and for the loss of drug resistance in biological systems and methods for the detection of ecto-phosphatase inhibitors The present invention relates to methods for modulating the resistance of cells to foreign compounds, i.e. drugs, antibiotics, etc by altering the ATP gradient across biological membranes. The altering of the ATP gradient across biological membranes is achieved through the manipulation of ecto-phosphatase activity and ABC transporter molecule activity which ... 11/23/06 - 20060265778 - Plants and seeds of corn variety ex6077 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated EX6077. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety EX6077, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety EX6077 with itself ... 11/23/06 - 20060265777 - Regulatory regions from papaveraceae Regulatory regions suitable for regulating expression of a heterologous nucleic acid are described, as well as nucleic acid constructs that include these regulatory regions. Also disclosed are transgenic plants, e.g., Papaveraceae plants, that contain such constructs. ... 11/23/06 - 20060265776 - Viability Disclosed is a method of killing a plant cell or plant cells by activating a cell death pathway, which pathway is activatable by depletion of extracellular NTP, especially ATP, available to the cell for hydrolysis by cellular NTPase (especially ATPase) enzymes. ... 11/23/06 - 20060265775 - Method for generating plant diversity by incorporation of microsatellite sequences into the plant genome The present invention provides a method for the generation of genetically diverse plants via the incorporation of micro-satellite (MS) sequences into the plant genome. The method involves obtaining MS-like DNA fragment, introducing said DNA into plant cells, and selecting said cells for the incorporation of the DNA. Finally, plants are ... 11/16/06 - 20060260006 - Production of polyhydroxyalkanoate in plants The invention relates to the genetic manipulation of plants to produce polyhydroxyalkanoate, particularly in the peroxisomes. Methods for producing such polymers in plants and host cells are provided. Such methods find use in producing biodegradable thermoplastics in plants and other organisms. Nucleotide molecules, expression cassettes, and genetically manipulated host cell, ... 11/16/06 - 20060260005 - Transformation of brassica The invention involves methods and materials related to the transformation of Brassica by particle bombardment. Specifically, the invention provides methods of preparing non-embryo Brassica tissue such that Brassica cells are capable of being cultured, transformed by particle bombardment, and regenerated into plants. In addition, this invention provides stably transformed Brassica ... 11/16/06 - 20060260004 - Par-related protein promoters The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels. ... 11/16/06 - 20060260003 - Device and method to facilitate directed delivery and electroporation The present invention provides an apparatus and method that will accomplish molecular delivery and subsequent electroporation with a single apparatus without the need for separate molecule injection and placement of the electroporation applicators. ... 11/16/06 - 20060260002 - Nucleotide sequences for regulating gene expression in plant trichomes and constructs and methods utilizing same Novel plant derived regulatory sequences and constructs and methods of using such sequences for directing expression of exogenous polynucleotide sequences in trichomes are provided ... 11/16/06 - 20060260001 - Method for obtaining recombinant plants of the cichorium genus and plants thus obtained The present invention relates to a method for obtaining recombinant plants of the Cichorium type, adapted to forcing culture and having a phenotype determined through the expression of a combination of phenotype characters derived from Cichdrium intybus L and of Cichorium endivia L, respectively. ... 11/16/06 - 20060260000 - Removal of plastid sequences by transiently expressed site-specific recombinases Compositions and methods for manipulating the plastid genome of higher plants are provided. ... 11/16/06 - 20060259999 - Modified nitrilases and their use in methods for the production of carboxylic acids The present Invention relates to new nitrilases with modified Substrate acceptance, the method to obtain them and the use of the aforesaid nitrilases. Said nitrilases are encoded by a polypeptide sequence, which at a Position corresponding to Position 296 in wild-type Alcaligenes faecalis comprises an amino acid which is not ... 11/16/06 - 20060259998 - Transgenic plants used as a bioreactor system The present invention relates generally to the use of plants as bioreactors for the production of molecules having useful properties such as inter alia polymers, metabolites, proteins, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. More particularly, the present invention contemplates the use of grasses, and even more particularly C4 grasses, such as sugar-cane, for ... 11/09/06 - 20060253923 - Dna shuffling to produce herbicide selective crops Methods of shuffling DNA to obtain recombinant herbicide tolerance nucleic acids encoding proteins having new or improved herbicide tolerance activities, libraries of shuffled herbicide tolerance nucleic acids, transgenic plants and DNA shuffling mixtures are provided. ... 11/09/06 - 20060253922 - Dna shuffling to produce herbicide selective crops Methods of shuffling DNA to obtain recombinant herbicide tolerance nucleic acids encoding proteins having new or improved herbicide tolerance activities, libraries of shuffled herbicide tolerance nucleic acids, transgenic plants and DNA shuffling mixtures are provided. ... 11/09/06 - 20060253921 - Identification of a new class of epsp synthases Compositions and methods for conferring tolerance to glyphosate in bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions include a novel class of EPSPS enzymes, designated Class III, and polynucleotides encoding such enzymes, vectors comprising those polynucleotides, and host cells comprising the vectors. The novel proteins comprise at least ... 11/09/06 - 20060253920 - Plant phytase genes and methods of use The invention provides secreted plant phytase coding sequences. Also provided are constructs comprising these sequences, plants transformed therewith and methods of use thereof. In certain aspects of the invention, transgenic plants are provided exhibiting improved phosphorous utilization. ... 11/09/06 - 20060253919 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with soybean cyst nematode resistance The present invention is in the field of soybean genetics. More specifically, the invention relates to nucleic acid molecules from regions the soybean genome, which are associated with soybean cyst nematode resistance. The invention also relates to proteins encoded by such nucleic acid molecules as well as antibodies capable of ... 11/09/06 - 20060253918 - Targeted integration and stacking of dna through homologous recombination The invention provides various methods for the targeted integration and stacking of nucleotide sequences in the genome of a host plant cell using homologous recombination. ... 11/09/06 - 20060253917 - Cell proliferation-related polypeptides and uses therefor Disclosed are proteins, and nucleic acids encoding such proteins, involved in or associated with cell proliferation, senesence, differentiation, development, and stress response in plants. Also disclosed are uses for such proteins. ... 11/09/06 - 20060253916 - Methods for the transformation of vegetal plastids The present invention relates to novel methods for the generation of transgenic plants with genetically modified plastids, and to the transgenic plants generated with these methods. ... 11/02/06 - 20060248609 - Dnas coding for flavone synthases, methods of using flavone synthase dnas, and plants, flowers, and vectors containing flavone synthase dnas DNA obtained, for example, from snapdragon or torenia, encoding an enzyme that can convert flavanones directly to flavones, and its uses; the DNA and amino acid sequences for enzymes encoded thereby are listed as SEQ. ID. No. 1 & 2 and 3 & 4, for example. Introduction of the genes ... 11/02/06 - 20060248608 - Method of plastid transformation in asteraceae, vector for use therein and plants thus obtained The present invention relates to a method for the transformation of plastid genomes of plant species, in particular Asteraceae plant species, comprising the steps of providing a transformation vector carrying a DNA sequence of interest; subjecting a plant material, which comprises plastids, to a transformation treatment in order to allow ... 10/26/06 - 20060242731 - Dna shuffling to produce herbicide selective crops Methods of shuffling DNA to obtain recombinant herbicide tolerance nucleic acids encoding proteins having new or improved herbicide tolerance activities, libraries of shuffled herbicide tolerance nucleic acids, transgenic plants and DNA shuffling mixtures are provided. ... 10/26/06 - 20060242730 - Methods and compositions for tobacco plants with reduced nitrosamines The present application describes isolated nucleic acids that contain a Nic gene product responsive element, and the use thereof in methods of producing transgenic tobacco plants having reduced levels of nicotine and/or TSNA therein, as well as other plants or host cells that contain altered levels of a protein of ... 10/26/06 - 20060242729 - Polynucleotides encoding proteins involved in plant metabolism The invention provides isolated YABBY transcription factor nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering YABBY transcription factor levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions. ... 10/26/06 - 20060242728 - Chemically-inducible promotors for the expression of proteins in plants The present invention relates to nucleic acids containing selectively inducible regulatory sequences, particularly promoters, for a controlled expression of desired expression products in suitable host expression organisms such as transgenic plants. Further, the present invention relates to a method for detecting the activity of a regulatory sequence in suitable cells, ... 10/26/06 - 20060242727 - Expression cassette encoding a 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (epsps) and herbicde-tolerant plants containing it The present invention relates to a novel expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding an EPSPS. In particular, the present invention relates to a novel expression cassette comprising, in the direction of transcription, functionally linked to one another, a promoter regulatory sequence which is functional in plant cells or ... 10/19/06 - 20060236421 - Secondary metabolite production via manipulation of genome methylation Methods for modulating the rate of production and accumulation of secondary metabolites, e.g., alkaloid, terpenoid or phenylpropanoid compounds, are disclosed. Also disclosed are compositions useful in such methods, e.g., a plant containing a recombinant nucleic acid that is effective for reducing the level of general DNA methylation. ... 10/19/06 - 20060236420 - Adenylate translocator protein gene non-coding regulatory elements for use in plants The present invention provides non-coding regulatory element molecules isolated from the adenylate translocator protein gene and useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides expression constructs containing the polynucleotide molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides transgenic plants and seeds containing the ... 10/19/06 - 20060236419 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants and uses thereof for plant improvement Polynucleotides useful for improvement of plants are provided. In particular, polynucleotide sequences are provided from plant sources. Polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotide sequences are also provided. The disclosed polynucleotides and polypeptides find use in production of transgenic plants to produce plants having improved properties. ... 10/12/06 - 20060230469 - Method and means for determining fitness in plants The present invention provides methods and means for determining parent inbred plant lines with good combining ability, for determining good combinations of parent inbred plant lines capable of yielding hybrid lines with high heterosis, and further for determining the agronomical performance of different plant lines, which can be performed in ... 10/12/06 - 20060230468 - Novel pcr family genes which confer tolerance to heavy metals The present invention relates to novel Pcr family genes which confer tolerance to heavy metals to organisms. More particularly, the present invention relates to novel Pcr family genes which confer tolerance to cadmium. Organisms transformed with any of the Pcr genes thereby have improved resistance to and increased level of ... 10/12/06 - 20060230467 - Plant deoxyribonucleoside kinase enzymes and their use In another aspect the invention relates to plant derived deoxyribonucleoside kinase enzymes provided in isolated form from loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), from tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum), from maize (Zea mays) or from rice (Oryza sativa). In further aspects the invention provides polynucleotides encoding the plant dNKs, vector constructs comprising the polynucleotide, ... 10/05/06 - 20060225148 - Plastid transit peptides The present invention provides novel plastid transit peptides that direct localization of attached moieties (e.g., polypeptides) into plant plastids. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for localizing polypeptides to plant plastids including, but not limited to, transgenic plant production. ... 10/05/06 - 20060225147 - Glyphosate-resistant plants This invention relates to glyphosate-resistant transgenic plants and methods of making the same. In a preferred embodiment, a DNA fragment which comprises an EPSPS 5′ regulatory sequence and a glyphosate-resistant EPSPS coding sequence is introduced into regenerable plant cells. The encoded EPSPS has a chloroplast transit peptide. The DNA fragment ... 10/05/06 - 20060225146 - Canola cultivar nqc02cnx21 A canola cultivar designated NQC02CNX21 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of canola cultivar NQC02CNX21, to the plants of canola NQC02CNX21, to plant parts of canola cultivar NQC02CNX21 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing canola cultivar NQC02CNX21 with itself or with another canola ... 10/05/06 - 20060225145 - Nitrate inducible promoter A promoter comprising any one selected from the group consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID No: 7, the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID No: 8, the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID No: 9, the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID No: 10, the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID No: ... 10/05/06 - 20060225144 - Cis-prenyltransferases from the rubber-producing plants russian dandelion (taraxacum kok-saghyz) and sunflower (helianthus annus) This invention pertains to nucleic acid fragments encoding plant cis-prenyltransferases. More specifically, this invention pertains to a cis-prenyltransferase homolog from latex of the rubber-producing plant species Taraxacum kok-saghyz (russian dandelion) and a cis-prenyltransferase homolog from the rubber-producing plant species Helianthus annus (sunflower). ... 09/28/06 - 20060218664 - Genetically-controlled herbicide resistance in cotton plants in the absence of genetic engineering A process is provided for selecting cotton plants which exhibit naturally-occurring genetically-controlled herbicide resistance. Initially cotton seeds are subjected to cold stress (as described) and cotton plants are formed from the seeds that germinate. Seeds are formed following the self-pollination of the resulting plants. These seeds upon maturity are soaked ... 09/28/06 - 20060218663 - Novel glyphosate-n-acetyltranferase (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, ... 09/28/06 - 20060218662 - Cis-acting regulatory elements from tripsacum dactyloides The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel promoter nucleotide sequence for the gene encoding ubiquitin in Tripsacum dactyloides, as well as vectors, microorganisms, plants and plant cells comprising the promoter nucleotide sequence, or variants and fragments ... 09/28/06 - 20060218661 - Novel sesquiterpene synthase gene and protein The invention relates to sesquiterpene synthases and methods for their production and use. Particularly, the invention provides nucleic acids comprising the nucleotide sequence of citrus valencene synthase (CVS) which codes for at least one CVS. The invention further provides nucleic acids comprising the nucleotide sequence coding for amino acid residues ... 09/28/06 - 20060218660 - Transformation methods for guayule using agrobacterium and reduced light to slow metabolism and enhance recovery This invention is directed to a new technique of genetic transformation using low light conditions and leaf strips in the Guayule plant, Parthenium argentatum. The invention also relates to new lines of Guayule, created through this technique. ... 09/28/06 - 20060218659 - Preparation of organisms with faster growth and/or higher yield A method for preparing a nonhuman organism with faster growth and/or increased yield in comparison with a reference organism, which method comprises increasing the activity of L450 in said organism or in one or parts thereof in comparison with a reference organism. ... 09/28/06 - 20060218658 - Novel selection method The present invention relates to processes for preparing transformed plant cells or organisms by transforming a population of plant cells which comprises at least one marker protein having a direct or indirect toxic effect for said population, with at least one nucleic acid sequence to be inserted in combination with ... 09/21/06 - 20060212963 - Sequence-determined dna fragments encoding ethylene responsive element binding proteins The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination ... 09/21/06 - 20060212962 - Sequence-determined dna fragments encoding peptide transport proteins The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination ... 09/21/06 - 20060212961 - Rice transposon gene The present inventors identified the causative gene of pyl mutant, which is mutable and shows a lowered chlorophyll accumulation, and discovered that a new type of transposon classified to Ac/Ds type is involved in the mutation. It is confirmed for the first time that the Ac/Ds type transposon nDart (SEQ ... 09/21/06 - 20060212960 - Manipulation of ascorbic acid levels in plants Methods for increasing the vitamin C content of plants are provided by transforming the plants with genes encoding a novel vitamin C biosynthetic pathway. Vitamin C production is increased in the resulting transgenic plants, providing, for example, higher nutritional value and longer shelf-life of produce. Further, the leaves of air-cured ... 09/14/06 - 20060206957 - Sesquiterpene synthases from patchouli The invention relates to sesquiterpene synthases from Patchouli plants (Pogostemon cablin), and methods of their production and use. In one embodiment, the invention provides nucleic acids comprising a nucleotide sequence as described herein that encodes for at least one sesquiterpene synthase. In a further embodiment, the invention also provides for ... 09/14/06 - 20060206956 - Natural herbicide resistance in wheat The invention provides a process for selecting wheat plants and generating wheat lines which exhibit genetically-controlled glyphosate herbicide resistance in the absence of genetic engineering, wheat plants that are glyphosate herbicide resistant, and the naturally-occurring genes that confer glyphosate herbicide resistance exposed by the selection process. The process allows for ... 09/14/06 - 20060206955 - Natural herbicide resistance in wheat The invention provides a process for selecting wheat plants and generating wheat lines which exhibit genetically-controlled glyphosate herbicide resistance in the absence of genetic engineering, wheat plants that are glyphosate herbicide resistant, and the naturally-occurring genes that confer glyphosate herbicide resistance exposed by the selection process. The process allows for ... 09/14/06 - 20060206954 - Sequence-determined dna fragments encoding ap2 domain proteins The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination ... 09/07/06 - 20060200874 - 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, ... 09/07/06 - 20060200873 - Salicylic acid biosynthetic genes and uses thereof The invention provides methods for inducing or increasing disease resistance in a plant. ... 09/07/06 - 20060200872 - Tobacco products with reduced nicotine DNA encoding a plant quinolate phosphoribosyl transferase (QPRTase) enzyme, and constructs comprising such DNA are provided. Methods of altering quinolate phosphoribosyl transferase expression are provided. ... 08/31/06 - 20060195937 - 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 ... 08/31/06 - 20060195936 - Methods and compositions for tobacco plants with reduced nicotine The present application describes isolated nucleic acids that contain a Nic gene product responsive element, and the use thereof in methods of producing transgenic tobacco plants having reduced levels of nicotine and/or TSNA therein, as well as other plants or host cells that contain altered levels of a protein of ... 08/31/06 - 20060195935 - Selection of host cells expressing protein at high levels The invention provides a DNA molecule comprising an open reading frame sequence that encodes a selectable marker polypeptide, wherein said DNA molecule in the coding strand comprises a translation start sequence for the selectable marker polypeptide having a GTG startcodon or a TTG startcodon, and wherein the open reading frame ... 08/31/06 - 20060195934 - Modulating plant alkaloids Materials and methods are provided for identifying regulatory region-regulatory protein associations and modulating expression of a sequence of interest. For example, a plant cell is provided containing a regulatory protein that can modulate expression of one or more genes involved in alkaloid biosynthesis in plants, which, in turn, can modulate ... 08/31/06 - 20060195933 - Inbred sweet corn line r420b An inbred sweet corn line, designated R420B, the plants and seeds of inbred sweet corn line R420B, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R420B with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred ... 08/31/06 - 20060195932 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with the carbon assimilation pathway The present invention is in the field of plant biochemistry. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid sequences from plant cells, in particular, nucleic acid sequences from maize and soybean associated with the carbon assimilation pathway enzymes. The invention encompasses nucleic acid molecules that encode proteins and fragments of ... 08/31/06 - 20060195931 - Soybean cultivar 4136015 A soybean cultivar designated 4136015 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4136015, to the plants of soybean 4136015, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4136015 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4136015 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/31/06 - 20060195930 - Soybean cultivar 3133014 A soybean cultivar designated 3133014 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 3133014, to the plants of soybean 3133014, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 3133014 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 3133014 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/31/06 - 20060195929 - Soybean cultivar s040132 A soybean cultivar designated S040132 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S040132, to the plants of soybean S040132, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S040132 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S040132 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/31/06 - 20060195928 - Soybean cultivar 4328386 A soybean cultivar designated 4328386 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4328386, to the plants of soybean 4328386, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4328386 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4328386 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/31/06 - 20060195927 - Soybean cultivar 1339013 A soybean cultivar designated 1339013 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 1339013, to the plants of soybean 1339013, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 1339013 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 1339013 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/31/06 - 20060195926 - Soybean cultivar 4441080 A soybean cultivar designated 4441080 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4441080, to the plants of soybean 4441080, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4441080 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4441080 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/31/06 - 20060195925 - Soybean cultivar 4423183 A soybean cultivar designated 4423183 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4423183, to the plants of soybean 4423183, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4423183 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4423183 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/31/06 - 20060195924 - Soybean cultivar s040131 A soybean cultivar designated S040131 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S040131, to the plants of soybean S040131, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S040131 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S040131 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/31/06 - 20060195923 - Soybean cultivar 4929388 A soybean cultivar designated 4929388 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4929388, to the plants of soybean 4929388, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4929388 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4929388 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/31/06 - 20060195922 - Soybean cultivar 4817034 A soybean cultivar designated 4817034 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4817034, to the plants of soybean 4817034, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4817034 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4817034 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/31/06 - 20060195921 - Fruits of the genus capsium with improved taste and enhanced nutritional value The present invention relates to a method for obtaining fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum with improved taste and enhanced nutritional value and especially to fruits with increased sucrose and/or ascorbic acid content as compared to plants of a similar type. The method involves manipulation of the CL and ... 08/31/06 - 20060195920 - Chalcone synthase dihydroflavonol 4-reductase and leucoanthocyanidine from clover, medic ryegrass or fescue The present invention relates to nucleic acid fragments encoding amino acid sequences for flavonoid biosynthetic enzymes in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of, for example, flavonoid biosynthesis in plants, and more specifically the modification of the content of condensed tannins. In particularly preferred embodiments, the invention relates ... 08/31/06 - 20060195919 - Arabidopsis promoters The present invention provides several promoters isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana, which promoters are capable of driving and/or regulating the expression of an operably linked nucleic acid in a plant. The expression patterns of the promoters according to the present invention have been studied in Arabidopsis thaliana and some of the ... 08/24/06 - 20060191033 - 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, ... 08/24/06 - 20060191032 - Soybean cultivar 4713487 A soybean cultivar designated 4713487 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4713487, to the plants of soybean 4713487, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4713487 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4713487 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/24/06 - 20060191031 - Soybean cultivar 4348019 A soybean cultivar designated 4348019 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4348019, to the plants of soybean 4348019, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4348019 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4348019 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/24/06 - 20060191030 - Soybean cultivar s040122 A soybean cultivar designated S040122 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S040122, to the plants of soybean S040122, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S040122 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S040122 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/17/06 - 20060185032 - Cytochrome p450 reductases from poppy plants The present invention relates to production of alkaloids from poppy plants and in particular togenes encoding enzymes in the alkaloid pathway, to proteins encoded by the gens, to plants transformed or transfected with the genes and to methods of altering alkaloid content or blend of poppy plants. ... 08/17/06 - 20060185031 - Soybean cultivar s040133 A soybean cultivar, designated S040133, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S040133, to the plants of soybean S040133, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S040133 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S040133 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/17/06 - 20060185030 - Cytokinin response regulators and uses thereof The invention generally features methods for increasing yield, shoot formation, and delaying senesence in plants with the use of transgenes that regulate the cytokinin response. The invention also features plants and plant components that harbor the transgene(s). ... 08/10/06 - 20060179513 - Transgenic plants containing ligninase and cellulase which degrade lignin and cellulose to fermentable sugars The present invention provides transgenic plants which after harvest degrade the lignin and cellulose therein to fermentable sugars which can further be fermented to ethanol or other products. In particular, the transgenic plants comprise ligninase and cellulase genes from microbes operably linked to a DNA encoding a signal peptide which ... 08/10/06 - 20060179512 - Nitrogen-regulated sugar sensing gene and protein and modulation thereof The present invention relates to a nitrogen-regulated GATA transcription factor gene required for sugar sensing and the modulation of the expression of this gene to modulate a characteristic in a plant. The GATA transcription factor of the present invention is involved in regulating sugar sensing in plants and its expression ... 08/10/06 - 20060179511 - Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits This disclosure describes screening a population of transgenic plants derived from plant cells transformed with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins with homeobox domains to identify plant cells of specific transgenic events that are useful for imparting enhanced traits to transgenic crop plants. Traits include enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, increased ... 08/10/06 - 20060179510 - Inbred cantaloupe line i446 An inbred cantaloupe line, designated I446, a hybrid cantaloupe designated I446*I444, and a hybrid cantaloupe designated I446*I407 are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred cantaloupe line I446, of hybrid cantaloupe I446*I444, and of hybrid cantaloupe I446*I407, to the plants and plant parts of inbred cantaloupe line I446, ... 08/10/06 - 20060179509 - Soybean cultivar 4805442 A soybean cultivar designated 4805442 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4805442, to the plants of soybean 4805442, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4805442 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4805442 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/10/06 - 20060179508 - Soybean cultivar 4921237 A soybean cultivar designated U.S. Pat. No. 4,921,237 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar U.S. Pat. No. 4,921,237, to the plants of soybean U.S. Pat. No. 4,921,237, to plant parts of soybean cultivar U.S. Pat. No. 4,921,237 and to methods for producing a soybean plant ... 08/10/06 - 20060179507 - P450 oxygenases and methods of use This disclosure provides the nucleic acid and protein sequences of novel P450 oxygenases that utilize, at least, taxoid substrates, including taxadiene isomers. The disclosed oxygenases, such as a taxoid 5α-hydroxylase, hydroxylate, at least, the C5 position of a taxoid. Also provided are methods of introducing oxygen at the C5 position ... 08/03/06 - 20060174371 - Synthetic nucleic acid molecule for imparting multiple traits The present invention is directed to a DNA construct which includes a modified DNA molecule with a nucleotide sequence which is at least 80%, but less than 100%, homologous to two or more desired trait DNA molecules and which imparts the desired trait to plants transformed with the DNA construct. ... 08/03/06 - 20060174370 - Genetic insulator for preventing influence by another gene promoter A 16 bp polynucleotide sequence of Arabidopsis thaliana is a genetic insulator that can effectively isolate a transgene from positional effects of neighboring gene activities in transgenic plant cells. ... 08/03/06 - 20060174369 - Soybean cultivar 4417380 A soybean cultivar designated 4417380 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4417380, to the plants of soybean 4417380, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4417380 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4417380 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/03/06 - 20060174368 - Soybean cultivar 4405070 A soybean cultivar designated 4405070 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4405070, to the plants of soybean 4405070, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4405070 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4405070 with itself or with another soybean ... 08/03/06 - 20060174367 - Methods and compositions for transformation and regeneration of maize Methods for transforming plants, particularly commercially important elite maize inbreds, are provided. The methods involve transformation of meristematic organogenic tissue or immature embryos, and include the use of defined plant growth media. The methods disclosed provide more stable transgenic plants, and permit the transformation of varieties of cereals that are ... 08/03/06 - 20060174366 - Use of ahas mutant genes as selection marker in potato transformation The present invention relates to the use of mutated AHAS genes conferring resistance to herbicides and resulting in an highly efficient selection system for the production of transgenic potato lines. The invention provides a key advantage by minimizing the escapes to almost zero of all shoots regenerated without interfering with ... 07/27/06 - 20060168681 - Method for enhancing environmental stress resistance of plant using environmental stress controlling gene The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the environmental stress resistance of plants using an environmental stress resistance-controlling gene. More specifically, the invention relates to a method for enhancing the environmental stress resistance of plants and a method for producing environmental stress-resistant plants, each of the methods comprising ... 07/27/06 - 20060168680 - Anthranilate synthase gene and method for increasing tryptophan production The present invention provides a method for conferring tolerance to an amino acid analog of tryptophan to a plant and/or altering the tryptophan content of a plant by introducing and expressing an isolated DNA segment encoding an anthranilate synthase in the cells of the plant. Transgenic plants transformed with an ... 07/27/06 - 20060168679 - Nucleic acids that enhance the synthesis of 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline in plants and fungi The aromatic compound 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (2AP) is the major potent flavor component of all aromatic rice. This present invention provides non-naturally occurring plants in which 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline is synthesized at a level greater than in naturally occurring non-aromatic varieties. Also provided are nucleic acids that can be used as molecular markers for ... 07/27/06 - 20060168678 - Soybean cultivar s040125 A soybean cultivar, designated S040125, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S040125, to the plants of soybean S040125, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S040125 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S040125 with itself or with another soybean ... 07/27/06 - 20060168677 - Transcriptional termination of transgene expression using host genomic terminators The present invention relates to a method for expressing a transgene in a host cell that permits transcriptional termination of the transgene to occur without having to rely on a functional termination site in the DNA used for the transformation. Additional 3′ regulatory sequences and end processing enhancing sequences and/or ... 07/27/06 - 20060168676 - Novel inducible genes from alfalfa and methods of use thereof The present invention relates to novel inducible genes from alfalfa. These genes are highly induced following mechanical harvesting or wounding of alfalfa. The genes are useful for inducible production of heterologous proteins following harvesting. ... 07/27/06 - 20060168675 - Novel polypetide having function of 7-keto-8-aminopelargonic acid synthase of plant and method for inducing growth inhibition and lethality by suppressing expression of the polypeptide The invention relates to a novel polypeptide participating in biotin biosynthesis of plant, a polynucleotide encoding the said polypeptide, a method for inducing plant growth inhibition by suppressing the expression or function of the said polypeptide, resulting in inhibition of biotin biosynthesis, and a method for identifying herbicidal compounds that ... 07/20/06 - 20060162016 - Herbicide resistant rice Rice plants are disclosed with multiple sources of resistance to herbicides that normally inhibit a plant's acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) enzyme. Besides controlling red rice, many AHAS-inhibiting herbicides also effectively control other weeds that are common in rice fields. Several of these herbicides have residual activity, so that one treatment can ... 07/20/06 - 20060162015 - Inducible deoxyhypusine synthase 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 an inducible promoter for the gene encoding a maize deoxyhypusine synthase. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences ... 07/20/06 - 20060162014 - Alternate morpheeins of allosteric proteins as a target for the development of bioactive molecules A composition having an agent adapted to affect a multimeric protein by binding to a binding site of the mulfimeric protein and thereby affecting an equilibrium of units, wherein the mulfimeric protein has an assembly having a plurality of said units, wherein each of the units has a first complementary ... 07/20/06 - 20060162013 - Promoters functional in plant plastids The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid promoter or untranslated region comprising the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 2 or 3. The invention also relates to isolated nucleic acid promoter or untranslated region comprising the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID ... 07/20/06 - 20060162012 - Inbred maize line np2467 An inbred maize line, designated NP2467 having a lower ear height and a white versus a red cob compared to B73. NP2467 has better resistance to Gray Leaf Spot and Southern Leaf Blight than B73 and because of its improved plant health, NP2467 has much better Stay Green than B73. ... 07/20/06 - 20060162011 - Rice cultivar ' banks ' A rice cultivar designated ‘Banks’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar ‘Banks’, to the plants of rice ‘Banks’ and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar ‘Banks’ with itself or another rice variety. The invention further relates to hybrid rice ... 07/20/06 - 20060162010 - Actin regulatory elements for use in plants The present invention provides polynucleotide molecules isolated from Oryza sativa and Zea mays and useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides expression constructs containing the polynucleotide molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides transgenic plants and seeds containing the polynucleotide molecules ... 07/20/06 - 20060162009 - Amino polyol amine oxidase polynucleotides and related polypeptides and methods of use The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the enzyme APAO isolated from Exophiala spinifera and Rhinocladiella atrovirens. The polynucleotides may be mutated to remove glycosylation sites and cysteine residues. Additionally, the present invention provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and transgenic seed. The present invention also ... 07/20/06 - 20060162008 - Enzymes and polynucleotides encoding the same The invention relates to a multifunctional germacrene-D synthase and a polynucleotide encoding it. Included also are genetic constructs, transgenic organisms, plant selection methods and biofermentation methods. The enzyme may be used to prepare germacrene-D and/or other sesquiterpenes such as germacrene-D, delta-cadinene, gamma-cadinene, gamma-muurolene, gamma-elemene, delta-elemene, elemol or germacrene-B. ... 07/20/06 - 20060162007 - Bentgrass event asr-368 and compositions and methods for detection thereof The present invention provides a bentgrass ASR-368 plant and seed. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the bentgrass ASR-368 based on a DNA sequence and the use of this DNA sequence as a molecular marker in a DNA detection method. ... 07/20/06 - 20060162006 - Polynucleotides and polypeptides in plants The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be ... 07/13/06 - 20060156431 - L-gulose dependent vitamin c synthesis The present invention relates to L-gulose dependent vitamin C synthesis. More specifically, the present invention relates to a synthesis pathway of vitamin C, comprising the formation of GDP-L-gulose by GDP-mannose 3″,5″-epimerase, and subsequent transformation into L-gulose and L-ascorbic acid. ... 07/13/06 - 20060156430 - Novel cytochrome p450 monooxygenase This invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide encoding a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase that in the presence of linoleic acid results in production of 1-octen-3-ol. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA construct comprising all or a portion of the polynucleotide encoding the cytochrome P450 monooxygenases of ... 07/13/06 - 20060156429 - Expression cassettes for mesophyll- and/or epidermis-preferential expression in plants The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with mesophyll- and/or epidermis-preferential or mesophyll- and/or epidermis-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from Arabidopsis thaliana genes At5g13220, At1g68850, At4g36670, At3g10920, At1g33240, or At1g28440. ... 07/13/06 - 20060156428 - Gene silencing The present invention relates to unique strategies and constructs for producing a nucleic acid product that downregulates or prevents expression of a desired target polynucleotide. ... 07/13/06 - 20060156427 - Structure-based designed herbicide resistant products Disclosed herein are structure-based modelling methods for the preparation of acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS) variants, including those that exhibit selectively increased resistance to herbicides such as imidazoline herbicides and AHAS inhibiting herbicides. The invention encompasses isolated DNAs encoding such variants, vectors that include the DNAs, and methods for producing the ... 07/06/06 - 20060150272 - Inbred maize line 413a An inbred maize line, designated 413A, having higher row number and smaller kernel width compared to Ia2132, and herbicide tolerance, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line 413A and descendants thereof, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred line 413A with itself or with another ... 07/06/06 - 20060150271 - Artificial chromosomes, uses thereof and method for preparing artificial chromosomes Methods for amplification of nucleic acids in cells are provided. Also provided are cells that contain the nucleic acids. ... 07/06/06 - 20060150270 - Genes conferring herbicide resistance Compositions and methods for conferring herbicide resistance to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a polypeptide that confers resistance or tolerance to glyphosate herbicides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and ... 07/06/06 - 20060150269 - Gro-1 herbicide resistance gene and methods for its use Compositions and methods for conferring herbicide resistance to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a polypeptide that confers resistance or tolerance to glyphosate herbicides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and ... 07/06/06 - 20060150268 - Plant-derived transferase genes The invention discloses methods for controlling chlorogenic acid synthesis by manipulation of hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA quinate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase (HQT) genes. Isolated nucleic acids encoding HQT and methods for their use are provided. Preferred embodiments are the nucleotide sequences which encode the polypeptide sequences of FIG. 3 (sequences of FIG. 7). Also provided ... 06/29/06 - 20060143733 - Enzymatic methods for modulating the levels of organic sulfur compounds in plants Methods for modulating levels of at least one organic sulfur compound in plants are provided. Also provided are plants and seeds produced by the methods. The methods comprise stably transforming a plant with a DNA construct encoding a cystathionine gamma synthase enzyme, a serine acetyl transferase enzyme and/or other sulfur ... 06/29/06 - 20060143732 - Plant artificial chromosomes, uses thereof and methods of preparing plant artificial chromosomes Methods for preparing cell lines that contain plant artificial chromosomes, methods for preparation of plant artificial chromosomes, methods for targeted insertion of heterologous DNA into plant artificial chromosomes, and methods for delivery of plant chromosomes to selected cells and tissues are provided. In particular, plant artificial chromosomes that are substantially ... 06/29/06 - 20060143731 - Methods for processing image and/or spectral data for enhanced embryo classification A method is disclosed for classifying plant embryos according to their quality using a logistic regression model. First, sets of image or spectral data are acquired from plant embryos of known quality, respectively. Second, each of the acquired sets of image or spectral data is associated with one of multiple ... 06/29/06 - 20060143730 - Cyanobacterial nucleic acid fragments encoding proteins useful for controlling plant traits via nuclear or plastome transformation This invention provides cyanobacteria as an alternative source of ahas and pds genes for plant transformations and for selectable markers. In particular, it provides for cyanobacteria, for example, Synechocystis, as a source of genes encoding herbicide insensitive proteins, and elements of genes for control of expression in plastids. Nucleic acid ... 06/29/06 - 20060143729 - Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants. ... 06/29/06 - 20060143728 - 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 ... 06/29/06 - 20060143727 - Glyphosate resistant class i 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase(epsps) The compositions and methods disclosed herein provide novel DNA molecules that encode glyphosate resistant EPSPS proteins and plants containing these new proteins. The plants that express the new EPSPS proteins are themselves tolerant to the herbicidal effects of glyphosate. ... 06/29/06 - 20060143726 - Hydroxypyruvate reductase promoter elements and methods of use thereof in plants The invention provides compositions and methods for regulating the expression of nucleotide sequence of interest in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence comprising a promoter for the hydroxypyruvate reductase gene. Methods for expressing a nucleotide sequence of interest in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is ... 06/22/06 - 20060137038 - Thermotolerant phytase for animal feed The invention provides a synthetic phytase polynucleotide which is optimized for expression in plants and which encodes at thermotolerant phytase, as well as isolated thermotolerant phytase enzyme. Also provided are feed or food products comprising a thermotolerant phytase, and transgenic plants which express the thermotolerant phytase. Further provided are methods ... 06/22/06 - 20060137037 - Inbred maize line 291b An inbred maize line, designated 291B, having early relative maturity, increased row number compared to C13 and herbicide tolerance, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line 291B and descendants thereof, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred line 291B with itself or with another maize ... 06/22/06 - 20060137036 - Modified plants A method for controlling endosperm size and development in plants. The method employs nucleic acid constructs encoding proteins involved in genomic imprinting, in the production of transgenic plants. The nucleic acid constructs can be used in the production of transgenic plants to affect interspecific hybridisation. ... 06/22/06 - 20060137035 - Root-preferred, wound-and insect-inducible 2-oxoglutarate-dependent oxygenase promoter from maize and its use The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for an inducible promoter for the gene encoding a maize 2-oxoglutarate-dependent oxygenase. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences ... 06/22/06 - 20060137034 - Modulating plant nitrogen levels Methods and materials for modulating (e.g., increasing or decreasing) nitrogen levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding nitrogen-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Plants and plant products having increased nitrogen levels are also disclosed. ... 06/22/06 - 20060137033 - Cytokinin-sensing histidine kinases and methods of use Isolated polynucleotides that encode cytokinin-sensing histidine kinase polypeptides, and the encoded polypeptides, are described. Expression cassettes comprising the polynucleotides of the invention and plants and plant cells that are transformed with the polynucleotides are described. Methods of using the cytokinin-sensing histidine kinase polypeptides and polynucleotides to modulate histidine kinase activity ... 06/22/06 - 20060137032 - Plant alpha farnesene synthase and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention provides an isolated alpha-farnesene synthase and polynucleotide sequences encoding the enzyme. The invention also provides nucleic acid constructs, vectors and host cells incorporating the polynucleotide sequences. It further relates to the production of alpha-farnesene using the enzyme and modulation of alpha-farnesene synthesis in plants and selection of ... 06/15/06 - 20060130174 - Transposon and transposase genes of rice, transposase, transformant and method of use A transposon gene of rice has homology to SEQ. ID NO:3, and a transposase gene of rice has homology to bases 2959-4407 of SEQ. ID NO:3 or encodes SEQ. ID NO:5 or a variant thereof, and plasmids and transformants thereof. A transposase has SEQ. ID NO.:5 or a variant thereof. ... 06/15/06 - 20060130173 - Genetic modification of plants for enhanced resistance and decreased uptake of heavy metals The present invention relates to a method of producing transformants with enhanced resistance and decreased uptake of heavy metals, and a plant transformed with a P type ATPase ZntA gene that pumps out heavy metals from the cells. The transformants show better growth than wild type in environment contaminated with ... 06/15/06 - 20060130172 - Gene encoding resistance to acetolactate synthase-inhibiting herbicides A mutant acetolactate synthase (ALS) enzyme that confers cross-resistance to all sulfonylurea, imidazolinone, pyrimidinyloxybenzoate, triazolopyrimidine and sulfonylamino-carbonyl-triazolinone herbicides is provided. The mutant enzyme contains an aspartic acid to glutamic acid substitution mutation at a newly identified conserved region of the ALS enzyme. A gene encoding the enzyme is also provided, ... 06/15/06 - 20060130171 - Organogenic transformation and regeneration This invention provides methods of transforming organogenic plant cells and regenerating plants from transformed cells. ... 06/08/06 - 20060123511 - Plant regulatory sequences for selective control of gene expression The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences for regulating gene expression in plants. In particular, the invention relates to 5′ regulatory sequences which are useful for regulating expression of heterologous DNAs in plants and methods for identifying multiple 5′ regulatory sequences which confer a particular expression profile when operably ... 06/08/06 - 20060123510 - Plant rna transport and rna-directed rna polymerase proteins This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a RNA-directed RNA polymerase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the RNA-directed RNA polymerase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production ... 06/08/06 - 20060123509 - Protein isolation and purification A method for purifying a recombinant fusion protein that is expressed as recombinant protein body-like assemblies (RPBLAs) in host cells is disclosed in which an aqueous homogenate of transformed host cells that express a fusion protein as RPBLAs having a predetermined density is provided. Regions of different density are formed ... 06/08/06 - 20060123508 - Genetic manipulation of condensed tannins The invention provides method and compositions for the modulation of condensed tannin production in plants. The methods of the invention allow creation of plants having novel phenotypes. Increased expression of condensed tannins in plants may be used to increase the nutritional value of food plants for both human and animal ... 06/08/06 - 20060123507 - Gene elevating cereal yield and utilization thereof A gene that regulates the increase and decrease of the particle-bearing number (including glumous flowers, fruits, and seeds) of plants was successfully isolated and identified by a linkage analysis. In addition, breeding methods that utilize this gene to increase the particle-bearing number (including glumous flowers, fruits, and seeds) of plants ... 06/08/06 - 20060123506 - Regulation of gene expression using chromatin remodelling factors The invention provides a method to regulate expression of a gene of interest in a plant comprising, introducing into the plant a first nucleotide sequence comprising, the gene of interest operatively linked to a first regulatory region, and an operator sequence capable of binding a fusion protein, and a second ... 06/08/06 - 20060123505 - Full-length plant cdna and uses thereof Full-length cDNAs of plants and their uses are provided. Source plants are preferably monocot plants, more preferably poaceous plants, and most preferably rice. Vectors carrying said cDNAs and transformants containing said cDNAs or said vectors, transgenic plants containing said transformants, polypeptides encoded by said cDNAs are also provided. The full-length ... 06/01/06 - 20060117410 - Locked nucleic acid containing heteropolymers and related methods The present invention relates to methods of replacing nucleotides in target nucleic acid sequences using DNA-LNA chimeras. The method of the present invention provides for replacing a first nucleotide in a target sequence by exposing the target sequence to a DNA-LNA heteropolymer and thereby replacing the first nucleotide with a ... 06/01/06 - 20060117409 - Modified ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase for improvement and optimization of plant phenotypes The invention relates to methods and compositions for generating, modifying, adapting, and optimizing polynucleotide sequences that encode proteins having Rubisco biosynthetic enzyme activities which are useful for introduction into plant species, agronomically-important microorganisms, and other hosts, and related aspects. ... 06/01/06 - 20060117408 - Expression cassettes for guard cell-preferential expression in plants The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with guard cell-preferential or guard cell-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from Arabidopsis thaliana gene At5g58580, or from Arabidopsis genomic DNA sequences as described by SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, ... 06/01/06 - 20060117407 - Method of producing transgenic maize using direct transformation of commercially important genotypes Methods for transformation of maize with nucleic acid sequences of interest are disclosed. The method involves subjecting immature zygotic embryos or Type I callus to high velocity microprojectile bombardment. The method is capable of producing transformed maize lines of commercial importance and their hybrid combinations. ... 06/01/06 - 20060117406 - Soybean cultivar 917013 A soybean cultivar, designated 917013, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 917013, to the plants of soybean cultivar 917013, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 917013 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 917013 with itself or with another ... 06/01/06 - 20060117405 - Soybean cultivar 900213 A soybean cultivar, designated 900213, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 900213, to the plants of soybean cultivar 900213, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 900213 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 900213 with itself or with another ... 06/01/06 - 20060117404 - Soybean cultivar 1000126 A soybean cultivar, designated 1000126, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 1000126, to the plants of soybean cultivar 1000126, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 1000126 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 1000126 with itself or with another ... 06/01/06 - 20060117403 - Soybean cultivar 901023 A soybean cultivar, designated 901023, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 901023, to the plants of soybean cultivar 901023, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 901023 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 901023 with itself or with another ... 06/01/06 - 20060117402 - Nucleic acid molecule encoding an armadillo repeat protein, aria and a method utilizing aria to generate salt tolerant plants The present invention relates to a gene encoding a protein named as ARIA (armadillo repeat protein interacting with ABF2), which contains armadillo repeats and a BTB/POZ domain. The protein is a novel ABA signaling component, which affects ABA-regulated gene expression, seedling growth, ABA sensitivity, and stress tolerance of plants. Furthermore, ... 06/01/06 - 20060117401 - Method for producing aminoacids The invention relates to a method for producing aminoacids in transgenic organisms. The inventive method consists of the following steps: a) introduction of nucleic acids sequence which codes threonine decomposing protein or lysine decomposing protein or codes threonine decomposing protein and lysine decomposing protein, b) introduction of nucleic acids sequence ... 06/01/06 - 20060117400 - Plastid transformation using modular vectors A process of generating transgenic plants or plant cells transformed on their plastome, comprising (a) introducing into plant plastids a first DNA molecule and a second DNA molecule, wherein said first DNA molecule contains a first region homologous to a region of the plastome for directing plastome integration and a ... 05/25/06 - 20060112446 - Transposon genes of rice, transformed plant and method of use A gene of rice has homology to SEQ. ID NO.:2, and a transposase gene of rice has homology to bases 3190-4557 of SEQ. ID NO.:2, or encodes SEQ. ID NO.:4, or variants thereof, plasmids and transformants thereof as well as plasmids and transformants thereof. A transposase has SEQ. ID NO.:4, ... 05/25/06 - 20060112445 - Novel regulatory regions Regulatory regions suitable for directing expression of a heterologous nucleic acid are described, as well as nucleic acid constructs that include these regulatory regions. Also disclosed are transgenic plants that contain such constructs and methods of producing such transgenic plants. ... 05/25/06 - 20060112444 - Inbred corn line phakc A novel inbred maize line designated PHAKC and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PHAKC with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHAKC through ... 05/25/06 - 20060112443 - Method for altering the nutritional content of plant seed The invention provides genetically engineered, preselected DNA sequences and methods of using them to alter the nutritional content of plant seed. Methods of the invention are directed to increasing the weight percent of at least one amino acid essential to the diet of animals, or increasing the starch content, of ... 05/25/06 - 20060112442 - Rice promoters The invention provides several promoters isolated from Oryza sativa, which promoters are capable of driving and/or regulating the expression of an operably linked nucleic acid in a plant. The expression patterns of the promoters according to the invention have been studied in Oryza sativa and some of the promoters displayed ... 05/18/06 - 20060107346 - Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof The present invention is directed to nitrogen responsive promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the nitrogen responsive promoters and control elements and methods of identifying the nitrogen responsive promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present nitrogen responsive promoters ... 05/18/06 - 20060107345 - Sequence-determined dna fragments and corresponding polypeptides encoded thereby The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination ... 05/18/06 - 20060107344 - Organ preferential genes identified by t-dna insertional mutagenesis of rice The present invention provides a method of producing rice lines that carry genes that have been modified by T-DNA/GUS based insertional mutagenesis. The GUS portion of the insert is promoterless, so that the GUS gene is expressed only when it is inserted into an active gene. In this way, organ ... 05/18/06 - 20060107343 - Plant cells and plant bodies with modified cell growth, development and differentiation Control of cell cycle is important in crop breeding, and it is demanded to develop, through the control, techniques for modifying cell growth in plants, techniques for modifying the development/differentiation of plant individuals and plant genes for use therein. It has been successfully disclosed that plant gene 3Rmyb is a ... 05/18/06 - 20060107342 - Plants characterized by an increased content of methionine and related metabolites, methods of generating same and uses thereof A method of increasing methionine and/or methionine related metabolites in a plant is provided. The method is effected by expressing within the plant a cystathionine γ-synthase encoded by a polynucleotide mutated in, or lacking, a region encoding an N-terminal portion of said cystathionine γ-synthase, said region being functional in downregulating ... 05/11/06 - 20060101540 - Methods of transforming corn Methods for plant transformation, for improving transformation efficiency, and for producing transgenic plants are provided. The methods comprise crossing a recipient plant from a genetic line of a plant species of interest with a donor plant selected from a transformation competent genetic line of the same plant species or of ... 05/11/06 - 20060101539 - Cryopreservation of cells The present invention relates to methods for the cryopreservation of transformed and non-transformed cells. Also provided by the subject invention are methods of recovering cells that have been cryopreserved. Cultures of cells that have been successfully recovered from cryopreservation are also provided. ... 05/11/06 - 20060101538 - Modification of plant crossing properties via gene transfer An objective of the present invention is to genetically improve plant crossing properties as to effectively prevent recombinant genes in transgenic plants from spreading into the environment. A TFIIIA-type zinc-finger transcription factor gene ZPT2-10 was introduced into petunia. As a result, some of the transformants (i.e., transgene-dependent incompatibility (TDI) strain ... 05/11/06 - 20060101537 - Eucalyptus urophylla transformation and selection The present invention relates to a method for transforming and selecting plant explants. The transformation method includes pre-culturing the explants in the presence of an Agrobacterium inducer and exposing the transformed explants to a shoot regeneration media that accelerates shoot development. Plants generated from this transformation method are provided. In ... 05/11/06 - 20060101536 - Eucalyptus urophylla transformation and regeneration The present invention relates to a method for transforming and selecting plant explants. The transformation method includes pre-culturing the explants in the presence of an Agrobacterium inducer and exposing the transformed explants to a shoot regeneration media that accelerates shoot development. Plants generated from this transformation method are provided. In ... 05/11/06 - 20060101535 - Modification of plant lignin content DNA constructs comprising a first DNA segment that corresponds to at least a portion of a gene in the monolignol biosynthetic pathway, a spacer DNA segment, and a second DNA segment that is complementary to the first DNA segment can be used to reduce or modulate the lignin content in ... 05/04/06 - 20060095985 - Modified plants A method for controlling endosperm size and development in plants. The method employs nucleic acid constructs encoding proteins involved in genomic imprinting, in the production of transgenic plants. The nucleic acid constructs can be used in the production of transgenic plants to affect interspecific hybridisation. ... 05/04/06 - 20060095984 - Artificial chromosomes, uses thereof and methods for preparing artificial chromosomes Methods for amplification of nucleic acids in cells are provided. Also provided are cells that contain the nucleic acids. ... 05/04/06 - 20060095983 - Zantedeschia cultivar 14091 A Zantedeschia cultivar, designated 14091, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of Zantedeschia cultivar 14091, to the plants of Zantedeschia cultivar 14091 and to methods for producing a Zantedeschia plant produced by crossing the cultivar 14091 with itself or another Zantedeschia variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 05/04/06 - 20060095982 - Phytoremediation of contaminant compounds via chloroplast genetic engineering A plastid transformation vector for stably transforming a plastid genome, comprising, as operably-linked components, a first flanking sequence, at least one DNA sequence coding for a polypeptide suitable for remediating a contaminant compound, and a second flanking sequence, wherein a plant is stably transformed with the plastid transformation vector, and ... 05/04/06 - 20060095981 - Method for producing plants with suppressed photorespiration and improved c02 fixation The invention relates to a method for the production of plants with suppressed photorespiration and improved CO2 fixation. In particular, the invention relates to a re-use of phosphoglycolate produced in photorespiration. The reaction product is converted to a component that may be reintegrated into the plant assimilatory metabolism inside the ... 04/27/06 - 20060090219 - Methods for producing plants with improved growth under nitrogen-limited conditions The present invention provides a method of producing a plant which exhibits improved growth and/or yield under reduced nitrogen conditions, that is, under cultivation conditions where nitrogen is limited as compared to ordinary cultivation conditions, by increasing 2-OG content in plants. Particularly, the present invention provides a method of producing ... 04/27/06 - 20060090218 - Method of controlling gene expression and gene silencing The present invention relates to methods to regulate gene expression in plants. In particular, manipulation of the expression in a plant cell of a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising a 3′-5′ exonuclease domain is disclosed. More stable and predictable expression is thus obtained. The present invention also relates to ... 04/27/06 - 20060090217 - Isolation of proteins involved in posttranscriptional gene silencing and methods of use The present invention includes a method for detecting and isolating sugarcane proteins that interact with the HC-Pro and P1 proteins of SrMV and other proteins involved in gene silencing, particularly in sugarcane. The method uses a two hybrid assay with an HC-Pro, P1, or other silencing-related protein-containing bait protein and ... 04/27/06 - 20060090216 - Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels. ... 04/27/06 - 20060090215 - Low allergen plant and animal genotypes The selection of low allergen plant and animal subspecies, subgroups, and genotypes for production of low allergen food products is described. ... 04/20/06 - 20060085869 - Celery named ads-3 A novel celery cultivar, designated ADS-3, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar ADS-3, to the plants of celery line ADS-3 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar ADS-3 with itself or another celery line. The invention further relates to methods ... 04/20/06 - 20060085868 - Celery named ads-2 A novel celery cultivar, designated ADS-2, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar ADS-2, to the plants of celery line ADS-2 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar ADS-2 with itself or another celery line. The invention further relates to methods ... 04/13/06 - 20060080748 - Cross-incompatibility traits from teosinte and their use in corn The present invention relates to a teosinte crossing barrier trait. Plants containing said trait exhibit the phenotype of cross-incompatiblity. The present invention also relates to new cross-incompatible plants, including inbred, hybrid, haploid, apomictic and/or genetically engineered plants, containing the teosinte crossing barrier trait and exhibiting commercially desirable characteristics. ... 04/13/06 - 20060080747 - Constitutive expression cassettes for regulation of plant expression The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with constitutive expression profiles in plants obtainable from Arabidopsis thaliana genes At5g17920, At3g03780, At2g01100, At2g34770, At5g61560, At4g00830, At3g10220, At4g38520, At3g11110, At2g47170, At1g64090, At5g60690, At1g76350, At1g76580, At1g31930, At5g18230, At1g20970, or At4g35620. ... 04/06/06 - 20060075517 - Canola cultivar nqc02cnx25 A canola cultivar, designated NQC02CNX25, plants and seeds of the NQC02CNX25 canola cultivar, methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the NQC02CNX25 cultivar with itself or with another canola plant, and hybrid canola seeds and plants produced by crossing the NQC02CNX25 cultivar with another canola cultivar or plant ... 04/06/06 - 20060075516 - Canola cultivar nqc02cnx12 A canola cultivar designated NQC02CNX12, plants and seeds of the NQC02CNX12 canola cultivar, methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the NQC02CNX12 cultivar with itself or with another canola plant, and hybrid canola seeds and plants produced by crossing the NQC02CNX12 cultivar with another canola cultivar or plant ... 04/06/06 - 20060075515 - Enhanced zein reduction in transgenic corn seed Anti-sense-oriented RNA gene suppression agents in the form of a loop of anti-sense-oriented RNA is produced in cells of transgenic organisms, e.g. plants, by transcription from a recombinant DNA construct that comprises in 5′ to 3′ order a promoter element operably linked to more than one anti-sense-oriented DNA element and ... 03/30/06 - 20060070138 - Cotton cultivar 03x179r A cotton cultivar, designated 03X179R, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar 03X179R, to the plants of cotton 03X179R and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar 03X179R with itself or another cotton cultivar. The invention further relates to hybrid cotton ... 03/30/06 - 20060070137 - Plant-specific genetic elements and transfer cassettes for plant transformation The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules and sequences, particularly those identified and obtained from plants, that are useful for transferring and integrating one polynucleotide into another via plant transformation techniques. ... 03/23/06 - 20060064774 - Eukaryotic translaton initiation factor gene regulatory elements for use in plants The present invention provides eukaryotic translation initiation factor non-coding regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from Nicotiana tabacum, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Medicago truncatula useful for modulating transgene expression in plants. The present invention also provides expression constructs containing the polynucleotide molecules useful for modulating transgene expression in plants. The present invention ... 03/23/06 - 20060064773 - Cell cycle polynucleotides and polypeptides and methods of use The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the protein CNR. The invention provides genomic sequence for the CNR gene. CNR is responsible for controlling cell number. ... 03/23/06 - 20060064772 - Maize seed with synergistically enhanced lysine content The present invention provides a transgenic maize plant having in its genome transgenic DNA including sequence for zein reduction and sequence for lysine biosynthesis, whereby expression of the transgenic DNA results in a synergistically increased lysine content of seed of the transgenic maize plant. The invention further provides a method ... 03/16/06 - 20060059582 - Modulation of amino acid and sugar content in plants Methods and materials for modulating lysine, glucose, fructose, galactose and leucine content in plants are disclosed. ... 03/16/06 - 20060059581 - Method of breeding glyphosate resistant plants Methods and compositions relating to glyphosate resistant maize plants, including the GA21, GG25, GJ11 and FI117 transformation events, are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of using herbicide resistance transformation events in plant breeding procedures. The invention further includes methods of ensuring plant seed purity. ... 03/09/06 - 20060053508 - Cotton cultivar 05x494br A cotton cultivar, designated 05X494BR, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar 05X494BR, to the plants of cotton 05X494BR and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar 05X494BR with itself or another cotton variety. The invention further relates to hybrid cotton ... 03/09/06 - 20060053507 - Regulatory sequence The present invention relates to the field of plant molecular biology. In particular, it describes the use of a regulatory nucleic acid sequence of the rice gene GOS2 for the regulation of gene expression in plant cells derived from plants other than monocotyledonous plants. The use of the regulatory sequence ... 03/02/06 - 20060048241 - Novel plant senescence-specific gene and its promoter Disclosed herein is a novel gene which is isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana and shows senescence-specific expression. The expression of the gene is under the regulation of a promoter which is also disclosed herein. The gene in combination with the promoter can be utilized at the molecular level to control plant ... 03/02/06 - 20060048240 - Sequence-determined dna fragments and corresponding polypeptides encoded thereby The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination ... 03/02/06 - 20060048239 - Plants having modified growth characteristics and a method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for modifying the growth characteristics of plants by modifying expression in a plant of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a 2xC2H2 zinc finger protein and/or modifying level and/or activity in a plant of a 2xC2H2 zinc finger protein. The invention also relates to transgenic ... 02/23/06 - 20060041953 - Control of fruit dehiscence in arabidopsis by indehiscenti genes The present invention provides methods and compositions that modulate fruit dehiscence in plants. ... 02/23/06 - 20060041952 - P450 polynucleotides, polypeptides, and uses thereof Isolated P450 polynucleotides and polypeptides are disclosed, including isolated cpd polynucleotide and CPD polypeptide sequences. The polypeptides can be orthologous CPD polypeptides to Arabidopsis CPD. Recombinant vectors, host cells, transgenic plants, and seeds that include the polynucleotides and/or polypeptides are also disclosed, as well as methods for preparing and using ... 02/23/06 - 20060041951 - Genetic loci associated with iron deficiency tolerance in soybean The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying soybean plants that are tolerant, have improved tolerance or are susceptible to iron deficient growth conditions. The methods use molecular genetic markers to identify, select and/or construct disease-tolerant plants or identify and counterselect disease-susceptible plants. Soybean plants that display tolerance or ... 02/23/06 - 20060041950 - Cassava vein mosaic virus promoters nucleic acid sequences and expression vectors The invention relates to compositions and methods useful for the production of transgenic plants. In particular, the invention relates to cassava vein mosaic virus (CsVMV) promoter sequences sequences and expression cassettes containing CsVMV promoter sequences. The invention describes nucleic acid molecules, vectors and transgenic plants containing promoters derived from CsVMV ... 02/23/06 - 20060041949 - Nicotiana nucleic acid molecules and uses thereof The present invention features Nicotiana nucleic acid sequences such as sequences encoding constitutive, or ethylene or senescence induced polypeptides, in particular cytochrome p450 enzymes, in Nicotiana plants and methods for using these nucleic acid sequences and plants to alter desirable traits, for example by using breeding protocols. ... 02/16/06 - 20060037098 - Sequence-determined dna encoding mov34 family polypeptides The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute portions of the genome of a plant. The DNA molecules are useful for expressing a gene product, either as a promoter or as a structural gene or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination sequence and are also useful in controlling ... 02/16/06 - 20060037097 - Plant disease resistance genes This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an Mlo homolog. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the Mlo homolog, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels ... 02/16/06 - 20060037096 - Cloning of cytochrome p450 genes from nicotiana The present invention relates to p450 enzymes and nucleic acid sequences encoding p450 enzymes in Nicotiana, and methods of using those enzymes and nucleic acid sequences to alter plant phenotypes. ... 02/16/06 - 20060037095 - 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 ... 02/09/06 - 20060031961 - Aldehyde reductase This invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide encoding an aldehyde reductase enzyme. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant construct encoding an aldehyde reductase enzyme wherein expression of the recombinant construct results in production of altered levels of aldehyde reductase enzyme in a transformed host cell. The ... 02/09/06 - 20060031960 - Sequence-determined dna encoding ap2 domain polypeptides The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute portions of the genome of a plant. The DNA molecules are useful for expressing a gene product, either as a promoter or as a structural gene or as an UTR or as an 3′ termination sequence and are also useful in controlling ... 02/09/06 - 20060031959 - Nucleic acid fragments encoding proteins involved in stress response The invention provides isolated peptide-methionine sulfoxide reductase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering peptide-methionine sulfoxide reductase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions. ... 02/09/06 - 20060031958 - Soybean cultivar 943013 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 943013, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 943013, to the plants of soybean 943013 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 943013 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 02/02/06 - 20060026707 - Polycomb genes from maize-mez1 and mez2 The present invention relates to polycomb genes and polypeptides isolated from Zea mays. ... 02/02/06 - 20060026706 - Method for marker-less integration of a sequence of interest into the genome of a cell Provided are multiple methods resulting in a site-specific, marker-less integration of a sequence of interest. The methods are based on the following: The genomic presence in a cell (host cell) of a selectable or screenable gene X. As a result of a mutation, this gene X can be essentially sensitive ... 02/02/06 - 20060026705 - Plant amino acid biosynthetic enzymes An isolated polynucleotide encoding a plant cysteine synthase is disclosed. Also disclosed is the construction of a recombinant construct comprising all or part of a coding or non-coding region of the isolated polynucleotide for use in co-suppression or antisense suppression of endogenous nculeic acid sequences encoding polypeptides having cysteine synthase ... 02/02/06 - 20060026704 - Vector for the production of transplastomic angiosperm plants A DNA vector is provided for stable insertion and expression of heterologous genes in the plastid genomes of any Angiosperm plant cell. In this vector, foreign genes can be inserted in multiple cloning sites located at an artificial intergenic region obtained from the combination of atpB and rbcL operons that ... 01/26/06 - 20060021086 - Nutritional supplements containing methylselenocysteine A method of producing metal-rich plants for the production of nutritional supplements. Edible plants are placed in a growth environment containing metal, and are cultivated in a fashion which enhances the uptake of metal into edible portions of the plants. The plants are then harvested, and may be eaten directly ... 01/26/06 - 20060021085 - Method for producing transgenic plants having an elevated vitamin e content by modifying the serine-acetyltransferase content The invention relates to a method for producing transgenic plants and/or plant cells having an elevated vitamin E content, said transgenic plants and/or plant cells having a serine-acetyltransferase (SAT) content and/or activity which is modified in relation to the wild type, and/or a modified thiol compound content. The invention also ... 01/26/06 - 20060021084 - Production of peroxidase from plant cell and callus cultures A process for the production of peroxidase which comprises of establishing a plant cell culture producing cells from neem (Azardiracta indica) and nirgundi (Vitex negundo) wherein the peroxidase has higher enzymatic activity not reported earlier. ... 01/26/06 - 20060021083 - Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels. ... 01/26/06 - 20060021082 - Cytokinin oxidase sequences and methods of use Methods and compositions for modulating plant development are provided. Polynucleotide sequences and amino acid sequences encoding cytokinin oxidase polypeptides are provided. The sequences can be used in a variety of methods including modulating root development, modulating floral development, modulating leaf and/or shoot development, modulating seed size and/or weight, modulating tolerance ... 01/26/06 - 20060021081 - Soybean cultivar s030136 A novel soybean cultivar, designated S030136, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S030136, to the plants of soybean S030136 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar S030136 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 01/26/06 - 20060021080 - Soybean cultiver 927013 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 927013, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 927013, to the plants of soybean 927013 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 927013 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 01/19/06 - 20060015963 - Commercially viable process for in-vitro mass culture of chlorophytum borivilianum The present invention relates to the commercially viable process for in-vitro mass culture of Chlorophytum borivilianum. The present invention process for in-vitro mass culture of Chlorophytum borivilianum is simple, faster and suitable for production of disease free root tubers of uniform quality. The process of the present invention for in-vitro ... 01/19/06 - 20060015962 - Soybean cultivar 1000109 A soybean cultivar, designated 1000109, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 1000109, to the plants of soybean 1000109 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 1000109 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean ... 01/12/06 - 20060010515 - Transgenic plants expressing cytokinin biosynthetic genes and methods of use therefor The present invention provides an approach to increase yield and vigor in a plant. The present invention describes expressing a heterologous gene in a plant that control cytokinin expression under the control of a cell cycle regulated promoter. ... 01/12/06 - 20060010514 - Polynucleotides encoding mature ahasl proteins for creating imidazolinone-tolerant plants Isolated polynucleotide molecules that encode mature, wild-type and imidazolinone-tolerant acetohydroxyacid synthase large subunit (AHASL) polypeptides, and the amino acid sequences encoding these polypeptides, are described. Expression cassettes and transformation vectors comprising the polynucleotide molecules of the invention, as well as plants and host cells transformed with the polynucleotide molecules, expression ... 01/12/06 - 20060010513 - Oligonucleotide arrays to monitor gene expression and methods for making and using same The present invention provides an oligonucleotide array capable of identifying genes and related pathways involved with the induction of a particular phenotype by a cell line, e.g., the genes and related pathways involved with the induction of transgene expression by the cell line. The invention is particularly useful when there ... 01/12/06 - 20060010512 - Nitrogen transport metabolism This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding an ammonium transporter. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA constructencoding all or a portion of ammonium transporters, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct may alter levels of the ammonium ... 01/12/06 - 20060010511 - Nobel glyphosate-tolerant 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase and gene encoding it The present invention relates to a novel 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS). It is highly tolerant to glyphosate, the competitive inhibitor of the substrate phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP). The invention also relates to a gene encoding the synthase, a construct and a vector comprising said gene, and a host cell transformed with said construct ... 01/05/06 - 20060005270 - Manipulation of the phenolic acid content and digestibility of plant cell walls by targeted expression of genes encoding cell wall degrading enzymes Described herein are methods to enhance the production of more highly fermentable carbohydrates in plants, especially forage grasses. The invention provides for transgenic plants transformed with expression vectors containing a DNA sequence encoding ferulic acid esterase I from Aspergillus, preferably A. niger. The expression vectors may optionally comprise a DNA ... 01/05/06 - 20060005269 - Brassica with resistance to an ahas-inhibitor herbicide and blackleg disease Improved varieties of Brassica having an “R” rating for blackleg and resistance to AHAS-inhibitor herbicides, are provided. These varieties may be used to produce inbreds or hybrids or to produce vegetable oil and meal. Parts of these plants, including plant cells, are also provided. ... 01/05/06 - 20060005268 - Herbicidal compound resistant plant The present invention provides a plant on which resistance to at least one of protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase inhibitory-type herbicidal compounds is conferred, wherein to said plant (1) a DNA encoding a protein showing protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase activity and (2) a DNA encoding cytochrome P450 showing activity of metabolizing said herbicidal ... 01/05/06 - 20060005267 - Peptide deformylase This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a metalloprotease, more specifically peptide deformylase. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of peptide deformylase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in ... 01/05/06 - 20060005266 - Maize nucleotide sequence coding for a protein with transglutaminase activity and use thereof The invention relates to a DNA molecule from maize which codes for a protein with TGase activity and to a gene expression vector comprising said DNA molecule. The invention also relates to the use of the aforementioned DNA molecule or vector in order to produce transformed cells capable of expressing ... 01/05/06 - 20060005265 - Ryegrass cbf3 gene: identification and isolation The present invention relates to genes, proteins and methods comprising or utilizing C-repeat binding factors (CBF), specifically CBF3 in the ryegrass family. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to using ryegrass CBF3 for altering cold tolerance and growth in plants, specifically in warm season grasses, turfgrasses, fodder plants ... 12/29/05 - 20050289666 - Starch-inducible promoters, recombinant gene constructs, and methods of regulating gene expression The invention includes an isolated promoter containing nucleotides 1827 through 2147 of SEQ ID NO.: 1. The invention also includes methods of regulating expression of a gene by fusing the isolated promoter to a coding sequence to form a fused construct, and introducing the fused construct into a host such ... 12/29/05 - 20050289665 - Method for disinfecting seed The invention provides methods for disinfecting seeds, for example, conifer seeds such as loblolly pine and Douglas-fir. The methods comprise the step of contacting seed with an effective concentration of a disinfecting agent comprising at least one of o-phenylphenol and o-benzyl-p-chlorophenol. ... 12/29/05 - 20050289664 - Genes encoding 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (hppd) enzymes for plant metabolic engineering The present invention is in the field of plant genetics and biochemistry. More specifically, the present invention relates to genes and polypeptides associated with the tocopherol biosynthesis pathway, namely those encoding 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Dioxygenase activity, and uses thereof. ... 12/29/05 - 20050289663 - Method of constructing orchid haploid by treating unfertilized orchid flower with auxin and method of growing orchid It is intended to provide a pure line plant which is required in constructing a seed propagation variety of orchid. An auxin solution is dropped to unfertilized orchid flowers so as to form seeds based on parthenogenesis. Then these seeds are germinated and haploid plants are selected from orchid plants ... 12/29/05 - 20050289662 - Reporter system for plants A reporter system capable of giving rise to a directly monitorable phenotypic trait in a plant, in the presence of an outer stimulus such as for example a pollutant, is provided. The system optionally also has the ability to remediate soil. Genetically modified plants comprising said reporter system and optionally ... 12/22/05 - 20050283849 - Capsules containing vital cells or tissues Capsules which contain vital cells or tissues as the contents and in which these cells or tissues can be grown. Since these cells or tissues can be grown in the capsules, an extremely high cell density can be achieved. By using these capsules, foods having an excellent effect of ameliorating ... 12/22/05 - 20050283848 - Expression of eukaryotic peptides in plant plastids Constructs and methods are provided for expressing peptides derived from eukaryotic organisms in plant plastids. Constructs have a promoter functional in a plant plastid, a DNA sequence encoding a peptide derived from an eukaryotic organism and a transcription termination region. Other elements include a selectable marker for selection of plant ... 12/15/05 - 20050278803 - Compositions and methods for altering the disulfide status of proteins Compositions and methods for the alteration of the disulfide status of plant proteins are provided. Novel nucleotide molecules, comprising nucleotide sequences for thioredoxin h and NADPH-thioredoxin reductase, and the proteins encoded thereby are provided. The nucleotide sequences can be used to transform plants alone or in combination with other sequences, ... 12/15/05 - 20050278802 - Methods for tissue culturing and transforming elite inbreds of zea mays l. The present invention is directed to methods for the tissue culture and transformation of elite inbreds of corn (Zea mays L.). More specifically, the present invention is directed to a method for initiating Type II callus from corn tissue. The present invention is also directed to a method for enhancing ... 12/15/05 - 20050278801 - Plastid transit peptides The present invention provides novel plastid transit peptides that direct localization of attached moieties (e.g., polypeptides) into plant plastids. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for localizing polypeptides to plant plastids including, but not limited to, transgenic plant production. ... 12/15/05 - 20050278800 - Compositions and methods for the modification of gene expression Novel isolated plant polynucleotide promoter sequences are provided, together with genetic constructs comprising such polynucleotides. Methods for using such constructs in modulating the transcription of DNA sequences of interest are also disclosed, together with transgenic plants comprising such constructs. ... 12/15/05 - 20050278799 - Stress-induced promoter derived from rice The invention relates to an isolated stress-induced promoter which effectively functions in monocotyledonous plants such as rice, and of environmental stress tolerant plants using the promoter. ... 12/08/05 - 20050273880 - Polypeptides having oxaloacetate hydrolase activity and nucleic acids encoding same The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having oxaloacetate hydrolase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. ... 12/08/05 - 20050273879 - Phytate 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 Ins (1,3,4,5,6)P52-kinase (IP2K) nucleotide sequences to modulate the expression of IP2K in a plant of interest. The compositions and methods ... 12/08/05 - 20050273878 - Inbred corn line n61060 An inbred corn line, designated N61060, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line N61060, to the plants of inbred corn line N61060 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line N61060 with itself or another corn ... 12/08/05 - 20050273877 - Inbred corn line m10138 An inbred corn line, designated M10138, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line M10138, to the plants of inbred corn line M10138 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line M10138 with itself or another corn ... 12/08/05 - 20050273876 - Inbred corn line w16090 An inbred corn line, designated W16090, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line W16090, to the plants of inbred corn line W16090 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line W16090 with itself or another corn ... 12/01/05 - 20050268352 - Materials and methods for the alteration of enzyme and acetyl coa levels in plants The present invention provides nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of acetyl CoA synthetase (ACS), plastidic pyruvate dehydrogenase (pPDH), ATP citrate lyase (ACL), Arabidopsis pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC), and Arabidopsis aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), specifically ALDH-2 and ALDH-4. The present invention also provides a recombinant vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding ... 12/01/05 - 20050268351 - Modulation of storage organs The present invention relates to a process for the production of transgenic plants capable of forming seeds whose embryos exhibit a more refined development. ... 11/24/05 - 20050262582 - Promoter molecules for use in plants The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules isolated from Zea mays and Oryza sativa and useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides expression constructs containing the nucleic acid molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides transgenic plants and seeds containing the ... 11/17/05 - 20050257284 - Method for producing transgenic plants resistant to weed control compounds which disrupt the porphyrin pathways of plants A method for producing a transgenic plant which is resistant to a weed control compound is disclosed. In the inventive method, a nucleotide sequence encoding a variant of plant protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase that lacks the FAD binding sequence is introduced into a plant cell. The nucleotide sequence is expressed and ... 11/17/05 - 20050257283 - Transformed plants with enhanced prenylquinone biosynthesis The present invention relates to transformed plants, in particular transformed plants producing larger amounts of plastoquinones, tocotrienols and tocopherols than non-transformed identical plants. This invention also relates to a method for producing these plants, and to a method for cultivating these plants. The plants according to the invention also have ... 11/17/05 - 20050257282 - Plant centromere compositions The present invention provides for the nucleic acid sequences of plant centromeres. This will permit construction of stably inherited recombinant DNA constructs and minichromosomes which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. ... 11/10/05 - 20050251877 - Methods and means for obtaining modified phenotypes Methods and means are provided for reducing the phenotypic expression of a nucleic acid of interest in eukaryotic cells, particularly in plant cells, by providing aberrant, preferably unpolyadenylated, target-specific RNA to the nucleus of the host cell. Preferably, the unpolyadenylated target-specifc RNA is provided by transcription of a chimeric gene ... 11/10/05 - 20050251876 - Aspartate kinase This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an aspartate kinase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the aspartate kinase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels ... 11/10/05 - 20050251875 - Transgenic plants with tocopherol methyltransferase Disclosed is are gene sequences encoding γ-tocopherol methyltransferases from photosynthetic organisms. The enzyme γ-tocopherol methyltransferase catalyzes the methylation of γ-tocopherol to yield α-tocopherol, the most bioactive species of tocopherol. γ-tocopherol methyltransferase is believed to be involved in regulating the relative amounts of the various tocopherols present in photosynthetic organisms. By ... 11/03/05 - 20050246788 - Self-incompatible transgenic plants Self-incompatible, transgenic lines of naturally inbreeding-capable crops can be cross pollinated to produce hybrid seed with copies of allelic DNA from each parent. Each transgenic line comprising in its genome a segment of exogenous, allelic DNA from an S-locus of a self-incompatible plant. Each transgenic line produces pollen which is ... 11/03/05 - 20050246787 - Globulin-1 regulatory region and method of using same A globulin-1 regulatory region is shown, a nucleotide sequence of approximately 3 kb which provides improved seed preferred, and particularly embryo preferred expression in plants. Methods of use are also shown in preferentially expressing a heterologous protein to the embryo tissue of a plant. The sequence is particularly useful in ... 11/03/05 - 20050246786 - Method and apparatus for substantially isolating plant tissues The present invention discloses and claims methods and devices for the rapid mechanical isolation of monocot plant tissues suitable for transformation or tissue culture. The invention includes mechanical devices for substantially isolating target plant tissues for use as transformable explants, and propagation of transgenic plants and plant tissues. ... 11/03/05 - 20050246785 - Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels. ... 11/03/05 - 20050246784 - Method for identifying herbicidally active substances The present invention describes genes and methods for the isolation of genes which encode gene products which, if not present, lead to a greatly delayed growth and/or complete standstill of growth of Arabidopsis thaliana at the seedling level. The invention describes the use of these genes and gene products encoded ... 10/27/05 - 20050241019 - Soybean seeds and plants exhibiting natural herbicide resistance Soybean plants are provided that exhibit in the absence of induced mutagenesis naturally-occurring genetically-controlled glyphosate herbicide resistance that is not attributable to genetic engineering. Mature soybean seeds initially are soaked in a liquid comprising a glyphosate herbicide for a period of time sufficient for the herbicide to reach the embryos ... 10/27/05 - 20050241018 - Arcelin-5 promoter and uses thereof The present invention discloses Arcelin promoters capable of transcribing a heterologous nucleic acid sequence at high levels in plants. The promoters are particularly suited for use in soybean plants and plant cells. Methods of modifying, producing, and using the promoters are also disclosed. The invention further discloses compositions, transformed host ... 10/27/05 - 20050241017 - Manipulation of genes of the mevalonate and isoprenoid pathways to create novel traits in transgenic organisms Disclosed are the uses of specific genes of the mevalonate and isoprenoid biosynthetic pathways, and of inactive gene sites (the pseudogene) to (1) enhance biosynthesis of isopentenyl diphosphate, dimethylallyl diphosphate and isoprenoid pathway derived products in the plastids of transgenic plants and microalgae, (2) create novel antibiotic resistant transgenic plants ... 10/27/05 - 20050241016 - Plant centromere compositions The present invention provides for the nucleic acid sequences of plant centromeres. This will permit construction of stably inherited recombinant DNA constructs and minichromosomes which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. ... 10/27/05 - 20050241015 - Plant centromere compositions The present invention provides for the nucleic acid sequences of plant centromeres. This will permit construction of stably inherited recombinant DNA constructs and minichromosomes which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. ... 10/27/05 - 20050241014 - Nutritionally enhanced plants The present invention relates to the field of improving nutritional content and more particularly the isoflavone content in plants. The invention provides a process for increasing the content of the isoflavone daidzein in selected plants, novel plants produced by this process and products derivable therefrom. ... 10/20/05 - 20050235376 - Method for producing a transgenic plant having modified transport of substances and regenerating a plant from this plant cell, wherein the DNA and/or RNA sequence is a sequence from Beta vulgaris. ... 10/20/05 - 20050235375 - Transcription factors of cereals Polynucleotides encoding transcription factors of cereals and in particular rice are provided. Also provided are re-combinant vectors, expression cassettes, host cells and plants containing the polynucleotides. Methods for using the polynucleotides to alter resistance or tolerance of plants to stress, alter biological pathways, and alter gene expression are also provided. ... 10/13/05 - 20050229271 - Compositions and methods for altering amino acid content of proteins Methods and compositions for altering amino acid composition of a protein of interest are provided, particularly proteins whose three-dimensional structure is unknown. The method comprises creating interacting molecules to the native protein and selecting for engineered proteins which retain the native conformation by antibody binding. In this manner, the levels ... 10/13/05 - 20050229270 - Compositions and methods for modulating plant development The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating plant development by modulating the expression or activity of plant polycomb genes including FIE and MEA. ... 10/13/05 - 20050229269 - Plant germplasm A recombinant plant genome contains a gene cascade such that it is incapable of producing a mature plant but requires the presence of a chemical inducer. The gene cascade includes a gene switch which is inducible by external application of a chemical inducer and which controls expression of a gene ... 10/13/05 - 20050229268 - Plant carbon catabolite repression proteins This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a carbon catabolite repression polypeptide. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the carbon catabolite repression polypeptide, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in ... 10/13/05 - 20050229267 - Precise breeding The present invention relates to a new plant breeding process. The process improves the agronomic performance of crop plants by using genetic material that is also used in classical breeding. Instead of sexually recombining entire genomes at random, as is done in classical breeding, specific genetic elements are rearranged in ... 10/06/05 - 20050223424 - Compositions and methods for altering amino acid content or proteins Methods and compositions for altering amino acid composition of a protein of interest are provided, particularly proteins whose three-dimensional structure is unknown. The method comprises creating interacting molecules to the native protein and selecting for engineered proteins which retain the native conformation by antibody binding. In this manner, the levels ... 10/06/05 - 20050223423 - Low maintenance turfgrass The invention relates to DNA constructs and methods for producing transgenic glyphosate tolerant, dwarf turfgrass plants that contain these constructs. The invention also relates to the maintenance of the transgenic turfgrass stand. ... 10/06/05 - 20050223422 - Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels. ... 10/06/05 - 20050223421 - Artificial bidirectional promoter for activation of gene expression A bidirectional module for activation of gene expression and regulation of transcription in both directions is disclosed. The bidirectional module comprises multiple cis regulatory DNA sequence elements, strategically arranged to give a ‘Transcription Activating Module’ that achieves high level expression from a ‘Transcription Initiation Module’. The latter functions like a ... 09/29/05 - 20050216968 - Plant reproduction polynucleotides and methods of use This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a reproduction protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the reproduction protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels ... 09/29/05 - 20050216967 - Expression cassettes for transgenic expression of nucleic acids The invention relates to expression cassettes and vectors which contain constitutive promoters of plants and to the use of said expression cassettes or vectors for transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences, preferably selection markers, in organisms, preferably in plants. The invention further relates to transgenic plants which have been transformed ... 09/22/05 - 20050210544 - Plants having improved growth characteristics and method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for improving the growth characteristics of plants by introducing and expressing in a plant a nucleic acid encoding an S3A protein. The invention also relates to transgenic plants having introduced therein a nucleic acid encoding an S3A protein, which plants have improved growth characteristics ... 09/22/05 - 20050210543 - Nucleic acid molecules encoding cel i endonuclease and methods of use thereof We describe here an in vitro method of increasing complementarity in a heteroduplex polynucleotide sequence. The method uses annealing of opposite strands to form a polynucleotide duplex with mismatches. The heteroduplex polynucleotide is combined with an effective amount of enzymes having strand cleavage activity, 3′ to 5′ exonuclease activity, and ... 09/22/05 - 20050210542 - Soybean cultivar 0509214 A soybean cultivar, designated 0509214, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509214, to the plants of soybean 0509214 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509214 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean ... 09/15/05 - 20050204418 - Grain quality through altered expression of seed proteins The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for altering the levels of seed proteins in cereal grain. The invention is directed to the alteration of seed protein levels in plant grain, resulting in grain with increased digestibility/nutrient availability, improved amino acid composition/nutritional value, increased response to feed processing, ... 09/15/05 - 20050204417 - Geranyl diphosphate synthase molecules, and nucleic acid molecules encoding same In one aspect, the present invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules that each encode a geranyl diphosphate synthase protein, wherein each isolated nucleic acid molecule hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule consisting of the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 under conditions of 5×SSC at 45° C. for one ... 09/15/05 - 20050204416 - Plant cells having receptor polypeptides Disclosed are novel transgenic plant cells that include a heterologous (e.g., human) receptor polypeptide, or fragment thereof. The plant cells can be used to identify molecules (i.e., ligands) that can interact with the receptor polypeptide or fragment. The plant cells can be used to identify ligands that are endogenous to ... 09/08/05 - 20050198705 - Resistance to acetohydroxyacid synthase-inhibiting herbicides Nucleotide sequences are disclosed that may be used to impart herbicide resistance to green plants. The sources of novel herbicide resistance were originally isolated in mutant rice plants. The sequences impart pre-emergence resistance, post-emergence resistance, or both pre-emergence resistance and post-emergence resistance to multiple herbicides. To date, resistance has been ... 09/08/05 - 20050198704 - Chloroplast transgenesis of monocots: bioconfined genetically engineered monocot crops that will eliminate transgene flow The present invention discloses transgenic monocot plants in which the plastid genome has been genetically engineered. The bioconfined genetically engineered monocot crops have transgene-free pollen grains which eliminate or dramatically reduce transgene flow. The present invention discloses plastid transgenesis technology having the additional advantages of the absence of gene silencing ... 09/08/05 - 20050198703 - Sweet potato sporamin gene promoter A transformed tuberous plant cell or a transgenic tuberous plant containing a heterologous nucleic acid that includes a sweet potato sporamin promoter operably linked to a sequence encoding a polypeptide. ... 09/08/05 - 20050198702 - Seed-preferred promoter from maize The present invention provides a composition and method for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. The composition is a novel nucleic acid sequence for a seed-preferred promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence is also provided. The method ... 09/01/05 - 20050193444 - Transgenic corn seed with enhanced amino acid content Anti-sense-oriented RNA gene suppression agents in the form of a loop of anti-sense-oriented RNA is produced in cells of transgenic organisms, e.g. plants, by transcription from a recombinant DNA construct which comprises in 5′ to 3′ order a promoter element operably linked to an anti-sense-oriented DNA element and a complementary ... 09/01/05 - 20050193443 - Transcription factors, dna and methods for introduction of value-added seed traits and stress tolerance Abscisic acid-inducible gene expression in different plant tissues is enhanced synergistically by the co-expression of a B3-domain transcription factor and various bZIP-domain transcription factors, or a different B3-domain transcription factor. Using these transcription factors in novel formulations, as shown by examples, will confer value-added traits to transgenic plants, including, but ... 09/01/05 - 20050193442 - Soybean cultivar 70826751 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 70826751, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 70826751, to the plants of soybean 70826751 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 70826751 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 09/01/05 - 20050193441 - Soybean cultivar 0509243 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 0509243, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509243, to the plants of soybean 0509243 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509243 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 09/01/05 - 20050193440 - Soybean cultivar 0509246 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 0509246, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509246, to the plants of soybean 0509246 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509246 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 09/01/05 - 20050193439 - Soybean cultivar 0509253 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 0509253, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509253, to the plants of soybean 0509253 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509253 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 09/01/05 - 20050193438 - Soybean cultivar 0509247 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 0509247, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509247, to the plants of soybean 0509247 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509247 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 09/01/05 - 20050193437 - Soybean cultivar 0509252 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 0509252, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509252, to the plants of soybean 0509252 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509252 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 09/01/05 - 20050193436 - Soybean cultivar 0509241 A soybean cultivar, designated 0509241, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509241, to the plants of soybean 0509241 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509241 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean ... 08/25/05 - 20050188437 - Brassica napus with early maturity (early napus) and resistance to an ahas-inhibitor herbicide Improved varieties of Brassica napus having early maturity (“Early Napus”) and resistance to an AHAS-inhibitor herbicide, such as an imidazolinone, are provided. These varieties may be used to produce inbreds or hybrids or to produce vegetable oil and meal. Parts of these plants, including plant cells, are also provided. ... 08/25/05 - 20050188436 - Continuous culture of conifer embryogenic tissue The present invention provides methods for multiplying conifer embryogenic tissue. The methods of the present invention each include the step of continuously culturing conifer embryogenic tissue in liquid multiplication medium for a period of time sufficient for the embryogenic tissue to multiply. ... 08/25/05 - 20050188435 - Method of increasing the ggt activity in plants, plants with increased ggt activity, and a method of producing such plants The present invention describes a novel plant having increased activity of glutamate glyoxylate aminotransferase (GGT), a method of producing the plant, a seed of the plant, and a plant having an increased amino acid content. The present invention more specifically provides a plant which is improved in the content of ... 08/25/05 - 20050188434 - Method for plant breeding Methods and compositions relating to glyphosate resistant maize plants, including the GA21, GG25, GJ11 and FI117 transformation events, are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of using herbicide resistance transformation events in plant breeding procedures. The invention further includes methods of ensuring plant seed purity. ... 08/25/05 - 20050188433 - Nucleic acids that can be used to create plants with a modified metabolite content The invention relates to a nucleic acid that encodes a plant transporter of the inner mitochondrial membrane, in particular a member of the mitochondrial carrier family (MCF), and uses of this nucleic acid. The invention furthermore relates to a fragment of the nucleic acid, a construct containing the nucleic acid ... 08/25/05 - 20050188432 - Bi-directional dual promoter complex with enhanced promoter activity for transgene expression in eukaryotes The present invention is directed to bidirectional promoter complexes that are effective for enhancing transcriptional activity of transgenes. The bidirectional promoters of the invention include a modified enhancer region with at least two core promoters on either side of the modified enhancer in a divergent orientation. ... 08/18/05 - 20050183160 - Novel multiple shoot proliferation and regeneration system for plants Improved methods for the regeneration of transgenic plants using apical dominance inhibitors are disclosed. Use of dikegulac to induce multiple shoot formation in culture is particularly disclosed. ... 08/18/05 - 20050183159 - Floral organ tissue-specific expression of isopentenyl transferase The invention provides methods and compositions for the production of transgenic plants, plant cells, embryos, and seeds that produce plants with floral organs that have increased mass and/or size as compared to wild-type plants. ... 08/18/05 - 20050183158 - Soybean cultivar 0509244 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 0509244, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509244, to the plants of soybean 0509244 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509244 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 08/18/05 - 20050183157 - Soybean cultivar 0509240 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 0509240, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509240, to the plants of soybean 05092240 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509240 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 08/18/05 - 20050183156 - Soybean cultivar 0509239 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 0509239, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509239, to the plants of soybean 0509239 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509239 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 08/18/05 - 20050183155 - Soybean cultivar 0509254 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 0509254, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509254, to the plants of soybean 0509254 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509254 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 08/18/05 - 20050183154 - Soybean cultivar 0509245 A soybean cultivar, designated 0509245, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509245, to the plants of soybean 0509245 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509245 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean ... 08/18/05 - 20050183153 - Soybean cultivar 0509251 A soybean cultivar, designated 0509251, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509251, to the plants of soybean 0509251 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509251 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean ... 08/18/05 - 20050183152 - Soybean cultivar 2386009 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 2386009, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 2386009, to the plants of soybean 2386009 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 2386009 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 08/18/05 - 20050183151 - Soybean cultivar 0509248 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 0509248, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509248, to the plants of soybean 0509248 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509248 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 08/18/05 - 20050183150 - Method for regenerating and transforming st. augustinegrass from embryogenic callus Method of initiating, proliferating, and regenerating embryogenic callus from immature inflorescence explants of St. Augustinegrass, and method of transforming and regenerating the embryogenic callus to produce transgenic St. Augustinegrass. The invention also encompasses St. Augustinegrass callus and adult plants produced by the method. ... 08/11/05 - 20050177899 - Non-transgenic herbicide resistant plants The present invention relates to the production of a non-transgenic plant resistant or tolerant to a herbicide of the phosphonomethylglycine family, e.g., glyphosate. The present invention also relates to the use of a recombinagenic oligonucleobase to make a desired mutation in the chromosomal or episomal sequences of a plant in ... 08/11/05 - 20050177898 - Maize metallothionein 2 promoter and methods of use 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 promoter for the gene encoding metallothionein. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. ... 08/11/05 - 20050177897 - Maize metallothionein promoter 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 promoter for the gene encoding metallothionein. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. ... 08/11/05 - 20050177896 - Inbred corn line d601 An inbred corn line, designated D601, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line D601, to the plants of inbred corn line D601 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line D601 with itself or another corn ... 08/11/05 - 20050177895 - Inbred corn line kw4u110 This invention is in the field of corn breeding, specifically relating to a dent corn inbred designated as KW4U110. Inbred corn line KW4U110 is a yellow dent corn inbred with superior characteristics and provides an excellent, female parental line in crosses for producing first generation (F1) hybrid corn. KW4U110 contributes ... 08/11/05 - 20050177894 - Inbred corn line d501 An inbred corn line, designated D501, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line D501, to the plants of inbred corn line D501 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line D501 with itself or another corn ... 08/11/05 - 20050177893 - Transcription factors and methods for introduction of value-added seed traits and stress tolerance A variety of stress-related traits in plants are enhanced by the synergistic use of ABI-5 and Viviparous-1 (VP-1) like transcription factors to regulate abscisic acid (ABA)-inducible gene expression. Using these transcription factors in novel formulations, as shown by examples, will confer value-added traits to transgenic plants, including, but not limited ... 08/11/05 - 20050177892 - Maize rar1-interactor polynucleotides and methods of use The invention provides isolated Rar1-interactor nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering the Rar1-interactor protein concentration and/or composition of plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants. ... 08/11/05 - 20050177891 - Novel plant glucosidase i and use thereof for producing recombinant proteins with modified glycosylation The invention concerns a novel plant glucosidase I and nucleic acids coding for said enzyme involved in N-glycosylation of proteins during translation. The invention also concerns means for detecting said protein and nucleic acids, such as antibodies or nucleotide probes and primers. ... 08/04/05 - 20050172353 - Transgenic plants with controlled distribution of a trait to progeny A process of producing a transgenic multi-cellular plants or parts thereof expressing a trait of interest, said trait having a controlled distribution of said trait to progeny, wherein said process comprises (i) producing a first plant or a cell thereof having in a first locus of a nuclear chromosome a ... 07/28/05 - 20050166283 - Methods for simultaneous control of lignin content and composition, and cellulose content in plants The present invention relates to a method of concurrently introducing multiple genes into plants and trees is provided. The method includes simultaneous transformation of plants with multiple genes from the phenylpropanoid pathways including 4CL, CAld5H, AldOMT, SAD and CAD genes and combinations thereof to produce various lines of transgenic plants ... 07/28/05 - 20050166282 - Method and polynucleotides for determining translational efficiency of a codon A method is disclosed for determining the translational efficiency of an individual codon in a cell. The method includes introducing into the cell a synthetic construct including a reporter polynucleotide fused in frame with a tandem repeat of the individual codon, wherein the reporter polynucleotide encodes a reporter protein, and ... 07/28/05 - 20050166281 - Soybean cultivar 0509236 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 0509236, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509236, to the plants of soybean 0509236 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509236 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 07/28/05 - 20050166280 - Soybean cultivar 0509235 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 0509235, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509235, to the plants of soybean 0509235 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509235 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 07/28/05 - 20050166279 - Soybean cultivar 0509237 A novel soybean cultivar, designated 0509237, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509237, to the plants of soybean 0509237 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509237 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 07/28/05 - 20050166278 - Soybean cultivar sg5030nrr A novel soybean cultivar, designated SG5030NRR, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar SG5030NRR, to the plants of soybean SG5030NRR and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar SG5030NRR with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 07/28/05 - 20050166277 - Soybean cultivar sg4911nrr A novel soybean cultivar, designated SG4911NRR, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar SG4911NRR, to the plants of soybean SG4911NRR and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar SG4911NRR with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid ... 07/28/05 - 20050166276 - Light-repressible promoters The present invention provides a DNA fragment or promoter for expressing a gene of interest light-repressibly or specifically in the dark. A light-repressible promoter was obtained from the 5′ upstream region of a plant gene expressed light-repressibly or specifically in the dark, and the function of said promoter was extensively ... 07/21/05 - 20050160490 - Methods and means for producing efficient silencing construct using recombinational cloning Methods and means are provided for producing chimeric nucleic acid constructs capable of producing dsRNA for silencing target nucleic acid sequences of interest using recombinational cloning. ... 07/21/05 - 20050160489 - Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthases This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of ... 07/21/05 - 20050160488 - Grain quality through altered expression of seed proteins The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for altering the levels of seed proteins in cereal grain. The invention is directed to the alteration of seed protein levels in plant grain, resulting in grain with increased digestibility/nutrient availability, improved amino acid composition/nutritional value, increased response to feed processing, ... 07/21/05 - 20050160487 - Inbred maize line np2391 An inbred maize line, designated NP2391 having a lesser leaf angle compared to the leaf angle of inbred maize line A619 and when crossed with other inbred maize lines produce hybrids having excellent root lodging. ... 07/14/05 - 20050155102 - Methods and compositions for altering the functional properties of seed storage proteins in soybean The present invention provides methods and compositions useful for altering the functional properties of soybean seed storage proteins. It is the novel finding of the present invention that the functional properties of seed storage proteins can be altered by reducing the expression of one or more vacuolar processing enzymes in ... 07/14/05 - 20050155101 - System for transforming plants There is provided an equipment for transforming plants which comprises: a microporous body having a surface on which a plant seed is germinated and grown into a plant body, wherein the plant seed is germinated and grown by absorbing an aqueous nutrition which is retained in communicating pores in the ... 07/14/05 - 20050155100 - Population of transgenic plants, biological material derived therefrom, corresponding plasmid collection and population of transformed host organisms, use thereof and methods for producing the same The present invention relates to populations of trangenic plants encompassing a substantial part of all codogenic gene segments of a donor organism, and to biological material derived therefrom, plasmid collections and populations of transformed host organisms with which plants can be transformed in a suitable manner. There are also described ... 07/07/05 - 20050150003 - Method for improving phytoremediation treatment of a contaminated medium A method for the phytoremediation treatment of a contaminated medium with at least one element selected from the group consisting of (preferably water soluble and volatile) organic pollutants, heavy metals, radionuclides or a mixture thereof, comprising the step of cultivating upon said contaminated medium a plant associated with an endophytic ... 07/07/05 - 20050150002 - Novel carotenoid hydroxylases for use in engineering carotenoid metabolism in plants The present invention relates to genes, proteins and methods comprising carotenoid monooxygenases in the cytochrome P450 family. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to altering carotenoid ratios in plants and microorganisms using LUT1 ε-hydroxylases and/or CYP97A β-hydroxylases. ... 07/07/05 - 20050150001 - Dna construct and method for increasing production of vitamin c in a plant Provided are DNA constructs that comprise a DNA molecule encoding a protein with D-galacturonate reductase activity involved in L-ascorbic acid synthesis in plant cells and a region for initiating functional transcription in plants. Preferred constructs include SEQ ID NO: 1 or analogues thereof. The constructs have utility in increasing vitamin ... 06/30/05 - 20050144665 - Recombinase mediated gene traps The present invention provides methods for identifying a genetically modified plant cell comprising a recombinase-mediated exchange between a first nucleotide sequence and a second nucleotide sequence. The present invention provides a method for obtaining a genetically modified plant cell wherein a functional recombination at both the 5′ and 3′ ends ... 06/23/05 - 20050138683 - Cotton cultivar phy 800 pima A cotton cultivar, designated PHY 800 Pima, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar PHY 800 Pima, to the plants and plant parts of cotton cultivar PHY 800 Pima and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar PHY 800 Pima with ... 06/23/05 - 20050138682 - Cotton cultivar phy 78 acala A cotton cultivar designated PHY 78 Acala is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar PHY 78 Acala, to the plants and plant parts of cotton PHY 78 Acala and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar PHY 78 Acala with itself ... 06/23/05 - 20050138681 - Soybean containing high levels of free amino acids The present invention relates to a soybean, which can be easily processed into a food containing free amino acids and has a high total free amino acid content in the seeds thereof, and a method of producing such soybean. By providing a soybean characterized in that it genetically lacks all ... 06/16/05 - 20050132437 - High lysine maize compositions and methods for detection thereof Disclosed herein are assays for detecting the presence of a lysine-increasing transgenic event based on the DNA sequence of the exogenous DNA construct inserted into the maize genome and of genomic sequences flanking the insertion site. Also provided are transgenic plants having a novel exogenous DNA construct that expresses a ... 06/16/05 - 20050132436 - Multi-embryo manufactured seed A manufactured seed (20) is provided. The manufactured seed includes a first seed shell (22a) and a first restraint (32a) disposed within the first shell. The first restraint includes a cavity (38a), and at least two embryos (34a) and (34b) disposed within the manufactured seed. ... 06/16/05 - 20050132435 - Method for plant transformation based on the pollination-fecundation pathway and the products thereof A genotype-independent method for efficiently carrying out pollen-mediated gene transformation of cereals uses pollen which is pretreated with silicon carbide, and transforming DNA coding for specific traits, whereby the method can produce transformed plants exhibiting useful traits, with high efficiency and reproducibility. ... 06/16/05 - 20050132434 - Methods and compositions for the production of stably transformed, fertile monocot plants and cells thereof This invention relates to a reproducible system for the production of stable, genetically transformed maize cells, and to methods of selecting cells that have been transformed. One method of selection disclosed employs the Streptomyces bar gene introduced by microprojectile bombardment into embryogenic maize cells which were grown in suspension cultures, ... 06/16/05 - 20050132433 - Inbred corn line mn7224 An inbred corn line, designated MN7224, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line MN7224, to the plants of inbred corn line MN7224 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line MN7224 with itself or another corn ... 06/16/05 - 20050132432 - Gene expression construct Provided are novel nucleic acid molecule encoding modified HAP1 DNA-binding domains. Also provided are novel reporter genes based on GFP and extension. The materials provided by the invention may be used in a variety of methods of activating genes having HAP1 upstream activation sequences in plants, which methods can be ... 06/09/05 - 20050125856 - Serine o-acetyltransferase This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a serine O-acetyltransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the serine O-acetyltransferase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of ... 06/09/05 - 20050125855 - Enhanced plant cell transformation by addition of host genes involved in t-dna integration Adding at least one gene involved in plant host cell T-DNA integration enhances transformation by Agrobacterium. The histone H2A gene encoded by the Arabidopsis RAT5 gene increases transformation frequencies of plants, most likely by causing overexpression of a product needed for T-DNA integration. Agrobacterium tumefaciens genetically transforms plant cells by ... 06/09/05 - 20050125854 - Rice transposon genes The present invention relates to a nonautonomous transposon gene, autonomous transposon gene and transposase gene of rice (Oryza sativa); and a method to transpose the transposon gene; and transformed plants by the transposition. The inventors examined nucleotide sequence of rice genomes and discovered nonautonomous transposon genes, autonomous transposon genes and ... 06/02/05 - 20050120407 - Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthases This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of ... 06/02/05 - 20050120406 - Nucleic acid sequences to proteins involved in isoprenoid synthesis Methods are provided for producing plants and seeds having altered isoprenoid content and compositions. The methods find particular use in increasing the isoprenoid levels in plants, and in providing desirable isoprenoid compositions in a host plant cell. ... 06/02/05 - 20050120405 - Plant amino acid biosynthetic enzymes This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a plant enzyme that catalyze steps in the biosynthesis of lysine, threonine, methionine, cysteine and isoleucine from aspartate, the enzyme a member selected from the group consisting of: dihydrodipicolinate reductase, diaminopimelate epimerase, threonine synthase, threonine deaminase and S-adenosylmethionine synthetase. The ... 06/02/05 - 20050120404 - 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 ... 06/02/05 - 20050120403 - Inhibition of generative propagation in genetically modified herbicide resistant grasses Novel grass plants, their progeny, and parts thereof are disclosed which have been genetically modified. This modification causes a heritable change herbicide resistance and in one or more plant characteristics such as, for example, inhibition of flowering, absence of inflorescence, increased production of tillers, delayed heading, and inhibition of the ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |