174results about "Plant phenotype modification" patented technology

Present invention teaches the method of using a keratin hydrolysis peptide (“KHP”) solution to improve the efficacy of fertilizer usage and absorption by soybeans. By selectively choosing specific weights of feathers and water, and treating the mixture to a high-temperature high-pressure hydrolysis process, the resulting solution is confirmed to contain at least 253 peptides and then infused to the fertilized soil in which the soybean seeds are grown, as well as the plants after the seed start sprouting. Optionally, the KHP solution can be diluted by water, as disclosed in the specification, for applying to the soil around the soybean.

The present disclosure provides agronomically stable liquid agricultural compositions, methods of formulation thereof, and methods of application thereof. The agricultural compositions comprise nitrogen-fixing microorganisms and one or more of a buffering agent, a microbial stabilizer, and a physical stabilizer. The disclosed liquid agricultural compositions have a longer shelf life and greater ease of application than other existing dry and liquid formulations. The disclosed liquid agricultural compositions are stable for a period of thirty days or longer with low toxin accumulation and high microbial stability. The compositions are suitable for use on agricultural plant tissues or the environs thereof for providing a source of fixed atmospheric nitrogen to the agricultural plant. The compositions are used to increase crop yield and decrease yield variance.

The present disclosure provides guided microbial remodeling (GMR) methods for the rational improvement of plant-associated microbes to perform plant-beneficial functions. The GMR methods described herein allow for non-intergeneric genetic optimization of key regulatory networks within the microbes, which improve plant-beneficial functions over wild-type microbes but don't have the risks associated with transgenic approaches (e.g., unpredictable gene function, public and regulatory concerns, etc.). The present disclosure also provides remodeled microbes and compositions thereof. The utilization of remodeled microbes and compositions thereof will enable farmers to realize more productive and predictable crop yields without the nutrient degradation, leaching, or toxic runoff associated with traditional synthetically derived fertilizers.

Compositions and methods for increasing the quantity of plant-based oil produced per hectare in a given time period are provided, wherein the compositions include the use of one or more fatty acids that kill or inhibit the growth of cells in the shoot apical meristem and one or more surfactants.

The present disclosure provides non-intergeneric remodeled microbes that are able to fix atmospheric nitrogen and deliver such to plants in a targeted, efficient, and environmentally sustainable manner. The utilization of the taught microbial products will enable farmers to realize more productive and predictable crop yields without the nutrient degradation, leaching, or toxic runoff associated with traditional synthetically derived nitrogen fertilizer, by mitigating or eliminating the need for exogenous nitrogen-containing fertilizers. The remodeled microbes have unique colonization and nitrogen fixation abilities, which enable the microbes to deliver nitrogen to a cereal plant in a spatially targeted (e.g. rhizospheric) and temporally targeted (e.g. during advantageous stages of plant's life cycle) manner. The microbes are able to replace the standard agricultural practice of sidedressing and enable a more environmentally sustainable form of farming. The present disclosure also provides methods of using non-intergeneric remodeled microbes, for example, to fix atmospheric nitrogen by reducing or eliminating the need for exogenous nitrogen-containing fertilizers, to increase yield, and to reduce infield variability in the yield.

The present disclosure provides agronomically stable liquid agricultural compositions, methods of formulation thereof, and methods of application thereof. The agricultural compositions comprise nitrogen-fixing microorganisms and one or more of a buffering agent, a microbial stabilizer, and a physical stabilizer. The disclosed liquid agricultural compositions have a longer shelf life and greater ease of application than other existing dry and liquid formulations. The disclosed liquid agricultural compositions are stable for a period of thirty days or longer with low toxin accumulation and high microbial stability. The compositions are suitable for use on agricultural plant tissues or the environs thereof for providing a source of fixed atmospheric nitrogen to the agricultural plant. The compositions are used to increase crop yield and decrease yield variance.

The present disclosure provides yield enhancing compositions comprising Methylobacterium, methods for improving soy bean yield, and methods of making the compositions. Also provided are isolated soybean yield enhancing Methylobacterium.

Biostimulant compositions made by digestion of Ecklonia maxima feedstock, and methods of promoting plant growth by contacting a plant, plant seed or plant growth medium with such compositions.

To provide a method for imparting high temperature stress resistance to a plant.SOLUTION: A method for producing a plant seedling imparted with environmental stress resistance, comprising a step of maintaining a plant body within a certain temperature range for a certain period of time, wherein the certain temperature range is a temperature range of 22 °C or more and 28 °C or less, and the certain period of time is a period of 10 days or more and 12 weeks or less.SELECTED DRAWING: None

The invention relates to the technical field of biology, in particular to a method for regulating and controlling plant sodium ion homeostasis and salt tolerance by a light-operated pump, which comprises the following steps: constructing systems of rhodopsin light-sensitive pumps KR2-T1.0, KR2-T2.0, KR2-T3.0 and KR2-T4.0 with different cell membrane localization and membrane loading efficiencies through gene optimization, connecting the systems with a retinaldehyde production gene Ret, then inserting into a plant expression vector pCAMBIA3300, and carrying out photosynthesis to obtain the plant sodium ion homeostasis and salt tolerance control plant sodium ion homeostasis and salt tolerance control plant sodium ion homeostasis and salt tolerance control plant sodium ion homeostasis and salt tolerance control plant sodium ion homeostasis and salt tolerance control plant sodium ion homeostasis. Transient expression of nicotiana benthamiana and stable expression of rape are achieved through agrobacterium tumefaciens mediation, the pump is activated through irradiation of green light of 530 nm + / -5 nm, active excretion in plant cells is driven, and accurate, dynamic and reversible regulation and control of the sodium ion steady state are achieved. According to the method, the technical bottlenecks that KR2 is poor in plant cell membrane localization and low in membrane loading efficiency are broken through, gradient regulation and control of efflux efficiency are achieved, the method is high in response speed, light energy serves as power, cell ATP is not depended on, exogenous chemical intervention is avoided, and the plant salt tolerance can be remarkably improved.

The present disclosure includes novel strains of microorganisms, microbial consortia, and agricultural compositions containing them. Furthermore, the present disclosure teaches methods of utilizing the described microorganisms. In methods of imparting beneficial properties to target plant species, including microbial consortia and agricultural compositions containing them, the present disclosure provides methods of increasing desirable plant traits in agriculturally important crop species. In certain aspects, the present disclosure provides methods of increasing desirable plant traits in agriculturally important crop species.

The present invention relates to the delivery of a methane inhibitor to a plant or a grazing animal. This is achieved by infecting grass with an endophyte which has been modified to produce the methane inhibitor in planta. The endophyte produces the methane inhibitor in planta, which may be consumed by the grazing animal.

Compositions and methods for improving one or more agronomic traits of a plant are provided, which include the use of one or more active ingredients that are herbicides that kill, damage, or inhibit the growth of cells in the shoot apical meristem and optionally one or more surfactants, fungicides, bactericides, and / or pesticides. Use of the composition at specific vegetative growth stages of the plant, for example, between vegetative growth stage 1 (VI) and vegetative growth stage 6 (V6) is described.

The present invention is directed to methods of improving post-harvest cold stress tolerance in a plant part comprising applying an effective amount of a mixture of abscisic acid and a jasmonate to the plant part. The present invention is further directed to methods of improving plant part quality in plant parts subjected to post-harvest chilling temperatures comprising applying an effective amount of a mixture of (S)-abscisic acid and a jasmonate to the plant part.

The present invention provides a method for producing a culture strain that can be subcultured under conditions suitable for genetic recombination. (1) a culture step of culturing a plant piece to obtain a seedling; (2) a size confirmation step of confirming the size of the obtained seedlings; (3) The size of the seedling confirmed in the size confirmation step is (A) If the threshold is exceeded, the young plants are treated by removing dead leaves and roots, and the resulting culture is used for subsequent propagation. (B) If the concentration is below the threshold, the young plants are treated by leaving all healthy leaves and roots, and are used as culture lines for subsequent generations. a subculture preparation step; A method for producing a culture strain having the compound of formula (I) which is subcultured.

Described herein are methods and compositions for improving plant growth and other characteristics. The methods and compositions utilize bacteria and bacterial secretions incorporated into plant seeds to improve plant growth and other characteristics.

Provided are systems and methods for increasing yield in a plant through the administration of UV light.

The application discloses a short peptide PSK3 and a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of genetic engineering. The application discloses a short peptide PSK3 belonging to the phytosulfokine (PSK) family, and the short peptide PSK3 is prepared by a chemical synthesis method. The short peptide PSK3 is applied to tobacco seedlings, and the PVY virus content in the tobacco can be significantly reduced compared with a control group, indicating that the short peptide PSK3 can be used for improving the resistance of the tobacco to the potato Y virus disease.

The application concerns methods for improving a plant growth feature, such as biomass, height,yield, and / or emergence, of plants using certain fungi or agricultural active compositions comprising the fungi. Plants and plant parts treated with or heterologously disposed with said fungi or compositions are also disclosed. Further, novel fungal strains, and populations and agricultural active compositions comprising the same are provided.

A method for increasing yield or vigor of a plant is provided, which includes the selective removal of the plant's shoot apical meristem at a period between vegetative growth stage 1 and vegetative growth stage 2, or between vegetative growth stage 2 and vegetative growth stage 3.

The present disclosure is directed to methods (and associated systems) for training a machine learning model for predictive plant breeding using phenomic selection based on diverse data streams to predict grain composition comprising: collecting, with a processor, training data, stored in a database, from the group consisting essentially of phenomic data; selecting, with the processor, a machine learning model based on the training data, the machine learning model selected from the group comprising supervised learning models, unsupervised learning models, and combinations thereof; training, with the processor, the machine learning model using the training data from the database; and inputting, via the processor, a new set of phenotypic data from a plurality of grain bearing plants into the trained machine learning model to generate a predictive breeding crosses list ranked on an aggregate probability that a progeny of the cross will exhibit one or more desired phenotypic characteristics.

The problem addressed by the present invention is to provide technology for improving the deep-rootedness of a plant. The present invention provides a plant with improved deep-rootedness which has a gene encoding a mutant qSOR1 protein including an amino acid substitution that improves deep-rootedness.

The present invention is directed to a solid composition comprising a mixture of abscisic acid and from about 30% to about 90% w / w malic acid. The present invention is further directed to a granular composition comprising a mixture of abscisic acid and from about 80% to about 90% w / w malic acid, wherein the composition does not comprise a filler. The present invention is further directed to a method of improving stress tolerance, growth and / or yield in plants by applying an effective amount of a mixture of the present invention to the plant.

A method of recovering a product-of-interest from a plant or algal cell and a kit relating to the same are provided. The method of recovering a product-of-interest from a plant or algal cell includes (a) culturing a plant or algal cell that produces a product-of-interest in a culture medium; (b) adding functionalized nanoparticles to the culture medium, whereby the nanoparticles enter the plant or algal cell, bind the product-of-interest, and are extruded into the culture medium; (c) recovering the extruded nanoparticles from the culture medium; and (d) separating the product-of-interest from the extruded nanoparticles. The kit includes a plant or algal cell that produces a product-of-interest when in culture and a functionalized nanoparticle. Also provided is a method of separating plant or algal cells.

To provide a plant activator that can increase grain yield.SOLUTION: A plant activator contains at least one compound selected from oxo fatty acid, its derivatives, and their salts, and terpene.SELECTED DRAWING: None

The present invention is characterized by being a novel sulforaphane derivative comprising a complex of sulforaphane (1-isothiocyanato-4-[methylsulfinyl]butane (SFN)) and cysteine persulfide (CysSnH, n=2, 3, 4, or 5) or glutathione persulfide (GSnH or GSnG, n=2, 3, 4, or 5).

Methods of marking living leaf tissue and apparatuses for effecting such marking are disclosed, and may include orienting a plant such that the living leaf tissue is in a marking position, retaining the living leaf tissue in the marking position, and marking the living leaf tissue with a mark applicator, wherein marking the living leaf tissue introduces a permanent deformation in the living leaf tissue.

The invention discloses a short peptide PSK3 as well as a preparation method and application thereof. Belongs to the technical field of gene engineering. According to the application, the short peptide PSK3 belonging to a phytosulfokine (PSK) family is found through research, the short peptide PSK3 is prepared through a chemical synthesis method, the short peptide PSK3 acts on tobacco in a seedling stage, and compared with a control group, the content of PVY viruses in the tobacco can be remarkably reduced, so that the short peptide PSK3 can be used for improving the resistance of the tobacco to the potato Y virus disease.

The invention discloses a method for improving the hybridization survival rate of soybeans in different ecological regions in Hainan and application, and belongs to the technical field of soybean breeding. The method effectively solves the problem of low soybean hybridization survival rate caused by short sunlight and low temperature conditions in Hainan and special structures of soybean petals, also solves the technical problem that when soybean varieties in different ecological regions are planted in Hainan at the same time, the growth periods are different, and the flowering periods cannot meet each other, greatly shortens the flowering period, prolongs the flowering time, and improves the yield. Effective hybridization of soybean varieties in different ecological regions in Hainan is achieved, the hybridization survival rate is increased to 60% or above, compared with 37% of a traditional mode, the hybridization survival rate is greatly increased, and the purpose of multiple hybridization in one year is achieved.

The use of exogenous mRNA isolated from leucoplasts of germinating plants (AEM2-mRNA) to increase directed auxin transport under reduced gravity conditions is described, wherein the mRNA includes sequences encoding proteins of the PIN and AUX1 / LAX transport systems or their regulatory kinases, thereby stabilizing intrinsic cellular polarity and maintaining directed auxin translocation.