Improved Genetic Transformation by Improving De-Novo Shoot Regeneration in Adult Plants and During In-Vitro Tissue Culture
Manipulation of the developmental regulator PLT5 greatly improves transformation efficiency in a wide variety of plants Useful for gene editing
DNA Free Gene Editing Through Transient Suppression of POLQ Gene in Plants
Inclusion of specific developmental regulators in an expression vector, and applied by injection of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, promotes calli formation and regeneration of transformed shoots – dramatically improves shoot regeneration and transformation ef Facilitates genetic engineering of plant species/cultivars that have proven challenging to manipulate
Molecular Breeding Methods and Compositions for Anthracnose and Phytophthora Crown Rot Resistance in Strawberry
Identified the alleleic gene variant that confers resistance in strawberries to the fungal pathogen that causes anthracnose fruit rot and anthracnose root necrosis This discovery enables strawberry breeders to use either gene editing or marker-assisted selection to generate varieties resistant to these economically damaging diseases
Insect Toxin Delivery Mediated by a Begomovirus Coat Protein
Using the coat protein of tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) to deliver insect-specific peptide toxins Demonstrated to deliver Hv1am to whiteflies – a group of insects not controlled by current in plant protectants
Materials and Methods for Masking Bitterness
Effective masking bitterness from quinine Nature compound in spice
Compositions and Methods for Manipulating Genes Controlling Stem Length in Solanaceae
Additional brachytic gene homologs that are used to generate tomato varieties with compact growth habit
Methods and Compositions for Producing Self-Amplifying RNA for Gene Silencing in Plants
Self-amplifying RNA uses an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase to amplify both itself and a subgenomic region encoding a synthetic chimera within plant cells. The chimera encodes host RNA sequences from one or more plant or insect vector target genes that forms Greatly reduces the quantity of dsRNA required for siRNA treatment