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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 > The Polynucleotide Confers Pathogen Or Pest Resistance The Polynucleotide Confers Pathogen Or Pest ResistanceThe Polynucleotide Confers Pathogen Or Pest Resistance 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 - 20070271631 - Method for the transformation of plant cell plastids Novel compositions and methods useful for genetic engineering of plant cells to provide a method of producing plastid transformed plants are provided in the instant invention. In particular, the present invention provides methods for obtaining plastid transformed plants on medium containing plastid lethal compounds. ... 11/22/07 - 20070271630 - Methods for genetic control of plant pest infestation and compositions thereof The present invention is directed to controlling plant pest infestation, and particularly plant nematode infestation, by inhibiting one or more biological functions in the plant pest. The invention discloses methods and compositions for use in controlling plant pest infestation by providing one or more different recombinant double stranded RNA molecules ... 11/15/07 - 20070266457 - Root-specific and xylem parenchyma-specific promoter The invention relates to a promoter that is provided with tissue-specific activity and is more active in xylem parenchyma cells of plant roots than it is in other cells of said plant. The inventive promoter allows transgenic plants to be produced with particular characteristics: (a) improved xylem charging and discharging ... 11/08/07 - 20070261135 - Disease resistance factors This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a disease resistance factor. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the disease resistance factor, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production ... 11/01/07 - 20070256194 - Isolated nucleic acids encoding resistance polypeptides and uses thereof The invention provides isolated nucleic acids from potato encoding LRR polypeptides that confer late blight disease resistance in plants of the Solanaceae family and vectors and transgenic plants comprising the nucleic acids. The invention also provides a method for providing a plant or its progeny with resistance against an oomycete ... 11/01/07 - 20070256193 - Plants with reduced expression of phosphatase type 2c gene for enhanced pathogen resistance The present invention relates to a method for down regulating an Arabidopsis protein phosphatase type 2C gene, referred to as “defense-associated protein phosphatase type 2C one” (DAPP1) that functions as a negative regulator of a plant defense pathway by contacting the gene or gene mRNA with an interfering nucleotide sequence ... 11/01/07 - 20070256192 - Methods for obtaining pathogen resistance in plants The invention relates to methods for generating or increasing a pathogen resistance in plants by expression, preferably pathogen-inducible expression, of a sucrose isomerase. ... 10/25/07 - 20070250959 - Maize promoter active in silks, stalk nodes, roots and leaf sheaths The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a tissue-preferred maize promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises ... 10/18/07 - 20070245429 - Soybean variety xb37l07 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB37L07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB37L07, to the plants of soybean XB37L07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB37L07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of ... 10/18/07 - 20070245428 - Bacillus thuringiensis cry gene and protein Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from an insect pest are provided. In particular, novel polynucleotides and the pesticidal polypeptides they encode are provided. Methods of using the novel polynucleotides and pesticidal polypeptides of the invention to protect a plant from an insect pest are further provided. Particular embodiments ... 10/18/07 - 20070245427 - Bacillus thuringiensis cry gene and protein Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from an insect pest are provided. In particular, novel polynucleotides and the pesticidal polypeptides they encode are provided. Methods of using the novel polynucleotides and pesticidal polypeptides of the invention to protect a plant from an insect pest are further provided. Particular embodiments ... 10/11/07 - 20070240239 - Axmi-003, a delta-endotoxin gene and methods for its use Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also ... 10/11/07 - 20070240238 - Methods of protecting plants from pathogenic fungi Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence ... 10/11/07 - 20070240237 - Expression in use of novel pesticidal toxins A novel pesticidal toxin isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis that is highly active against a wide range of lepidopteran insect pests is disclosed. The DNA encoding the pesticidal toxin can be used to transform various prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms to express the pesticidal toxin. These recombinant organisms can be used to ... 09/27/07 - 20070226839 - Biotic and abiotic stress tolerance 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, including resistance to disease and tolerance to low nitrogen, drought, and other abiotic stresses, as compared ... 08/30/07 - 20070204369 - Novel bacillus thuringiensis crystal polypeptides, polynucleotides, and compositions thereof The present invention provides insecticidal polypeptides related to Bacillus Cry2 polypeptides. Nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides of the invention are also provided. Methods for using the polypeptides and nucleic acids of the invention to enhance resistance of plants to insect predation are encompassed ... 08/30/07 - 20070204368 - Banana resistance genes and uses thereof The present invention relates to pathogenic resistance. More particularly the present invention relates to polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences involved in the resistance mechanism of banana plants to fungal pathogens particularly, the soil born Fusarium fungi. Two banana resistance genes, RGA5 and RGA2 are isolated and characterised. The invention also relates ... 08/23/07 - 20070199101 - Nucleic acid molecules encoding cyclotide polypeptides and methods of use The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acids encoding plant cyclotides. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the plant cyclotides, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in the production of altered levels of ... 08/23/07 - 20070199100 - Plants resistant to cytoplasm-feeding parasites The present invention relates to transgenic plants resistant to parasites that their normal life cycle includes feeding on the plant cytoplasm, including insects, nematodes and fungi, wherein the plants are engineered to produce small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) capable of silencing a parasite specific gene. Particularly the parasite gene is a ... 08/16/07 - 20070192899 - Antifungal polypeptides Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include an amino acid sequence, and variants and fragments thereof, for an antipathogenic polypeptide that was isolated from a fungal fermentation broth. Nucleic acid molecules that encode the antipathogenic polypeptides of the invention, ... 08/16/07 - 20070192898 - Proteins inducing multiple resistance of plants to phytopathogens and pests The object of the invention is a protein, termed MF3, or a functional derivative thereof with a novel structure that surprisingly can induce multiple resistance in plants toward a variety of viral and microbial infections and against pests. The invention also concerns an isolated DNA sequence encoding MF3 protein, as ... 08/02/07 - 20070180578 - Lipases and methods of use Methods of creating and enhancing insect resistance in plants by introducing non-plant lipases into plants are provided. Plants with enhanced insect resistance and seed from plants thereof are provided. DNA sequences encoding insecticidal lipases and insecticidal lipase gene products that are useful in the practice of this invention are also ... 08/02/07 - 20070180577 - Lipases and methods of use Methods of creating and enhancing insect resistance in plants by introducing non-plant lipases into plants are provided. Plants with enhanced insect resistance and seed from plants thereof are provided. DNA sequences encoding insecticidal lipases and insecticidal lipase gene products that are useful in the practice of this invention are also ... 08/02/07 - 20070180576 - Lipases and methods of use Methods of creating and enhancing insect resistance in plants by introducing non-plant lipases into plants are provided. Plants with enhanced insect resistance and seed from plants thereof are provided. DNA sequences encoding insecticidal lipases and insecticidal lipase gene products that are useful in the practice of this invention are also ... 07/19/07 - 20070169222 - Nucleic acids encoding anthelmintic agents and plants made therefrom The present invention provides DNA constructs, transgenic plants containing such constructs, and methods of making the plants. The DNA constructs encode a polypeptide that when expressed results in the production of fatty acid compounds having anthelmintic activity. Transgenic plants expressing such a polypeptide can exhibit enhanced resistance to plant parasitic ... 07/19/07 - 20070169221 - Novel bt toxin receptors from lepidopteran insects and methods of use The invention relates to Bt toxin resistance management. The invention particularly relates to the isolation and characterization of nucleic acid and polypeptides for a novel Bt toxin receptor. The nucleic acid and polypeptides are useful in identifying and designing novel Bt toxin receptor ligands including novel insecticidal toxins. ... 07/12/07 - 20070163000 - Bacillus thuringiensis cryet29 compositions toxic to coleopteran insects and ctenocephalides spp. Disclosed is a novel δ-endotoxin, designated CryET29, that exhibits insecticidal activity against siphonapteran insects, including larvae of the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), as well as against coleopteran insects, including the southern corn rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata), western corn rootworm (D. virgifera), Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica), and ... 07/12/07 - 20070162999 - Crop plant cystatin proteinase inhibitors and methods of use Methods and compositions for modulating development and defense responses are provided. Nucleotide sequences encoding maize, soybean, wheat and rice cystatin proteins are provided. The sequences can be used in expression cassettes for modulating development, developmental pathways, and defense responses. Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, and seed are also provided. ... 07/12/07 - 20070162998 - Cecpi: taro cysteine protease inhibitor An isolated polypeptide, comprising an amino acid sequence that is either the amino acid Sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, or the amino acid sequence of amino acid residues 49 to 53 of SEQ ID NO: 2. ... 07/12/07 - 20070162997 - Genetic markers linked to fusarium head blight-resistance factor and utilization thereof QTL analysis on the resistance to Fusarium head blight is performed by using an RI line (RHI population) grown by crossing Russia 6 (two-row, resistant) with H.E.S.4 (six-row, susceptible), an RI line (RI2 population) grown by crossing Harbin 2-row (resistant) with Turkey 6 (susceptible), and a DH line (DHHS population) ... 07/05/07 - 20070157338 - Insecticidal plant cyclotide with activity against homopteran insects The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acids encoding plant cyclotides. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the plant cyclotides, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in the production of altered levels of ... 06/28/07 - 20070150983 - Prevention of bt resistance development Plants made resistant to insects by transforming their nuclear genome with two or more DNA sequences, each encoding a different non-competitively binding B. thuringiensis protoxin or insecticidal part thereof, preferably the toxin thereof. ... 06/28/07 - 20070150982 - Fungal resistant transgenic plants Transgenic plants that are resistant to Sclerotinia and Phoma lingam are described as well as methods for producing such transgenic plants. ... 06/07/07 - 20070130653 - Methods and compositions for gene silencing Methods and compositions are provided for reducing the level of expression of a target polynucleotide in an organism. The methods and compositions selectively silence the target polynucleotide through the expression of a chimeric polynucleotide comprising the target for a sRNA (the trigger sequence) operably linked to a sequence corresponding to ... 05/31/07 - 20070124836 - Methods for genetic control of insect infestations in plants and compositions thereof The present invention relates to control of pest infestation by inhibiting one or more biological functions. The invention provides methods and compositions for such control. By feeding one or more recombinant double stranded RNA molecules provided by the invention to the pest, a reduction in pest infestation is obtained through ... 05/31/07 - 20070124835 - Method for producing a transgenic plant with the aid of agrobacterium thumefaciens The invention relates to an improved method for agrobacterium transformation and regeneration of plants. The inventive method is characterized in that it consists in sequentially preparing, inoculating and co-cultivating explants. The preparation of each subsequent lot of plants is carried out after a time interval for transforming plant cells and ... 05/24/07 - 20070118925 - 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. ... 05/24/07 - 20070118924 - Novel bacillus thuringiensis isolate active against lepidopteran pests, and genes encoding novel lepidopteran-active toxins Novel Bacillus thuringiensis genes encoding toxins which are active against lepidopteran insects have been cloned from novel lepidopteran-active B. thuringiensis microbes. The DNA encoding the B. thuringiensis toxins can be used to transform various prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes to express the B. thuringiensis toxins. These recombinant microbes can be used ... 05/03/07 - 20070101455 - Castanea sativa mill. genes codifying for allene oxide cyclase, cystatin, beta-1, 3-glucanase and thaumatin-like protein and their use This invention provides isolated and purified nucleotide sequences which are differentially expressed during chestnut infection with the pathogenic fungus Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands. The isolated genes can be inserted into expression cassettes and cloned in an expression vector which can be used to transform a host cell by selected transformation methods. ... 04/19/07 - 20070089197 - Papaya ringspot virus genes The present invention relates to the isolation and identification of nucleic acid sequences encoding the coat protein of papaya ringspot virus in the Kapoho (KA), Keaau (KE), Thailand (TH), Brazil (BR), Jamaica (JA), Mexico (ME), Venezuela (VE), and Oahu (OA) strains, and the uses thereof to impart viral resistance to ... 04/12/07 - 20070083948 - Method and composition for increasing branching and flowering response in plants A unique fusion gene is disclosed which is useful for transforming a wide range of plants, resulting in a significant alteration of the plant phenotype with respect to shoot and floral tissue response, but not affecting root growth or function. The gene construct includes an ACC oxidase promoter to drive ... 04/05/07 - 20070079397 - Isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the br2 p-glycoprotein of maize and methods of modifying growth in plants transformed therewith The invention relates to the genetic modification of plants, particularly to the expression of P-glycoprotein genes in transformed plants. Nucleotide sequences for the Br2 gene encoding a P-glycoprotein of maize and methods for their use are provided. The sequences find use in modifying the growth of plants. ... 03/29/07 - 20070074308 - Dna encoding insecticidal cry9fa bacillus thuringiensis proteins and recombinant hosts expressing same The present invention relates to new DNA sequences encoding an insecticidal Cry9Fa protein and insecticidal parts thereof, which are useful to protect plants from insect damage. Also included herein are micro-organisms and plants transformed with a DNA sequence encoding an insecticidal Cry9Fa protein and processes for controlling insects and to ... 03/29/07 - 20070074307 - Citrus tristeza virus resistance genes and methods of use Nucleic acid molecules Rcan5 and Rcan6 derived from Poncirus confer disease resistance to citrus tristeza virus (CTV) infection in a non-Poncirus plant. Methods of conferring disease resistance to CTV infection, as well as citrus plants having a nucleic acid molecule that induces disease resistance to CTV infection are described. ... 03/29/07 - 20070074306 - Plant transcriptional activator and uses thereof The present invention relates to plant transcriptional activators and mutants thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to uses of plant transcriptional activators and mutants thereof for increasing plant defence responses to pathogens. In particular, the present invention relates to a peptide which confers increased pathogen resistance upon a plant expressing ... 03/22/07 - 20070067868 - Insect resistant cotton plants and methods of detecting the same The present application relates to an insect resistant transgenic cotton event designated COT202. The application also relates to polynucleotides which are characteristic of the COT202 event, plants comprising the polynucleotides, and methods of detecting the COT202 event. ... 03/15/07 - 20070061920 - Artificial chromosomes, uses thereof and methods for preparing artificial chromosomes Methods for preparing cell lines that contain artificial chromosomes, methods for preparation of artificial chromosomes, methods for purification of artificial chromosomes, methods for targeted insertion of heterologous DNA into artificial chromosomes, methods for amplification of nucleic acids and methods for delivery of the chromosomes to selected cells and tissues are ... 03/15/07 - 20070061919 - Lepidopteran-active bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxin polynucleotides, compositions, and methods of use Disclosed are Bacillus thuringiensis strains comprising novel crystal proteins which exhibit insecticidal activity against lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are novel B. thuringiensis genes and their encoded crystal proteins, as well as methods of making and using transgenic cells comprising the novel nucleic acid sequences of the invention. ... 03/15/07 - 20070061918 - Method for modifying gene expression of a phytopathogenic fungus The present invention relates to a system for controlling the development of fungi during a phytopathogenic attack which enables the plant to express a construct for inhibiting the expression of a gene essential to the development or to the pathogenicity of the fungus. ... 02/22/07 - 20070044179 - Insecticidal compositions and methods of using the same The subject application concerns novel materials and methods for controlling non-mammalian pests. In a certain embodiments, the subject materials and methods for the control of coleopteran or lepidopteran pests are provided. The subject application also provides pesticidal proteins and compositions comprising pesticidal proteins that are derived from Beauvaria bassiana. These ... 02/22/07 - 20070044178 - Axmi-028 and axmi-029, a family of novel delta-endotoxin genes and methods for their use Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also ... 02/01/07 - 20070028325 - A multiple-eared inbred line of corn for production of baby corn According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated W701BC. This inbred variety yields multiple ears, and is ideal for production of baby corn. The invention further relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety W701BC, and to methods for producing ... 02/01/07 - 20070028324 - Methods for transforming plants to express delta-endotoxins Disclosed is a means of controlling plant pests by a novel method of expressing Cry2A B. thuringiensis δ-endotoxins in plants. The invention comprises novel nucleic acid segments encoding proteins comprising Cry2A B. thuringiensis δ-endotoxins. The nucleic acid segments are disclosed, as are transformation vectors containing the nucleic acid segments, plants ... 01/25/07 - 20070022496 - Downy mildew resistant lettuce The present invention relates to a lettuce cultivar having resistance to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae) and which has an extraordinary high number of green, round-shaped leaves. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-22 RZ, referred to as Socrates, representative seed having ... 01/25/07 - 20070022495 - Transcription factors for increasing yield The invention is directed to transgenic plants transformed with nucleic acids that encode a plant transcription factor that increases the transgenic plant's size and yield and/or delays flowering in the plant, and methods of using and producing the transgenic plants. ... 01/18/07 - 20070016979 - Stem-regulated, plant defense promoter and uses thereof in tissue-specific expression in monocots The invention is directed to isolated promoters from stem-regulated, defense-inducible genes, such as JAS promoters. The promoters are useful in expression cassettes and expression vectors for the transformation of plants. Particularly, the invention provides transgenic plants of rice and sugarcane that have been modified such that expression of a heterologous ... 01/18/07 - 20070016978 - Plants having an enhanced resistance to necrotrophic pathogens and method of making same A method for enhancing resistance to necrotrophic and/or hemibiotrophic pathogens by overexpressing glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase using an expression vector in a plant species. For example, the present method can be used to enhance resistance to C. haggansianum by overexpressing glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in a plant such as Arabidopsis plant, using an expression ... 01/18/07 - 20070016977 - Gene resistant to aphis gossypii The present invention relates to the cloning of the Vat gene involved in resistance to the aphid Aphis gossypii and/or resistance to viral transmission by said aphid, in addition to the identification of novel markers of said gene. ... 01/18/07 - 20070016976 - Plant genes involved in defense against pathogens Methods to identify genes, the expression of which are altered in response to pathogen infection, are provided, as well as the genes identified thereby and their corresponding promoters. ... 01/11/07 - 20070011775 - Double-stranded rna stabilized in planta This invention discloses recombinant DNA constructs that transcribe to RNA having improved resistance to a plant RNase III enzyme, and methods for their use in making transgenic plant cells, plants, seeds, and products derived therefrom. Also provided are compositions and methods for imparting to a plant resistance to a pest ... 01/11/07 - 20070011774 - Methods and compositions for tobacco plants 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. ... 01/11/07 - 20070011773 - Method of resistance management for transgenic crops The present invention provides a method for reducing the incidence of resistance of pests to pesticidal plants. In particular, there is provided a locus at which plant pests feed comprising at least two regions, characterised in that: a) a first region comprises plants which produce at least a first pesticidal ... 01/11/07 - 20070011772 - Polynucleotides encoding a beta-glucosidase and uses thereof Disclosed are polynucleotides that encode a beta-glucosidase belonging to the plant protein class of family 1 glycoside hydrolases. Furthermore described are recombinant nucleic molecules and vectors containing these polynucleotides and host cells, preferably plant cells that are genetically engineered with these polynucleotides. In addition, transgenic plants are disclosed which show ... 01/04/07 - 20070006342 - Lettuce variety The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa L. var. longifolia Lam seed designated as 41-52 RZ, referred to as Nirvanus, which exhibits resistance against downy mildew (Bremia lactucae Regel), currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribis-nigri), corky root (Sphingomonas suberifaciens) and lettuce mosaic virus (LMV), the representative seed having been deposited with ... 01/04/07 - 20070006341 - Utility of phylloplanins as antibiotics, selective fungicides and for enhancing microbial resistance in crop plants The invention is directed to methods and compositions that inhibit pathogen proliferation. More particularly, these methods and compositions involve the use of phylloplane proteins as antibiotics against human and animal pathogens. ... 01/04/07 - 20070006340 - Combinations of cry1ab and cry1fa as an insect resistance management tool Compositions for controlling lepidopteran insects use Cry1Fa and Cry1Ab core toxin containing proteins in combination to delay or prevent development of resistance. ... 12/28/06 - 20060294618 - Recessive plant viral resistance results from mutations in translation initiation factor eif4e The present invention relates to methods of imparting virus resistance to plants. In one aspect, this method involves silencing a gene encoding a translation initiation factor eIF4E in the plant. In another aspect, this method involves overexpressing a heterologous translation initation factor eIF4E in a plant. The present invention further ... 12/21/06 - 20060288448 - Insect-specific protease recognition sequences Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from an insect pest are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding insect protoxins or insect toxins modified to comprise at least one proteolytic activation site that is sensitive to an insect gut protease are provided. Cleavage of a modified insect protoxin at the proteolytic ... 12/21/06 - 20060288447 - Method for disease control in mon89788 soybean The present invention relates to a method to control diseases of MON89788 soybean by treatment with formulations and mixtures containing glyphosate. In particular, the formulations and mixtures are effective at controlling fungal diseases of MON89788. More specifically, the invention relates to a method to control the severity of leaf rust ... 12/21/06 - 20060288446 - Transgenic disease resistant banana A nucleic acid construct or construct system which includes (i) a first polynucleotide encoding endochitinase, (ii) a second polynucleotide encoding stilbene synthase and (iii) a third polynucleotide encoding superoxide dismutase. In addition, banana cells transformed with the nucleic acid-construct or construct system, banana plants generated therefrom and methods of producing ... 12/21/06 - 20060288445 - P15 hairpin constructs and use The present invention concerns a method of genetic modification of a TGB-3 wild type viral sequence for reducing or suppressing the possible deleterious effects of the agronomic properties of a transformed plant or plant cell by said TGB-3 viral sequence, comprising the following successive steps: submitting said sequence to point ... 12/21/06 - 20060288444 - Soybean polymorphisms and methods of genotyping Polymorphic soybean DNA loci are useful for genotyping between at least two varieties of soybean. Sequences of the loci are useful for designing primers and probe oligonucleotides for detecting polymorphisms in soybean DNA. Polymorphisms are useful for genotyping applications in soybean. The polymorphic markers are useful to establish marker/trait associations, ... 12/07/06 - 20060277627 - Resistance to soybean aphid in early maturing soybean germplasm The present invention relates to compositions and methods for providing aphid resistance in plants. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions and methods for using aphid resistant germplasm for breeding soybean aphid resistant soybean plants, including but not limited to cultivars, varieties, lines and methods of breeding the same for ... 11/30/06 - 20060272050 - Polypeptides having antimicrobial activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having antimicrobial 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. ... 11/30/06 - 20060272049 - Insect resistance using inhibition of gene expression The current invention provides methods to silence insect genes by using unpackaged dsRNA or siRNA, in one embodiment such dsRNA or siRNA is present in plant vascular tissue, preferably phloem, more particularly phloem sap, and the insect is a plant sap-sucking insect. Also provided are DNA sequences which when transcribed ... 11/23/06 - 20060265783 - Modulating developmental pathways in plants The invention relates to a method to modulate plant growth or development by modifying genes in plants. The invention among others relates to modifying RKS genes or gene products as found in Arabidopsis thaliana or other plants. The invention provides a method for modulating a developmental pathway of a plant ... 11/16/06 - 20060260008 - Polynucleotide encoding coleopteran-toxic polypeptide Disclosed are novel insecticidal polypeptides, and compositions comprising these polypeptides, peptide fragments thereof, and antibodies specific therefor. Also disclosed are vectors, transformed host cells, and transgenic plants that contain nucleic acid segments that encode the disclosed δ-endotoxin polypeptides. Also disclosed are methods of identifying related polypeptides and polynucleotides, methods of ... 11/16/06 - 20060260007 - Inhibitors of yeast filamentous growth and method of their manufacture The invention broadly relates to the use of α, β-unsaturated fatty acids to inhibit the filamentous growth of fungi and yeasts and to a method for producing same. In particular the invention relates to the use of optionally substituted C8 to C15 α, β-unsaturated fatty acids or salts, esters or ... 11/09/06 - 20060253925 - Coleopteran-toxic polypeptide compositions Disclosed are novel insecticidal polypeptides, and compositions comprising these polypeptides, peptide fragments thereof, and antibodies specific therefor. Also disclosed are vectors, transformed host cells, and transgenic plants that contain nucleic acid segments that encode the disclosed δ-endotoxin polypeptides. Also disclosed are methods of identifying related polypeptides and polynucleotides, methods of ... 11/09/06 - 20060253924 - Nucleotide sequences involved in disease resistance Method for the identification and isolation of expressed nucleic acid sequences that are associated with disease resistance of a plant against a plant pathogen, isolated nucleic acid molecules and variants and/or homologues thereof, constructs, plants and polypeptides encoded by said nucleotide sequences and the use of these sequences in the ... 11/02/06 - 20060248610 - Fungus resistant plants and their uses The present invention relates to a novel method for increasing the resistance, of a plant, in particular of a Solanaceae, preferably of potato and tomato, to plant pathogens of the phylum Oomyceta comprising increasing the activity of the polypeptid of the present invention. The invention further relates to polynucleotides and ... 10/26/06 - 20060242733 - Bacillus cry9 family members The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding δ-endotoxins having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, expression cassettes, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic ... 10/26/06 - 20060242732 - Axmi-027, axmi-036 and axmi-038, a family of delta endotoxin genes and methods for their use Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also ... 10/19/06 - 20060236423 - Insecticidal plant cyclotide with activity against homopteran insects The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acids encoding plant cyclotides. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the plant cyclotides, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in the production of altered levels of ... 10/19/06 - 20060236422 - Methods of distinguishing ear shape and resistance against gibberella zeae and method of improving barley plant using the same Using crossbred segregating populations of two-rowed and six-rowed barley cultivars, the row type of individual plants was precisely determined. The results indicate that row type is controlled by a single gene. In addition, it was discovered that molecular markers linked with this gene could be used to identify whether a ... 10/05/06 - 20060225152 - Polynucleotides and methods for making plants resistant to fungal pathogens This invention relates to polynucleotide sequences encoding a gene that can confer resistance to the plant pathogen Colletotrichum, which causes anthracnose stalk rot, leaf blight and top dieback in corn and other cereals. It further relates to plants and seeds of plants carrying chimeric genes comprising said polynucleotide sequences, which ... 10/05/06 - 20060225151 - Polynucleotides and methods for making plants resistant to fungal pathogens This invention relates to polynucleotide sequences encoding a gene that can confer resistance to the plant pathogen Colletotrichum, which causes anthracnose stalk rot, leaf blight and top dieback in corn and other cereals. It further relates to plants and seeds of plants carrying chimeric genes comprising said polynucleotide sequences, which ... 10/05/06 - 20060225150 - 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 ... 10/05/06 - 20060225149 - Generation of plants with improved pathogen resistance The present invention is directed to plants that display a pathogen resistance phenotype due to altered expression of a PPR1 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with a pathogen resistance phenotype. ... 09/28/06 - 20060218666 - Nucleotide sequences encoding anthonomous toxic polypeptides from bacillus thuringiensis A novel gene encoding a Coleopteran inhibitory Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal crystal protein is disclosed. The protein, tIC851, is insecticidally active and provides plant protection from at least cotton boll weevil, Anthomomus grandis, when applied to plants in an insecticidally effective composition. ... 09/28/06 - 20060218665 - Anti-microbial peptide known as halocyntin, gene coding for said peptide, vector, transformed organism and composition containing said peptide An isolated peptide having an amino acid sequence FWGHIWNAVKRVGANALHGAVTGALS (SEQ ID No. 1), its derivatives and its fragments containing at least 7 amino acids. ... 09/21/06 - 20060212966 - Root-preferred, nematode-inducible soybean promoter 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 a root-preferred and inducible promoter for the gene encoding a soybean dirigent protein. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the ... 09/21/06 - 20060212965 - Axmi-018, axmi-020, and axmi-021, a family of delta-endotoxin genes and methods for their use Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also ... 09/21/06 - 20060212964 - Methods for enhancing insect resistance in plants Methods for creating and enhancing insect resistance in plants are provided. The methods comprise stably introducing into a plant a combination of polynucleotides comprising a sequence encoding a lipase polypeptide having insecticidal activity and a sequence encoding a Bt insecticidal protein, where each of these coding sequences is operably linked ... 09/14/06 - 20060206958 - Nucleotide sequences involved in plant disease resistance The present invention relates to methods for producing plants having enhanced disease resistance. NRC1 proteins and nucleic acid sequences encoding these are provided, as well as transgenic plants producing NRC1 proteins. ... 08/31/06 - 20060195938 - Polynucleotides encoding insect acetyl coenzyme-a carboxylase and uses thereof The instant invention provides nucleic acid molecules encoding insect acetyl CoA carboxylase, as well as acetyl CoA carboxylase encoded thereby. The invention further provides methods of identifying agents that modulate a level of acetyl CoA carboxylase mRNA, polypeptide, or enzyme activity. Such agents are candidate insecticidal compounds. ... 08/24/06 - 20060191036 - Tobacco products with increased 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. ... 08/24/06 - 20060191035 - Methods and compositions for protein production in tobacco plants 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. ... 08/24/06 - 20060191034 - Insecticidal proteins secreted from bacillus thuringiensis and uses therefor The present invention relates to the isolation and characterization of nucleotide sequences encoding novel insecticidal proteins secreted into the extracellular space from Bacillus thuringiensis and related strains. The proteins are isolated from culture supernatants of Bacillus thuringiensis and related strains and display insecticidal activity against coleopteran insects including Colorado potato ... 08/03/06 - 20060174372 - Plants transformed with polynucleotides encoding broad-spectrum delta-endotoxins Disclosed are novel synthetically-modified B. thuringiensis chimeric crystal proteins having improved insecticidal activity and broader insect host range against coleopteran, dipteran and lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are the nucleic acid segments encoding these novel peptides. Methods of making and using these genes and proteins are disclosed as well as methods ... 07/27/06 - 20060168683 - Insecticidal toxin complex fusion proteins The subject invention relates to insecticidal toxin complex (“TC”) fusion proteins and to polynucleotides that encode these fusion proteins. The subject invention also includes polynucleotides that encode the subject TC fusion proteins, and vectors comprising said polynucleotides. In some embodiments, the invention provides a fusion protein comprising a Class A ... 07/27/06 - 20060168682 - Plant peptide with antimicrobial activity The invention concerns novel peptides, in particular plant peptides, having an antimicrobial activity and a cytotoxic activity, in particular for plant cells. The invention also concerns polynucleotides coding for said peptides, vectors comprising said polynucleotides, micro-organisms and cells transformed with said vectors, transgenic organisms whereof all of part of the ... 07/20/06 - 20060162019 - Novel plant receptor-like kinases The present invention is related to plant molecular biology. Particularly it is related to nucleic acids and methods for conferring disease resistance in plants. It is also related to potato receptor-like kinases (PRKs) and PRK cDNA or nucleic acid sequences and their gene products for conferring enhanced resistance to pathogens ... 07/20/06 - 20060162018 - Plant transcriptional regulators of disease resistance 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 increased disease resistance or tolerance compared to a control plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides ... 07/20/06 - 20060162017 - Hybrid cotton plants and seeds, and methods and systems of generating same Novel hybrid cotton plants and seeds are provided herein. Also provided are methods and systems for generating such plants. ... 07/13/06 - 20060156434 - Xenorhabdus tc proteins and genes for pest control The subject invention relates to novel Xenorhabdus toxin complex (TC) proteins and genes that encode these proteins. More specifically, the subject invention relates to TC genes and proteins obtainable from Xenorhabdus strain Xwi. The subject invention also provides an exochitinase obtainable from the Xwi strain. This exochitinase can be used ... 07/13/06 - 20060156433 - Defensin-encoding nucleic acid molecules, uses therefor and transgenic plants comprising same The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules derived from Nicotiana alata, which encode defensin-like molecules. The present invention contemplates the use of such nucleic acid molecules in the generation of transgenic plants having resistance or at least reduced sensitivity to plant pests including insects, microorganisms, fungi and/or viruses. The transgenic ... 07/13/06 - 20060156432 - Insecticidal proteins derived from bacillus thuringiensis The present invention relates to the field of plant pest control, particularly insect control. Provided are nucleotide sequences from Bacillus thuringiensis encoding insecticidal proteins. Further provided are methods and means for using said nucleotide sequence for controlling plant insect pests. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply ... 07/06/06 - 20060150277 - Inbred corn line phcmv A novel inbred maize line designated PHCMV and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PHCMV with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHCMV through ... 07/06/06 - 20060150276 - Defensin-encoding nucleic acid molecules, uses therefor and transgenic plants comprising same The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules derived from Nicotiana alata, which encode defensin-like molecules. The present invention contemplates the use of such nucleic acid molecules in the generation of transgenic plants having resistance or at least reduced sensitivity to plant pests including insects, microorganisms, fungi and/or viruses. The transgenic ... 07/06/06 - 20060150275 - Inbred corn line phb00 A novel inbred maize line designated PHB00 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PHB00 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHB00 through ... 07/06/06 - 20060150274 - Inbred corn line phacv A novel inbred maize line designated PHACV and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PHACV with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHACV through ... 07/06/06 - 20060150273 - Grass endophytes An endophyte or endophyte culture of N. lolii species is described that, in combination with a host grass does not cause typical symptoms of ryegrass toxicosis in grazing animals and also contains levels of compounds from the class of janthitrems epoxides to individually or in combination protect the host grass ... 06/29/06 - 20060143735 - Root active promoters and uses thereof The present invention is directed to root active promoter sequences, polynucleotide constructs comprising the root active promoters and methods of identifying the root active promoters, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present root active promoters to modulate transcript levels. ... 06/29/06 - 20060143734 - Nucleic acids from rice conferring resistance to bacterial blight disease caused by xanthomonas spp The present invention provides plants, plant cells and methods of making transgenic plants or plant cells, wherein the plants or cells are resistant to bacterial blight. The invention provides isolated nucleic acid sequences comprising SEQ ID NO: 1 or fragments thereof which provide a plant with resistance to bacterial blight ... 06/22/06 - 20060137039 - Genetic loci associated with sclerotinia tolerance in soybean The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying soybean plants that are tolerant, have improved tolerance or are susceptible to Sclerotinia sp. infection (the causative agent of white mold). The methods use molecular genetic markers to identify, select and/or construct disease-tolerant plants or identify and counterselect disease-susceptible plants. Soybean ... 06/15/06 - 20060130178 - Expression cassettes for meristem-preferential expression in plants The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with meristem-preferential or meristem-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from Arabidopsis thaliana genes At2g02180, At5g54510, At2g26970, At2g01180, At3g45560, At4g00580, At1g54480, or At4g11490, or the Arabidopsis thaliana genomic sequences as described by SEQ ID NO: 35 or 36. ... 06/15/06 - 20060130177 - Methods for enhancing plant resistance to pathogens The present inventors studied intensively, concentrating on the hypersensitive reaction from among the various reactions involved in enhancing plant resistance. As a result, the inventors found AAM97746.1 to be a protein that induces hypersensitive reaction-like lesion mimic. Disease or pest resistance in plants can be enhanced by using this protein ... 06/15/06 - 20060130176 - Micrornas The invention provides methods and compositions useful in target sequence suppression, target sequence validation and target sequence down regulation. The invention provides polynucleotide constructs useful for gene silencing or RNA down regulation, as well as cells, plants and seeds comprising the polynucleotides. The invention also provides a method for using ... 06/15/06 - 20060130175 - Cot102 insecticidal cotton The present application relates an insect resistant transgenic cotton plant. In particular, it relates to a specific event, designated COT102. The application also relates to polynucleotides which are characteristic of the COT102 event, plants comprising said polynucleotides, and methods of detecting the COT102 event. The COT102 event exhibits a novel ... 06/08/06 - 20060123512 - Polypeptide compositions toxic to diabrotica insects, and methods of use Disclosed is a novel Lepidopteran- and Coleopteran-active δ-endotoxin polypeptide, and compositions comprising the polypeptide, peptide fragments thereof, and antibodies specific therefor. Also disclosed are vectors, transformed host cells, and transgenic plants that comprise nucleic acid segments encoding the polypeptide. Also disclosed are methods of identifying related polypeptides and polynucleotides, methods ... 06/01/06 - 20060117412 - Pharmaceutical proteins, human therapeutics, human serum albumin insulin, native cholera toxic b submitted on transgenic plastids Mass production of affordable vaccines can be achieved by genetically engineering plants to produce recombinant proteins that are candidate vaccine antigens. The B subunits of Enteroxigenic E. coli (LTB) and cholera toxin of Vibrio cholerae (CTB) are examples of such antigens. When the native LTB gene was expressed via the ... 06/01/06 - 20060117411 - Enhancing plant pathogen resistance via increasing bip levels The present invention provides a method of reducing the period within which a plant's natural defence mechanism responds to attack by a plant pathogen, the method comprising causing the plant to maintain, in at least a part of the plant, a level of BiP, or a homologue thereof, which is ... 05/25/06 - 20060112448 - Enzymes involved in triterpene synthesis This invention relates to isolated polynucleotides encoding a CYP51H. The invention also relates to the construction of recombinant DNA constructs comprising all or a portion of the isolated polynucleotide of the invention, in sense or antisense orientation, operably linked to at least one regulatory sequence. ... 05/25/06 - 20060112447 - Nucleotide sequences encoding cry1bb proteins for enhanced expression in plants The present invention describes compositions and methods that are useful in the control of lepidopteran insect pests, and more particularly describes nucleotide sequences for use in plants that encode full-length and truncated insecticidal toxins, as well as chimeric toxins. The nucleotide sequences of the present invention exhibit modifications that, when ... 05/18/06 - 20060107347 - Maize cr1bio gene promoter and its use to direct root-preferred transgene expression in plants 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 promoter for the gene encoding Cr1Bio. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is ... 05/11/06 - 20060101542 - Insect resistance The invention provides a method for establishing commercial cultivars of impatiens having elevated resistance to a specified insect pest. The resistance provided through use of the invention reduces physical damage to the plant caused by insect feeding, and secondarily reduces the likelihood of virus transfer to the plant via an ... 05/11/06 - 20060101541 - Rcc3 regulatory elements for use in plants The present invention provides polynucleotide molecules isolated from Oryza sativa and useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides DNA constructs containing the polynucleotide molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides transgenic plants and seeds containing the polynucleotide molecules useful for expressing ... 05/04/06 - 20060095988 - Synthetic plant genes and method for preparation A method for modifying structural gene sequences to enhance the expression of the protein product is disclosed. Also disclosed are novel structural genes which encode insecticidal proteins of B.t.k. HD-1, B.t.k. HD-73, B.t. tenebrionis, B.t. entomocidus, 2 protein of B.t.k. HD-1, and the coat protein of potato leaf roll virus. ... 05/04/06 - 20060095987 - Methods and materials for conferring resistance to pests and pathogens of plants Methods and materials for conferring pest resistance to plants are provided. Plants are transformed with a silencing construct homologous to a gene of a plant pest that is essential for the survival, development, or pathogenicity of the pest. This results in the plant producing RNAi to the selected gene, which, ... 05/04/06 - 20060095986 - Corn event pv-zmir13 (mon863) plants and compositions and methods for detection thereof The present invention provides compositions and methods for detecting the presence of the corn event MON863 DNA inserted into the corn genome from the transformation of the recombinant construct containing a Cry3Bb gene and of genomic sequences flanking the insertion site. The present invention also provides the corn event MON863 ... 04/27/06 - 20060090220 - Polypeptide having larvae growth inhibiting or insecticidal effect on scarabaeidae insects and polynucleotide encoding the same Through screening using an antibody to a polypeptide that constitutes a parasporal body in sporangia of Bacillus popilliae and has a larvae growth inhibiting or insecticidal effect on a Scarabaeidae insect and through polymerase chain reaction, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptide and polypeptides similar thereto are isolated. ... 04/20/06 - 20060085870 - Modified cry3a toxins Compositions and methods for controlling plant pests are disclosed. In particular, novel nucleic acid sequences encoding modified Cry3A toxins having increased toxicity to corn rootworm are provided. By inserting a protease recognition site, such as cathepsin G, that is recognized by a gut protease of a target insect in at ... 04/13/06 - 20060080749 - Nematode resistant transgenic plants Compositions and methods for providing nematode resistance are provided. One aspect provides transgenic plants or cells comprising an inhibitory nucleic acid specific for one or more nematode esophageal polypeptides. Other aspects provide transgenic plants or cells resistant to at least two different root-knot nematode species. ... 03/30/06 - 20060070139 - Corn event das-59122-7 and methods for detection thereof The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DAS-59122-7 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and ... 03/23/06 - 20060064775 - Method for increasing resistance against stress factors in plants The invention relates to methods for generating or increasing the resistance, in plants, to at least one biotic or abiotic stress factor, preferably to plant pathogens, by increasing the expression of at least one Bax inhibitor 1 (BI1) protein in at least one plant tissue, with the proviso that the ... 03/16/06 - 20060059583 - Insect desiccation resistance genes and uses thereof cDNA libraries were produced from Polypedilum vanderplanki larvae in a desiccated state, a P. vanderplanki EST database was constructed, and genes encoding LEA proteins were isolated. This resulted in the successful isolation of three types of novel gene encoding LEA-like proteins (PvLEA1, PvLEA2, and PvLEA3). When secondary structure predictions and ... 03/09/06 - 20060053511 - Method for expanding corn ear tips to increase seed yield through recessive genetic determinants This invention provides a novel means of making maize hybrids and inbreds with expanded ear tip phenotypes for promoting increased seed yield from recessive genetic determinants. This is achieved by making standard inbred×hybrid as well as inbred×inbred crosses followed by selection in the subsequent self-pollinated generations from these plants for ... 03/09/06 - 20060053510 - Transgenic plants incorporating traits of zostera marina The invention provides methods and compositions related to transgenic plants which incorporate genetic traits of the marine eelgrass Zostera marina. These traits include pathogen resistance, which may be conferred by stimulating zosteric acid biosynthesis, and root anoxia resistance, which may be conferred by introducing one or more anoxia-induced or anoxia-resistance ... 03/09/06 - 20060053509 - Germ-responsive promoter It is intended to provide a promoter responding specifically to germ infection (i.e. germ-responsive promoter). Namely, a germ-responsive promoter containing DNA comprising the PVS3 promoter region (SEQ ID NO:1) of potato plant. A region (SEQ ID NO:23) being important in the promoter activity. ... 03/02/06 - 20060048243 - Inbred maize line np2460 An inbred maize line, designated NP2460, seeds of inbred maize line NP2460, to plants of inbred maize line NP2460, to inbred maize line NP2460 into which one or more specific, single gene traits, for example, transgenes, have been transformed and/or introgressed. ... 03/02/06 - 20060048242 - Method of in planta transformation of kenaf plant with agrobacterium tumefaciens The present invention provides an in planta transformation method of kenaf plants, which is characterized in that wounds on the axillary buds of a kenaf plant are inoculated with Agrobacterium tumefaciens. ... 02/23/06 - 20060041955 - Marker mapping and resistance gene associations in soybean The invention provides novel molecular genetic markers in soybean, where the markers are useful, for example, in the marker-assisted selection of gene alleles that impart disease-resistance, thereby allowing the identification and selection of a disease-resistant plant. The markers also find use in positional cloning of disease-resistance genes. ... 02/23/06 - 20060041954 - Genetic loci associated with fusarium solani tolerance in soybean The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying soybean plants that are tolerant, have improved tolerance or are susceptible to Fusarium solani infection (the causative agent of sudden death syndrome or SDS). The methods use molecular genetic markers to identify, select and/or construct disease-tolerant plants or identify and counterselect ... 02/16/06 - 20060037101 - Compositions and methods using rna interference for control of nematodes The present invention concerns double stranded RNA compositions and transgenic plants capable of inhibiting expression of essential genes in parasitic nematodes, and methods associated therewith. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of RNA interference to inhibit expression of a target essential parasitic nematode gene, which is a parasitic nematode ... 02/16/06 - 20060037100 - Fungal resistant transgenic pepper plants and their production method A stable pepper transformation was established using Agrobacterium mediated method. Pepper plants were transformed with PepEST or PepDef gene, where the expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant resulted in increased resistance to fungal infection as compared to the wild type plant. Provided are agricultural products including seeds ... 02/16/06 - 20060037099 - Method of controlling gene expression in plants or plant cells A method of controlling a genetically-modified plant or plant cells, said method comprising the following steps: (a) providing a genetically-modified plant or plant cells, said plant or plant cells containing a heterologous nucleic add encoding a first polypeptide containing or consisting of a first fragment of a protein, (b) introducing ... 02/09/06 - 20060031962 - Antifungal polypeptides Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include novel amino acid sequences, and variants and fragments thereof, for antipathogenic polypeptides that were isolated from microbial fermentation broths. Nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences that encode the antipathogenic polypeptides of the ... 02/02/06 - 20060026711 - Non-systemic gene suppression in plants The present invention provides methods for non-systemic gene suppression of target gene or a plant of a plant pest or pathogen. The invention further provides transgenic plants having non-systemic resistance to a pest or pathogen. ... 02/02/06 - 20060026710 - Methods of protecting plants from pathogenic fungi Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence ... 02/02/06 - 20060026709 - Methods of protecting plants from pathogenic fungi Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence ... 02/02/06 - 20060026708 - Methods of protecting plants from pathogenic fungi and nematodes Methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a pathogenic fungus or nematode, are provided. A method for enhancing pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to ... 01/26/06 - 20060021087 - Compositions and methods for control of insect infestations in plants The present invention is directed to controlling pest infestation by inhibiting one or more biological functions in an invertebrate pest. The invention discloses methods and compositions for use in controlling pest infestation by feeding one or more different recombinant double stranded RNA molecules to the pest in order to achieve ... 01/19/06 - 20060015964 - Soybean genes for resistance to aphis glycines Aphis glycines resistance (RAG) genes are provided by this invention, along with methods for identifying their presence using marker-assisted selection. Varieties of G. max and G. soja having resistance to A. glycines have been identified. The RAG genes, as well as the methods, aphid-resistant varieties, and markers disclosed herein may ... 01/05/06 - 20060005275 - 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. ... 01/05/06 - 20060005274 - 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. ... 01/05/06 - 20060005273 - Novel maize split-seed explant and methods for in vitro regeneration of maize The present invention provides an efficient and novel maize transformation and regeneration system based on a novel split-seed explant. Mature maize seeds are split longitudinally to form a split-seed explant. The split-seed explant can then be used in transformations to introduce a gene of interest into the maize genome to ... 01/05/06 - 20060005272 - Method for obtaining a plant with a lasting resistance to a pathogen A method for obtaining a plant, in particular a cultivated lettuce plant (L. sativa), with a lasting resistance to a pathogen, in particular Bremia lactucae, comprised of providing one or more specific DNA markers linked to one or more resistance genes, determining the presence of one or more resistance genes ... 01/05/06 - 20060005271 - Transgenic plants expressing l3 delta proteins are resistant to trichothecene fungal toxins Disclosed are specific mutants of L3 and transgenic plants that produce them. The plants exhibit increased resistance to fungal toxins that target ribosomal L3 protein. Also disclosed are transgenic plants that co-produce L3 mutant and an RIP protein, and exhibit increased resistance to various fungal toxins and viruses, while reducing ... 12/29/05 - 20050289667 - Biological gene transfer system for eukaryotic cells This invention relates generally to technologies for the transfer of nucleic acids molecules to eukaryotic cells. In particular non-pathogenic species of bacteria that interact with plant cells are used to transfer nucleic acid sequences. The bacteria for transforming plants usually contain binary vectors, such as a plasmid with a vir ... 12/22/05 - 20050283850 - Multi-gene expression constructs containing modified inteins Methods and constructs for the introduction of multiple genes into plants using a single transformation event are described. Constructs contain a single 5′ promoter operably linked to DNA encoding a modified intein splicing unit. The splicing unit is expressed as a polyprotein and consists of a first protein fused to ... 12/08/05 - 20050273882 - Expression of cry3b insecticidal protein in plants The present invention discloses methods and compositions comprising a group of novel expression cassettes which provide significantly improved levels of accumulation of Coleopteran inhibitory Cry3B and Cry3B variant amino acid sequences when these are expressed in plants. The preferred embodiments of the invention provide at least up to ten fold ... 12/08/05 - 20050273881 - Defensin polynucleotides and methods of use Methods and compositions for modulating development and defense responses are provided. Nucleotide sequences encoding defensin proteins are provided. The sequences can be used in expression cassettes for modulating development, developmental pathways, and defense responses. Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, and seed are also provided. ... 12/01/05 - 20050268354 - Nucleic acid molecules encoding cyclotide polypeptides and methods of use The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acids encoding plant cyclotides. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the plant cyclotides, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in the production of altered levels of ... 12/01/05 - 20050268353 - Insect viruses and their uses in protecting plants The present invention relates to an isolated small RNA virus capable of infecting insect species including Heliothis species, and to the nucleotide sequences and proteins encoded thereby. The invention contemplates uses of the virus in controlling insect attack in plants. ... 11/24/05 - 20050262587 - Novel bt toxin receptors from lepidopteran insects and methods of use The invention relates to Bt toxin resistance management. The invention particularly relates to the isolation and characterization of nucleic acid and polypeptides for a novel Bt toxin receptor. The nucleic acid and polypeptides are useful in identifying and designing novel Bt toxin receptor ligands including novel insecticidal toxins. ... 11/24/05 - 20050262586 - Low temperature responsive nucleotide sequences and uses thereof This disclosure provides gene sequence of a novel gene DaRub1 of Deschampsia antarctica expressing in low temperatures. The promoter sequence of this gene is identified and characterized. The promoter is inducible by low temperatures, wounding and auxin treatment. Additionally the disclosure shows improved low temperature tolerance of transgenic Eucalyptus plants ... 11/24/05 - 20050262585 - Soybean fgam synthase promoters useful in parasite control The subject invention relates to nematode responsive domains obtained from soybean promoters for phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine ribonucleotide (FGAM) synthase paralogs. The nematode responsive domains can be used in promoters that are linked to heterologous DNA. Such constructs can be expressed in transfected or transformed soybean and used in the control of nematode ... 11/24/05 - 20050262584 - Master activators of pathogen responsive genes Disclosed is a complete plant MAP kinase cascade (e.g., MEKK1, MKK4/MKK5, and MPK3/MPK6) and WRKY22/WRKY29 transcription factors that function downstream of the flagellin receptor FLS2, a leucine-rich-repeat (LRR) receptor kinase. Activation of such a MAPK cascade confers resistance to both bacterial and fungal pathogens. Also disclosed are disease-resistant plants expressing ... 11/24/05 - 20050262583 - Clubroot resistant brassica oleracea plants The present invention discloses B. oleracea plants resistant to clubroot disease. In particular, the plants of the present invention comprise a monogenic dominant resistance to the disease clubroot introgressed from B. rapa. This resistance provides improved resistance to the disease as compared to previously existing resistances in B. oleracea. ... 11/17/05 - 20050257286 - Dna sequence for root preferred gene expression in plants Expression of DNA sequences in a preferred manner in the roots of a plant is often desirable. For instance improved resistance to soil-borne pathogens may be attained by expression of a pathogen resistance gene in a part of the plant such as the root that may be the site of ... 11/17/05 - 20050257285 - Compositions and methods for the treatment of pierce's disease Chimeric anti-microbial proteins, compositions, and methods for the therapeutic and prophylactic treatment of plant diseases caused by the bacterial pathogen Xylella fastidiosa are provided. The anti-microbial proteins of the invention generally comprise a surface recognition domain polypeptide, capable of binding to a bacterial membrane component, fused to a bacterial lysis ... 11/10/05 - 20050251878 - Dna sequences from photorhabdus luminescens Nucleotide sequences for two genes, tcdB and tccC2, from the tcd genomic region of Photorhabdus luminescens W-14 are useful in heterologous expression of orally active insect toxins. ... 11/03/05 - 20050246790 - Regeneration system for grape and uses thereof The invention features methods of producing a plant or a mature somatic embryo from an embryogenic cell or embryogenic culture. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a liquid culture that includes an embryogenic cell; (b) recovering embryogenic cell from the culture; (c) transferring the embryogenic cell to a ... 11/03/05 - 20050246789 - Polypeptide having larvae growth inhibiting or insecticidal effect on scarabaeidae insects Through screening using an antibody to a polypeptide that constitutes a parasporal body in sporangia of Bacillus popilliae and has a larvae growth inhibiting or insecticidal effect on a Scarabaeidae insect and through polymerase chain reaction, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptide and polypeptides similar thereto are isolated. ... 10/13/05 - 20050229272 - Compositions and methods for gene silencing DNA constructs are provided for disrupting gene expression in targeted organisms. ... 10/06/05 - 20050223425 - Methods for controlling plant pathogens using n-phosphonomethylglycine The present invention relates to compositions and methods for disease control in plants. The compositions for use in the methods of the invention include glyphosate as the active compound. In addition, methods and compositions are disclosed to prevent and treat pest infection in glyphosate tolerant plants. ... 09/29/05 - 20050216973 - Plant vitamin e biosynthetic enzymes This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a vitamin E biosynthtetic enzyme. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the vitamin E biosynthtetic enzyme, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in ... 09/29/05 - 20050216972 - Cotton cultivar dp 611 bgii/rr A cotton cultivar, designated DP 611 BGII/RR, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar DP 611 BGII/RR, to the plants of cotton DP 611 BGII/RR and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar DP 611 BGII/RR with itself or another cotton ... 09/29/05 - 20050216971 - Novel bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal proteins The invention pertains to novel insecticidal compounds derived from Bacillus thuringiensis strains. New proteins designated Cry2Ae, Cry2Af, and Cry2Ag, and variants thereof are provided, as well as DNA sequences encoding these proteins or their variants. Further provided are recombinant hosts expressing such proteins, particularly plant cells and plants. ... 09/29/05 - 20050216970 - Corn event mir604 A novel transgenic corn event designated MIR604, is disclosed. The invention relates to DNA sequences of the recombinant constructs inserted into the corn genome and of genomic sequences flanking the insertion site that resulted in the MIR604 event. The invention further relates to assays for detecting the presence of the ... 09/29/05 - 20050216969 - 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 ... 09/22/05 - 20050210546 - Generation of plants with improved pathogen resistance The present invention is directed to plants that display a pathogen resistance phenotype due to altered expression of a PPR2 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with a pathogen resistance phenotype. ... 09/22/05 - 20050210545 - Novel vip3 toxins and methods of use Novel Vip3 toxins that are highly active against a wide range of lepidopteran insect pests are disclosed. The DNA encoding the Vip3 toxin can be used to transform various prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms to express the Vip3 toxin. These recombinant organisms can be used to control lepidopteran insects in various ... 09/15/05 - 20050204421 - Novel bacillus thuringiensis crystal polypeptides, polynucleotides, and compositions thereof The present invention provides insecticidal polypeptides related to Bacillus Cry2 polypeptides. Nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides of the invention are also provided. Methods for using the polypeptides and nucleic acids of the invention to enhance resistance of plants to insect predation are encompassed. ... 09/15/05 - 20050204420 - Biocidal protein The invention relates to transformed plant cells and plants having a novel nucleic acid and protein sequences from the mung bean Vigna radiata. The nucleic acid sequence, isolated from a bruchid resistant mung bean line, encodes a thionin-like protein with biocidal properties. ... 09/15/05 - 20050204419 - Potato genes for resistance to late blight Resistance genes and their encoded proteins from the wild potato, Solanum bulbocastanum, are disclosed. The genes and proteins are useful for conferring disease resistance to plants, particularly solanaceous species such as potato and tomato. In particular, the genes confer resistance to potato late blight. Compositions and methods that use the ... 09/08/05 - 20050198706 - Lipases and methods of use Methods of creating and enhancing insect resistance in plants by introducing non-plant lipases into plants are provided. Plants with enhanced insect resistance and seed from plants thereof are provided. DNA sequences encoding insecticidal lipases and insecticidal lipase gene products that are useful in the practice of this invention are also ... 08/25/05 - 20050188439 - Methods for enhancing insect resistance in plants Methods for creating and enhancing insect resistance in plants are provided. The methods comprise stably introducing into a plant a combination of polynucleotides comprising a sequence encoding a lipase polypeptide having insecticidal activity and a sequence encoding a Bt insecticidal protein, where each of these coding sequences is operably linked ... 08/25/05 - 20050188438 - Compositions and methods using rna interference for control of nematodes The present invention concerns double stranded RNA compositions and transgenic plants capable of inhibiting expression of essential genes in parasitic nematodes, and methods associated therewith. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of RNA interference to inhibit expression of a target essential parasitic nematode gene selected from the group consisting ... 08/18/05 - 20050183161 - Axmi-010, a delta-endotoxin gene and methods for its use Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also ... 08/04/05 - 20050172356 - Nucleic acids encoding chimeric polypeptides allowing expression of plant-noxious proteins This invention relates to nucleic acids encoding chimeric polypeptides comprising vacuole targeting sequences and plant-noxious sequences and especially pest control proteins. The polypeptides are useful in methods for targeting non-vacuolar harmful proteins to plant vacuoles. Chimeric polypeptides of the invention containing pest control proteins are useful for conferring pest resistance ... 08/04/05 - 20050172355 - Polynucleotide encoding polypeptide having larvae growth inhibiting or insecticidal effect on scarabaeidae insects Through screening using an antibody to a polypeptide that constitutes a parasporal body in sporangia of Bacillus popilliae and has a larvae growth inhibiting or insecticidal effect on a Scarabaeidae insect and through polymerase chain reaction, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptide and polypeptides similar thereto are isolated. ... 08/04/05 - 20050172354 - Plant isoflavonoid hydroxylases and methods of use thereof The invention provides plant isoflavonoid hydroxylase coding sequences. Also provided are constructs comprising these sequences, plants transformed therewith and methods of use thereof. In certain aspects of the invention, plants transformed with the nucleic acids are provided exhibiting improved pest and disease resistance. Plants provided by the invention may also ... 07/28/05 - 20050166287 - Mag1 nucleic acid molecules and their uses The methods and compositions of the present invention find use in impacting microbial pathogens and in enhancing disease resistance to pathogens, particularly by plants. The compositions of the invention include polypeptides that possess antimicrobial properties, particularly fungicidal properties, and the encoding nucleic acid molecules. The polypeptides of the invention are ... 07/28/05 - 20050166286 - Fus6 family nucleic acid molecules and their uses The methods and compositions of the present invention find use in impacting microbial pathogens and in enhancing disease resistance to pathogens, particularly by plants. The compositions of the invention include polypeptides that possess antimicrobial properties, particularly fungicidal properties, and the encoding nucleic acid molecules. The polypeptides of the invention are ... 07/28/05 - 20050166285 - Endoglucanase gene promoter upregulated by nematodes The present invention provides a nucleic acid construct comprising a cyst and root knot nematode responsive promoter, preferably the Nicotiana Ntcel7 promoter or promoters that hybridize thereto, operatively associated with a heterologous nucleic acid segment that encodes a product disruptive of nematode attack. Plants and plant cells using the same ... 07/28/05 - 20050166284 - Plant activation of insect toxin Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from an insect pest are provided. In particular, nucleic acid sequences encoding insect protoxins modified to comprise at least one proteolytic activation site that is sensitive to a plant protease or an insect gut protease are provided. Cleavage of the modified protoxin at ... 07/21/05 - 20050160491 - Transgenic plants compromising nucleic acid molecules encoding rar1 disease resistance proteins and uses thereof The present invention pertains to transgenic plants comprising nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences that encode RAR1 proteins involved in disease resistance, and the RAR1 polypeptides. The invention particularly relates to methods of altering the expressing nucleic acid molecules encoding RAR1 proteins in transgenic plants to alter the level disease ... 07/14/05 - 20050155104 - Toxin complex proteins and genes from xenorhabus bovienii The subject invention relates to novel Xenorhabdus toxin complex (TC) proteins and genes that encode these proteins. More specifically, the |