SEED SOWER
Pending Patents Published November 28, 2024
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING BANANA PLANTS WITH TOLERANCE TO FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM CUBENSIS TR4
PERFORMANCE GAIN IN ALS INHIBITOR HERBICIDE TOLERANT BETA VULGARIS PLANTS BY COMBINATION OF BEST FITTING ALS LARGE AND SMALL SUBUNITS
INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE
PERONOSPORA RESISTANT SPINACH
CUCUMBER HYBRID SVCS0294 AND PARENTS THEREOF
LETTUCE VARIETY LUKE
LETTUCE VARIETY NUN 06832 LTL
TOMATO VARIETY NUN 00330 TOP
WATERMELON VARIETY NUN 12102 WMW
WEIGELA PLANTS
INBRED CORN LINE IV19307M1
INBRED CORN LINE KP18736S2
INBRED CORN LINE KW7FP1866
INBRED CORN LINE NL13
RUBUS PLANT NAMED 'BWPRASP02'
TROLLIUS PLANT NAMED 'MACTRO010'
This list includes the titles of all U.S. patent applications published on November 28, 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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METHOD FOR PRODUCING BANANA PLANTS WITH TOLERANCE TO FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM CUBENSIS TR4
Applicants: RAHAN MERISTEM (1998) LTD
Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a banana plant with tolerance or resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4 and such plants. The method includes (a) exposing one or more banana meristems, in one or more propagating cycles, to a medium including a demethylating agent (in vitro mutagenesis) to thereby provide one or more banana meristems exhibiting expression and thereby amplification of retrotransposable elements in their plant genome as determined by Southern blot hybridization analysis, and (b) rooting the meristems that exhibited the amplification and regenerating therefrom one or more regenerated banana plants, at least one of the regenerated banana plants having tolerance or resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4.
Independent Claims:
1. A banana plant exhibiting resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4, comprising at least one genomic marker associated with a plant's resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4, said resistance being exhibited by the banana plant remaining asymptomatic after exposure with Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4, wherein said at least one genomic marker is a banding pattern detectable by Southern Blot Analysis using Ban-1 probe, which banding pattern reveals activation and intensification of retrotransposable elements in specific genomic loci associated with resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4.
2. A banana plant produced by the method comprising: (a) exposing one or more banana meristems, in one or more propagating cycles, to a medium comprising a demethylating agent to thereby provide one or more banana meristems exhibiting expression and thereby activation of retrotransposable elements in their plant genome; (b) rooting said meristems of (a) and regenerating therefrom one or more regenerated banana plants; (c) testing said regenerated banana plants for resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4; (d) selecting a regenerated banana plant testing positive for resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4; (e) performing Southern blot hybridization analysis for determining the presence or absence of a genomic marker associated with resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4, wherein said genomic marker is a banding pattern revealing activation of retrotransposable elements and intensification of said retrotransposable elements in specific genomic loci associated with resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4; and (f) selecting plants exhibiting the presence of said genomic marker
3. A banana plant produced by the method comprising: (a) exposing one or more banana meristems, in one or more propagating cycles, to a medium comprising a demethylating agent to thereby provide one or more banana meristems exhibiting expression and thereby activation of retrotransposable elements in their plant genome; (b) performing Southern blot hybridization analysis for determining the presence or absence of a genomic marker associated with resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4, wherein said genomic marker is a banding pattern revealing activation of retrotransposable elements and intensification of said retrotransposable elements in specific genomic loci associated with resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4; (c) selecting plants exhibiting the presence of said genomic marker associated with resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4, (d) rooting said meristems of (c) and regenerating therefrom one or more regenerated banana plants; (e) testing said regenerated banana plants for resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4; and (f) selecting a regenerated banana plant testing positive for resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4.
4. A banana plant comprising at least one genomic marker associated with a plant's tolerance or resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4, said tolerance or resistance being exhibited by a banana plant remaining asymptomatic after exposure with Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4.
PERFORMANCE GAIN IN ALS INHIBITOR HERBICIDE TOLERANT BETA VULGARIS PLANTS BY COMBINATION OF BEST FITTING ALS LARGE AND SMALL SUBUNITS
Applicants: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT; KWS SAAT SE & CO. KGAA
Abstract: Provided are improved herbicide tolerant Beta vulgaris, particularly improved sugar beet plants, with increased yield performance, while maintaining optimal and agronomically relevant herbicide tolerance, wherein the large and small subunits of the herbicide tolerance acetolactate synthase enzyme are optimally fitted. Further provided are markers for identifying such improved herbicide tolerant Beta vulgaris plants, as well methods for obtaining and identifying such improved herbicide tolerant Beta vulgaris plants.
Independent Claims:
1. An acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitor-herbicide tolerant Beta vulgaris plant or seed, such as a sugar beet plant or seed, comprising an ALS holo-enzyme comprising a. a large subunit of ALS comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1 and further comprising a leucine at a position corresponding to amino acid position 569 instead of the naturally occurring tryptophan; and b. a small subunit of ALS which can be selected by identification with marker M1 (comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO. 33), marker M2 (comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO. 34), marker M3 (comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO. 35) or marker M4 (comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO. 36).
6. A method for producing a Beta vulgaris plant with optimally fitted large subunit and one or more regulatory subunits of an ALS holoenzyme comprising: a. crossing a Beta vulgaris plant comprising an allele encoding a large subunit of ALS comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1 and further comprising a leucine at a position corresponding to amino acid position 569 instead of the naturally occurring tryptophan, with a Beta vulgaris plant comprising at least one allele encoding a small subunit of ALS comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity with an amino acid sequence selected from the group of SEQ ID NO. 13, SEQ ID NO. 15, SEQ ID NO. 17, SEQ ID NO. 19; SEQ ID NO 21; SEQ ID NO. 23, SEQ ID NO; 25; SEQ ID NO. 27; SEQ ID NO. 29 or SEQ ID NO. 31; and b. identifying progeny plants comprising said allele encoding said large subunit of ALS and said at least one allele encoding said regulatory subunit of ALS.
7. A method for producing a Beta vulgaris plant with optimally fitted large subunit and one or more regulatory subunits of an ALS holoenzyme comprising: a. providing a Beta vulgaris plant comprising an allele encoding a large subunit of ALS comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1 and further comprising a leucine at a position corresponding to amino acid position 569 instead of the naturally occurring tryptophan, such as an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 3; b. adapt, by genome-editing or directed mutation, the nucleotide sequence of the allele on chromosome 3 and/or the allele on chromosome 4 encoding a small subunit of ALS to obtain a nucleotide sequence selected from the group of SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 18, SEQ ID NO. 20; SEQ ID NO 22; SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO; 26; SEQ ID NO. 28; SEQ ID NO. 30 or SEQ ID NO. 32.
INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE
Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.
Independent Claims:
14. A DNA construct comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having at least 80% sequence identity to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 958-1026, or a variant or fragment thereof having insecticidal activity.
16. A recombinant polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having at least 80% sequence identity to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 958-1026, wherein the polynucleotide is operably linked to a heterologous regulatory element.
23. A composition comprising a recombinant polypeptide sequence having at least 80% sequence identity to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 958-1026, or a variant or fragment thereof having insecticidal activity, wherein the polypeptide is fused to a heterologous transit peptide or signal sequence.
PERONOSPORA RESISTANT SPINACH
Applicants: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
Abstract: The present invention relates to spinach plants displaying resistance to Peronospora effusa. The present invention also relates to seeds and parts of said plants, for example leaves and heads. The present invention further relates to methods of making and using such seeds and plants. The present invention also relates to genetic sequences associated with said resistance to Peronospora effusa and to molecular markers associated with said genetic sequences.
Independent Claims:
1. A Spinacia oleracea plant, optionally a cultivated S. oleracea plant, with enhanced resistance to Peronospora effusa comprising an introgressed sequence that confers a qualitative and dominant resistance to Peronospora effusa, wherein said introgressed sequence is located on chromosome 3 and comprises a G genotype in the heterozygous or homozygous state for SNP marker 11 in SEQ ID NO: 55; wherein the resistance of the plant to Peronospora effusa is enhanced as compared with a S. oleracea plant lacking said introgressed sequence.
13. A plant of Spinacia oleracea line 21BNL002487 or S. oleracea line 21 BNL002472, representative seed of S. oleracea line 21BNL002487 and S. oleracea line 21BNL002472 having been deposited with the NCIMB under Accession No. NCIMB 43893 and Accession No. NCIMB 44060, respectively.
29. A method for identifying a spinach plant with enhanced resistance to Peronospora effusa, said method comprising the step of detecting in the plant the presence of a resistance-associated genotype at one or more SNP markers in the chromosome interval defined by SNP marker 11 to 1, optionally SNP marker 11 to 3.
CUCUMBER HYBRID SVCS0294 AND PARENTS THEREOF
Applicants: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of cucumber hybrid SVCS0294, cucumber inbred line ASL-M317-0717GY, and cucumber inbred line ASL-M319-0126MO. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of cucumber hybrid SVCS0294, cucumber inbred line ASL-M317-0717GY, and cucumber inbred line ASL-M319-0126MO and to methods for producing a cucumber plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a cucumber plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of cucumber hybrid SVCS0294, cucumber inbred line ASL-M317-0717GY, and cucumber inbred line ASL-M319-0126MO comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
Independent Claims:
1. A cucumber plant comprising at least a first set of the chromosomes of cucumber line ASL-M317-0717GY or cucumber line ASL-M319-0126MO, a sample of seed of said lines having been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202302009 and NCMA Accession No. 202302010, respectively.
15. A cucumber plant comprising at least a first set of the chromosomes of cucumber line ASL-M317-0717GY or cucumber line ASL-M319-0126MO, a sample of seed of said lines having been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202302009 and NCMA Accession No. 202302010, respectively, further comprising a transgene.
17. A cucumber plant comprising at least a first set of the chromosomes of cucumber line ASL-M317-0717GY or cucumber line ASL-M319-0126MO, a sample of seed of said lines having been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202302009 and NCMA Accession No. 202302010, respectively, further comprising a single locus conversion.
LETTUCE VARIETY LUKE
Applicants: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
Abstract: The present invention provides novel lettuce cultivar Luke and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce plants of the invention with themselves or another lettuce plant. The invention also provides lettuce plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.
Independent Claims:
1. A seed of lettuce cultivar Luke, a representative sample of seed having been deposited under NCMA Accession No. ______.
2. A plant of lettuce cultivar Luke, a representative sample of seed having been deposited under NCMA Accession No. ______.
LETTUCE VARIETY NUN 06832 LTL
Applicants: Nunhems B.V.
Abstract: A new and distinct lettuce variety NUN 06832 LTL is disclosed, as well as seeds and plants and heads or leaves thereof.
Independent Claims:
1. A plant or seed of lettuce variety NUN 06832 LTL, wherein a representative sample of seed of said lettuce variety NUN 06832 LTL has been deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 44271.
18. A method of producing a modified lettuce plant, said method comprising mutating a target gene in lettuce plant or plant part of lettuce variety NUN 06832 LTL, wherein a representative sample of seed of said lettuce variety NUN 06832 LTL has been deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 44271, 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 protein metabolism.
TOMATO VARIETY NUN 00330 TOP
*Expressly Abandoned -- During Examination*
Applicants: Nunhems B.V.
Abstract: A new and distinct tomato variety NUN 00330 TOP is disclosed, as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof.
Independent Claims:
1. A plant or seed of tomato variety NUN 00330 TOP, wherein a representative sample of seed of said tomato variety NUN 00330 TOP has been deposited under Accession Number NCIMB ______.
16. A method of producing a modified tomato plant having a desired trait, said method comprises mutating a plant or plant part of tomato variety NUN 00330 TOP and selecting the plant with a desired trait, wherein a representative sample of seed of said tomato variety has been deposited under Accession Number NCIMB ______, wherein the modified tomato plant has the desired trait and otherwise has all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of tomato variety NUN 00330 TOP, and wherein the desired trait is male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, environmental stress tolerance, modified carbohydrate metabolism, or modified protein metabolism.
23. A method of producing a modified tomato plant, said method comprising mutating a target gene by targeted gene editing in tomato plant or a plant part of tomato variety NUN 00330 TOP, wherein said 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 protein metabolism.
WATERMELON VARIETY NUN 12102 WMW
Applicants: Nunhems B.V.
Abstract: A new and distinct watermelon variety NUN 12102 WMW is disclosed as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof.
Independent Claims:
1. A plant or seed of watermelon variety NUN 12102 WMW, wherein a representative sample of seed of said watermelon variety NUN 12102 WMW has been deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 44146.
16. A food product, a feed product, or a processed product comprising the plant part of watermelon variety NUN 12102 WMW, wherein the plant part comprises at least a regenerable cell of watermelon variety NUN 12102 WMW.
23. A method for producing a modified watermelon plant, said method comprising mutating a target gene by targeted gene editing in a plant or a plant part of watermelon variety NUN 12102 WMW, wherein a representative sample of seed of said watermelon variety has been deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 44146, 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 protein metabolism.
WEIGELA PLANTS
Applicants: Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc.
Abstract: A Weigela plant having one or more of the following traits: 1) dark foliage color, 2) reblooming (remontant) (e.g., blooming multiple times throughout the growing season without pruning), 3) large flower size, 4) flowers that are bright pink, 5) petals that occasionally exhibit a medial stripe in a darker pink color, and 6) compact plant habit.
Independent Claims:
1. A tissue or cell culture of regenerable cells produced from a Weigela plant of variety ‘SMNWFG’, wherein a representative sample of plant tissue of said variety is to be deposited.
4. A method of developing a Weigela plant variety having the physiological and morphological characteristics of a Weigela plant of variety ‘SMNWFG’, wherein a representative sample of plant tissue of said variety is to be deposited, said method comprising: genotyping a Weigela plant of variety ‘SMNWFG’, wherein said genotyping includes obtaining a sample of nucleic acids from the plant and detecting in the nucleic acids a plurality of polymorphisms, and using the identified polymorphisms for marker-assisted selection in a breeding program.
5. A method for developing a Weigela plant variety, comprising one or more of: a) identifying and selecting a spontaneous mutation of a Weigela plant of variety ‘SMNWFG’ or a part thereof, and cultivating the selected spontaneous mutation plant or plant part; b) introducing a mutation into the genome of a plant of variety ‘SMNWFG’ or a part thereof, and cultivating said mutated plant or plant part; or c) transforming a Weigela plant of variety ‘SMNWFG’ with a transgene; wherein a representative sample of plant tissue of the variety ‘SMNWFG’ is to be deposited.
11. A method of producing an F1 seed or embryo, wherein the method comprises crossing a Weigela plant of variety ‘SMNWFG’ with a second plant and harvesting the resultant F1 seed or embryo, wherein a representative sample of plant tissue of the variety ‘SMNWFG’ is to be deposited.
15. A method of producing an F1 seed or embryo, the method comprising: providing a Weigela plant having one or more physiological and morphological characteristics of a Weigela plant of variety ‘SMNWFG’, wherein a representative sample of plant tissue of the variety ‘SMNWFG’ is to be deposited; and crossing the Weigela plant with a second plant and harvesting the resultant F1 seed or embryo, wherein the one or more physiological and morphological characteristics of the Weigela plant include remontancy and dark foliage.
17. A Weigela plant variety comprising: one or more physiological and morphological characteristics of a Weigela plant of variety ‘SMNWFG’, wherein a representative sample of plant tissue of the variety ‘SMNWFG’ is to be deposited, wherein the one or more physiological and morphological characteristics of the Weigela plant include remontancy and dark foliage.
INBRED CORN LINE KW7FP1866
Applicants: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
INBRED CORN LINE IV19307M1
INBRED CORN LINE KP18736S2
INBRED CORN LINE NL13
Applicants: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA; Limagrain Europe S.A.
Abstract: Inbred corn line, designated *, is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of inbred corn line *, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line * and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line * with itself or another corn line. The disclosure also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line * and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other corn lines derived from inbred corn line *.
Independent Claims:
1. A seed of inbred corn line designated *, wherein a representative sample of seed of said line was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-______.
3. A corn plant, or a part thereof, having all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of inbred corn line *, wherein a representative sample of seed of said line was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-______.
9. A method for producing inbred corn line *, wherein a representative sample of seed of said line was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-______, the method comprising: (a) planting a collection of seeds comprising seed of a hybrid, one of whose parents is inbred corn line *, the collection also comprising seed of the inbred corn line; (b) growing plants from the collection of seeds; (c) identifying the plants having all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of inbred corn line * as inbred parent plants; (d) controlling pollination of the inbred parent plants in a manner that preserves the homozygosity of the inbred parent plants; and (e) harvesting the resultant seed and thereby producing an inbred corn line having all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of inbred corn line *.
21. A method of introducing one or more desired traits into inbred corn line *, the method comprising: (a) crossing inbred corn line * plants grown from inbred corn line * seeds, wherein a representative sample of seed of the line was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-______, with plants of another corn line that comprise one or more desired traits to produce progeny plants, wherein the one or more desired traits are selected from the group consisting of male sterility, male fertility, herbicide resistance, insect resistance, disease resistance, waxy starch, water stress tolerance, increased amylose starch and increased digestibility; (b) selecting progeny plants that have the one or more desired traits to produce selected progeny plants; (c) crossing the selected progeny plants with the inbred corn line * plants to produce backcross progeny plants; (d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the one or more desired traits to produce selected backcross progeny plants; and (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) one or more times in succession to produce selected second or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the one or more desired traits and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of inbred corn line *.
RUBUS PLANT NAMED 'BWPRASP02'
*Notice of Allowance Mailed*
Applicants: BerryWorld Plus Limited.
Abstract: A new cultivar of Raspberry plant named ‘BWPRASP02’ that is characterized by its early fruit production on floricanes, its berries that are broad conical in shape, large in size and bright medium red in color, its consistent berry size and quality throughout the cropping season, its berries with an extended shelf life, its berries that are easy to pick with low adherence of fruit to receptacle and easily accessible through the canopy, and its versatility in production in being able to planted throughout the year to maintain a regular cropping schedule.
Independent Claim:
1: A new and distinct cultivar of Raspberry plant named ‘BWPRASP02’ as herein illustrated and described.
TROLLIUS PLANT NAMED 'MACTRO010'
Inventors: Alasdair MacGregor; Elizabeth MacGregor; John Alasdair
Abstract: ‘MACTRO010’ is a new and distinctive variety of Trollius plant which is characterized by large, cyanthiform flowers held high above the dark green trifoliate foliage, a relatively large number of tepals with a light cream yellow general coloration, light yellow tepaloids, and light yellow pistils and stamens. The new variety propagates successfully by stem cuttings and tissue culture and has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
Independent Claim:
1. A new and distinct variety of Trollius plant named ‘MACTRO010’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.
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