SEED SOWER
Pending Patents Published February 1, 2024
Welcome to the weekly edition of Seed Sower, which shares a list of pending patents published the previous week by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. These patent applications cover seed-bearing plants and non-transgenic plant breeding methods only.
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CHLOROSIS RESISTANT CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILE BRASSICA PLANTS
BRASSICA PLANTS WITH INCREASED LOCULES
PLANT BODY OF GENUS NICOTIANA AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR
LETTUCE VARIETY 42-BU1212 RZ
ASPARAGUS CULTIVAR MM4.256.78
MELON VARIETY NUN 76231 MEM
HEBE PLANT NAMED 'HUMDIME'
This list includes the titles of all U.S. patent applications published on February 1, 2024 with the following Cooperative Plant Classification:
A01H: New plants or {non-transgenic} processes for obtaining them; plant reproduction by tissue culture techniques | 6: Angiosperms, i.e. Flowering plants, characterised by their botanic taxonomy
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CHLOROSIS RESISTANT CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILE BRASSICA PLANTS
Applicants: Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a chlorosis resistant cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) Brassica rapa plant and methods of producing the chlorosis resistant CMS Brassica rapa plant. The present invention further relates to progeny, a descendent plant, and/or seed and/or plant part of the chlorosis resistant CMS Brassica rapa plant.
Independent Claims:
1. A chlorosis resistant cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) Brassica rapa plant, wherein: substantially 100% of the chloroplasts in the plant are Brassica rapa chloroplasts, said Brassica rapa chloroplasts are identifiable by one or more sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 3 and SEQ ID No. 5; the nuclear genome of the plant is a Brassica rapa nuclear genome identifiable by SEQ ID No. 7 and/or SEQ ID No. 9; and the plant does not comprise Brassica oleracea chloroplasts identifiable by one or more sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 4, and SEQ ID No. 6.
BRASSICA PLANTS WITH INCREASED LOCULES
Applicants: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
Abstract: The disclosure provides mutant Brassica plants that have increased locules and seed production relative to native wild-type plants. Such plants include a point mutation in the clavata 1 gene (CLV1), such as a G->A substitution at position 1745 of the Brassica rapa coding sequence, which leads to an S582N substitution in the protein sequence. Equivalent substitutions can be made in any Brassicaceae coding/protein sequence. Also provided are methods of using such plants in breeding programs, as well as parts of such plants (such as seeds), and methods of making commodity products from such plants (e.g., oil). Also provided are mutant CLV1 sequences. Brassica plants harboring the disclosed CLV1 mutation can include other desirable traits, such as herbicide tolerance.
Independent Claims:
1. An isolated mutant clavata 1 (CLV1) nucleic acid molecule, comprising at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 86%, at least 87%, at least 88%, at least 89%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, or 17, wherein the mutant CLV1 nucleic acid molecule encodes an Asn (N) amino acid at codon 582 of SEQ ID NO: 3 or an equivalent codon, for example includes an adenine (A) nucleotide at position 1745 of SEQ ID NO: 3, such as codon AAT or AAC at codon 582.
10. An isolated mutant clavata 1 (CLV1) protein, comprising: at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 86%, at least 87%, at least 88%, at least 89%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, or 99, wherein the mutant CLV1 protein comprises an Asn (N) amino acid at position 582 of SEQ ID NO: 4 or an equivalent position.
16. A method for increasing a number of locules and/or seed production in a plant, comprising: mutating a CLV1 nucleic acid molecule in the plant to include an Asn (N) amino acid at codon 582 or an equivalent codon, for example includes an adenine (A) nucleotide at position 1745 of SEQ ID NO: 3, such as codon AAT or AAC at codon 582, for example resulting in a mutant CLV1 protein comprising at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or 100% identity to SEQ ID NO: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, or 99 and comprises an Asn (N) amino acid at position 582 or equivalent position, thereby increasing the number of locules and/or seed production in the resulting plant.
18. A plant, plant part, or plant cell comprising a mutant CLV1 protein comprising at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 86%, at least 87%, at least 88%, at least 89%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, or 99 wherein the mutant CLV1 protein comprises an Asn (N) amino acid at position 582 or equivalent position and increases the number of locules and/or seed production.
PLANT BODY OF GENUS NICOTIANA AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR
Applicants: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
Abstract: Provided are a tobacco plant in which a high solavetivone content can be achieved without inoculation with a virus, and a method for producing the tobacco plant. In a tobacco plant in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a function of an endogenous CA1 gene is suppressed.
Independent Claims:
1. A tobacco plant in which a mutation that causes suppression of a function of an endogenous gene is introduced in a genome, the endogenous gene being at least one of: an endogenous gene which contains, as a coding region, a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide having a sequence identity of 95% or higher with an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2; an endogenous gene which contains, as a coding region, a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide having a sequence identity of 95% or higher with an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 4; and an endogenous gene which contains, as a coding region, a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide having a sequence identity of 95% or higher with an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 6, where said tobacco plant is not Nicotiana benthamiana if the suppression of the function is promotion by RNAi or VIGS of degradation of mRNA which has been transcribed from the at least one of the endogenous genes, as compared with a wild-type plant.
10. A method of producing a tobacco plant, said method comprising the step of introducing, in a genome of the tobacco plant, a mutation that causes suppression of a function of an endogenous gene, the endogenous gene being at least one of: an endogenous gene which contains, as a coding region, a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide having a sequence identity of 95% or higher with an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2; an endogenous gene which contains, as a coding having a sequence identity of 95% or higher with an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 4; and an endogenous gene which contains, as a coding region, a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide having a sequence identity of 95% or higher with an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 6, where the tobacco plant is not Nicotiana benthamiana if the suppression of the function is promotion by RNAi or VIGS of degradation of mRNA which has been transcribed from the at least one of the endogenous genes, as compared with a wild-type plant.
19. A cured leaf of a tobacco plant in which a mutation that causes suppression of a function of an endogenous gene is introduced in a genome, the endogenous gene being at least one of: an endogenous gene which contains, as a coding region, a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide having a sequence identity of 95% or higher with an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2; an endogenous gene which contains, as a coding region, a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide having a sequence identity of 95% or higher with an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 4; and an endogenous gene which contains, as a coding region, a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide having a sequence identity of 95% or higher with an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 6, where the tobacco plant is not Nicotiana benthamiana if the suppression of the function is promotion by RNAi or VIGS of degradation of mRNA which has been transcribed from the at least one of the endogenous genes, as compared with a wild-type plant, said cured leaf having a solavetivone content higher than that of a cured leaf of a wild-type tobacco plant.
LETTUCE VARIETY 42-BU1212 RZ
Applicants: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 42-BU1212 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 42-BU1212 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 42-BU1212 RZ.
Independent Claims:
1. A seed of lettuce variety 42-BU1212 RZ, a sample of seed of said variety having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44184.
20. A method for producing a seed of a 42-BU1212 RZ-derived lettuce plant comprising (a) crossing a plant of lettuce variety 42-BU1212 RZ, a sample of seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44184, with a second lettuce plant, and (b) whereby seed of a 42-BU1212 RZ-derived lettuce plant forms.
ASPARAGUS CULTIVAR MM4.256.78
Applicants: The Regents of the University of California
Abstract: The disclosure relates to the novel asparagus cultivar designated MM4.256.78. Provided by the disclosure are the plants, plant parts, and derivatives of the asparagus cultivar MM4.256.78. Also provided by the disclosure are methods of using the asparagus cultivar MM4.256.78 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the disclosure are methods for producing asparagus plants by crossing the asparagus cultivar MM4.256.78 with another asparagus cultivar and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
Independent Claims:
1. Asparagus cultivar MM4.256.78, wherein a representative sample of plant tissue of the cultivar has been deposited under NCMA No.______.
10. An asparagus plant, or a part thereof, that derives at least about 50% of its alleles from asparagus cultivar MM4.256.78, wherein a representative sample of plant tissue of the cultivar has been deposited under NCMA No.______.
15. A method of introducing at least one new trait into a plant of asparagus cultivar MM4.256.78 comprising: (a) crossing a plant of asparagus cultivar MM4.256.78, wherein a representative sample of plant tissue of the cultivar has been deposited under NCMA No.______, with a second asparagus plant that comprises at least one new trait to produce progeny seed; (b) harvesting and planting the progeny seed to produce at least one progeny plant of a subsequent generation, wherein the progeny plant comprises the at least one new trait; (c) crossing the progeny plant with a plant of asparagus cultivar MM4.256.78 to produce backcross progeny seed; (d) harvesting and planting the backcross progeny seed to produce a backcross progeny plant; and (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) for at least three additional generations to produce an asparagus plant of cultivar MM4.256.78 comprising at least one new trait and otherwise all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of a plant of asparagus cultivar MM4.256.78 when grown in the same environmental conditions.
18. A plant of asparagus cultivar MM4.256.78 or an F1 hybrid thereof, wherein a representative sample of plant tissue of the cultivar has been deposited under NCMA No. ______, and wherein the plant or F1 hybrid thereof further comprises at least one locus conversion.
MELON VARIETY NUN 76231 MEM
Applicants: Nunhems B.V.
Abstract: A new and distinct melon variety NUN 76231 MEM is disclosed as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof.
Independent Claims:
1. A plant or seed of melon variety NUN 76231 MEM, wherein a representative sample of seed of said melon variety NUN 76231 MEM has been deposited under Accession Number NCIMB______.
24. A method of producing a modified melon plant, said method comprising mutating a target gene by targeted gene editing in melon plant or plant part of melon variety NUN 76231 MEM, wherein the target gene modifies a desired trait and wherein the desired trait is male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, environmental stress tolerance, modified carbohydrate metabolism, or modified metabolism.
HEBE PLANT NAMED 'HUMDIME'
*notice of allowance issued before earliest publication*
Inventors: Stephen Humphreys; Yvonne P. Humphreys
Abstract: A new cultivar of Hebe plant named ‘Humdime’ that characterized by its variegated foliage that is creamy yellow in color with a green stripe in the center with the leaves turning mostly all green in the winter under low light conditions, its white flowers, and its height of 15 to 20 cm in its first season in the garden and a height of 60 cm as a mature plant in the garden.
Independent Claims:
1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hebe plant named ‘Humdime’ as herein illustrated and described.
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