2604 results about "Planting seed" patented technology

Methods and compositions relating to glyphosate resistant maize plants, including the GA21, GG25, GJ11 and FI117 transformation events, are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of using herbicide resistance transformation events in plant breeding procedures. The invention further includes methods of ensuring plant seed purity.

This invention relates generally to the field of plant molecular biology. More specifically, this invention relates to methods and reagents for the temporal and / or spatial expression of genes that affect metabolically effective levels of cytokinins in plant seeds and related maternal tissue. This invention further relates to transgenic plants having enhanced levels of cytokinin expression wherein the transgenic plant exhibits useful characteristics, including: improved seed size, decreased tip kernel abortion, increased seed set during unfavorable environmental conditions, and stability of yield.

This invention is directed to the production of plants, plant tissues and seeds which are resistant to inhibition by an herbicide which normally inhibits the growth and development of those plants, plant tissues and plant seeds. In particular this invention is directed to altered acetohydroxyacid synthase enzymes which are resistant to inhibition by herbicides which normally inhibit the activity of the synthase before such alteration. This invention further relates to genes encoding such enzymes, and to processes for utilizing these novel genes and enzymes. Further products of the invention include plants, plant tissues and seeds which exhibit resistance to such herbicides resulting from expression of genes encoding herbicide resistant acetohydroxyacid synthase enzyme.

By this invention, modification of the fatty acid composition of a plant seed may be achieved as a result of the activity of a DNA sequence foreign to the plant species to be modified. In particular, it has been found that a plant oil having a modified fatty acid composition can be obtained upon the expression of genes derived from plants of different species than the host plant, upon the expression of genes derived from bacteria, and from the transcription of anti-sense sequences which are complementary to endogenous genes of the plant host cell. In a preferred embodiment, transcription of the fatty acid modifying foreign DNA sequence is restricted to the developing seed tissues.

This invention relates generally to the field of plant molecular biology. More specifically, this invention relates to methods and reagents for the temporally- and / or spatially-regulated expression of genes that affect metabolically effective levels of cytokinins in plants, particularly in plant seeds and related female reproductive tissue. This invention further relates to transgenic plants having enhanced levels of cytokinin expression wherein the transgenic plant exhibits useful characteristics, such as improved seed size, decreased tip kernel abortion, increased seed set during unfavorable environmental conditions, or stability of yield. The present invention also provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions comprise novel nucleotide sequences for seed-preferred promoters known as eep1 and eep2. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant cell to comprise a heterologous nucleotide sequence operably linked to one of the promoters of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant from the transformed plant cell.

Novel plant promoters isolated from cotton fiber tissues are provided. The plant promoters are located upstream cotton plant genes KC03, KC18, KC22, and Gh3, all of which are expressed in cotton fibers, and contain (a) DNA having the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, 6, 11, or 16. Also provided are plant expression vectors prepared by introducing the plant promoters into appropriate vectors; transformed plant cells prepared by introducing the plant expression vectors into host plant cells; transformed plants regenerated from the transformed plant cells; transformed plant seeds obtained from the transformed plants; and processes for producing transformed plants from the plant seeds.

The present invention is directed to promoters of flax conlinin and ω-3 desaturase genes. The promoters guide high levels of the expression exclusively in flax developing seeds. This specific expression pattern concomitant with the biosynthesis of storage lipids and proteins make these promoters particularly useful for seed-specific modification of fatty acid and protein compositions in plant seeds.

An agricultural planting system and method comprising a soil sampling and analysis means, wherein soil samples are taken and analyzed in real-time during a planting operation (or, optionally, via a separate, prior operation) to determine the conditions and nutrient content of the soil, and a planting system, wherein the planting system is capable of planting seeds in any arbitrary position on an X-Y plane directly beneath the planting system, whereby the data gathered from the analyzed soil samples is used to determine the optimal placement of seeds or plants in a field in order to take advantage of the soil conditions present and to optimize crop yield.

The mixed planting material for rocky slope is one kind of composition prepared by mixing at normal temperature soil, organic matter, composite fertilizer, water preserving agent, cement, pH regulator, plant seed and water. The construction process in rocky slope includes trimming slope, setting anchor rods, hanging net, spraying, seeding, covering and maintenance. The present invention makes it possible to green rocky slope fast at relatively lower cost.

Plant nucleic acid compositions encoding polypeptide products with diacylglyceride acyltransferase (DGAT) activity, as well as the polypeptide products encoded thereby and methods for producing the same, are provided. Methods and compositions for modulating DGAT activity in a plant, particularly DGAT activity in plant seeds, and transgenic plants with altered DGAT activity are provided. Such plants and seeds are useful in the production of human food and animal feedstuff, and have several other industrial applications. Also provided are methods for making triglycerides and triglyceride compositions, as well as the compositions produced by these methods. The subject methods and compositions find use in a variety of different applications, including research, medicine, agriculture and industry.

The production and use, and in particular, the extraction, separation, synthesis and recovery of polar lipid-rich fractions containing eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), docosapentaenoic acid (DPA(n-3) or DPA(n-6)), arachidonic acid (ARA), and eicosatetraneonoic acid (C20:4n-3) from microorganisms, genetically modified seeds and marine organisms (including fish and squid) and their use in human food applications, animal feed, pharmaceutical applications and cosmetic applications.

A method of introducing an exogenous non-transcribable polynucleotide trigger, for example dsRNA, molecule into a seed is provided. The method comprises contacting the seed with the exogenous non-transcribable polynucleotide trigger, for example dsRNA, molecule under conditions which allow penetration of the exogenous non-transcribable polynucleotide trigger, for example dsRNA, molecule into the seed, thereby introducing the exogenous non-transcribable polynucleotide trigger, for example dsRNA, molecule into the seed.

An apparatuses, methods and systems for creating, handling and collecting seed portions are highly beneficial. The apparatus includes a carrier having one or more carrying positions adapted to carry a seed. The carrying positions having a seed orienter adapted to orient the seed relative to the carrying position in the carrier for creating seed portions therefrom. The method includes taking a carrier having one or more carrying positions, orienting a seed relative to the carrying position in the carrier, ablating the seed with a seed ablation device, and communicating seed portions through a manifold into a compartment layer. The system includes a seed manifold adapted to dock thereon a seed carrier having pre-positioned and pre-oriented seed therein. Seed and seed portions removed from the seed in the carrier are communicated into a collector and compartment layer respectively using the seed manifold.

A method of treating and processing alkaloid, oil and protein-containing lupine seeds for the extraction of products from the lupine seeds by means of targeted fractionation is described, whereby the comminuted lupine seed is de-oiled by introducing a solvent and the residue is depleted of substances soluble in the acid range, preferably of alkaloids, by adding acids. The invention is characterized by the provisions that the lupine seeds are comminuted and / or shaped to form discoid flakes in such a way that after pre-crushing of the shelled or non-shelled seed containing the plant seeds the comminution of the plant seeds is carried out by means of a cooled flocculating roller, and the seed is heated by indirect supply of heat, largely with exclusion of water, and that after de-oiling the depletion of the flakes of substances soluble in the acid range, preferably of alkaloids, is performed by aqueous extraction, with a refined product of reduced alkaloid level and an aqueous extract being obtained.

The invention relates to a method for treating plant seeds by plasmas and a device for realizing the method. The plasmas of the invention are cold plasmas generated by dielectric barrier discharge under the atmospheric pressure, wherein the cold plasmas are generated in the air; the working air pressure is the atmospheric pressure; an electric source for the dielectric barrier discharge is a high-frequency and high-voltage electric source with the frequency range from 50 Hz to 20 kHz and the voltage range from 1 kV to 10 kV; and the plant seeds are treated by the plasmas for 5 to 129 sec. Thedevice for realizing the seed treating method of the invention comprises a seed treating cavity, a plasma generator for generating the plasmas in the seed treating cavity and a transmitting device capable of controlling the retention time of the seeds in the seed treating cavity. The treating operation on the plant seeds by using the atmospheric-pressure plasmas does not refer to DNA recombination, does not relate to structural genovariation of the plant seeds, and cannot cause hazards. The method only denatures the plant seeds to make the advantages become more prominent.

The present invention relates to novel seed specific promoter regions. The present invention further provide methods of producing proteins and other products of interest and methods of controlling expression of nucleic acid sequences of interest using the seed specific promoter regions. The present invention also provides methods of identifying and isolating novel seed specific promoters.

The invention discloses a revegetation method for mine slopes, which includes steps: firstly, clearing a slope to remove impurities on the slope; secondly, configuring planting material, namely selecting planting soil, peat soil, turf fibers, slow release fertilizer, fast release fertilizer, super absorbent polymers and adhesive prior to well mixing, and using the mixture as the reserve material; thirdly, constructing a planting-bag cofferdam planter, namely using planting bags filled with the planting material to construct the bird's nest shaped planter on a local concave lot of the slope; fourthly, performing material spraying, namely fastening anchor bolts on a non-planter portion of the slope, hanging a metal net on the anchor bolts, spraying the planting material to the metal net, mixing plant seeds with surface soil on the surrounding mountain land to obtain mixture, and using a sprayer to spray the mixture to the planting material; fifthly, planting a seedling in the planter; and sixthly, replanting material-type containerized seedlings. The revegetation method is low in cost, great economic benefits are obtained by using the method, and a composite revegetation process based on arbors and shrubs and combination of arbors, shrubs and grasses is built.

A method for promoting plant growth and / or disease resistance comprising applying a purified polypeptide that is a bacteriocin and that possesses plant growth and / or disease resistance promoting activity to a plant or plant seed, or to the growing environment thereof.

A seed planting assembly is provided having a plurality of planting units supported by a tool bar, each of which being operable to form a seed trench in soil, plant seeds in the seed trench, and close the seed trench. The seed trench defines a depth that is achieved via a pair of gauge wheels. A press wheel assembly packs the trench after it has been seeded and closed. The planting assembly links the forward gauge wheels with the rear press wheel assembly for reciprocal motion to reduce the trench depth displacement when either a gauge wheel or a press wheel travels over an obstacle.

The invention discloses a construction method for spraying-seeding kind-loam matrix on a side slope. The construction method comprises steps of A) analyzing stability of the side slope and reinforcing the side slope, B) eliminating dangers for the side slope, C) hanging a net for a slope surface of the side slope and constructing anchor rods, D) arranging a river system for the side slope and arranging a drainage system on the side slope, E) spraying and seeding seeds on the side slope via a kind-loam matrix spraying-seeding way, and F) conducting side slope maintenance management work including covering a non-woven fabric, watering, applying fertilizer, preventing diseases and insects, supplementing seeds and post-monitoring. Two-layered spraying-seeding way is applied; through bionic operation, kind-loam matrix in the nature suitable for the side slope can be simulated; plant seed germination, root development, microorganism activity and nutrient conversion can be facilitated; plant growth development can be promoted; and great application prospect can be achieved.

The invention discloses a dust inhibitor, which comprises the following raw material in percentage by weight: 0.6 to 0.8 percent of plant seed colloid, 0.1 to 0.3 percent of modified cellulose, 0.05 to 0.09 percent of dispersant and the balance of water. The dust inhibitor can be prepared at normal temperature in a common mixing equipment from mixed aqueous solution of plant seed colloid, modified cellulose, crosslinking agent, dispersant and reinforcing agent; and after being prepared, the dust inhibitor can be sprayed onto the surface of coal in carriages to allow the coal to form a layer of cured film on the surface, the viscosity of the film is high, the wind corrosion rate of the film is low, so that the dust pollution along railways in railway transportation of the coal and the dust loss of the coal are avoided. Besides, dust inhibition in railway coal transportation, the dust inhibitor can be used for dust inhibition on roads in mining areas, urban roads, constructions sites, stations, ports and the like so that the dust inhibitor can be used almost without being limited by fields, and the dust inhibitor can be widely used.

A method and apparatus for increased yields of water-soluble polyphenols from plant seeds is provided. The method includes inducing seed germination within a selected range of temperatures. The method also includes inducing germination in an atmosphere having elevated carbon oxygen concentration and / or a reduced concentration of oxygen. The method further includes exposing the seeds to light and extracting water-soluble polyphenols with an aqueous solution without adding an organic solvent such as alcohol.

The invention relates to the technical field of side slope treatment, and discloses a high and steep side slope ecological retrieved green spray-seeding base material and a preparation method and application of the base material. The spray-seeding base material comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 330-420 parts of planting soil, 20-30 parts of peat soil, 1.5-5 parts of organic fertilizer, 1-3 parts of grass fibers, 1-3 parts of sawdust, 0.03-0.05 part of a water-retaining agent, 0.02-0.04 part of an adhesive, 0.1-0.5 part of inorganic fertilizer, 0.5-2 parts of a pH adjustment agent, 30-44 parts of hybrid seeds and 150-200 parts of water, wherein the hybrid seeds consists of the following plant seeds in parts by weight: 10-12 parts of rhizomes tall fescue, 2-4 parts of trifolium repens, 3-5 parts of alfalfa, 2-3 parts of bermuda grass, 2.5-4 parts of indigofera pseudotinctoria, 4-6 parts of magnolia multiflora, 3-5 parts of cassia corymbosa, 2-3 parts of amorpha fruticosa and 1-2 parts of coreopsis. The base material disclosed by the invention for spray-seeding can make a soil replacement base layer with the intensity higher than 0.25MPa; after 45 days when a turf is formed, the rainwash strength is higher than or equal to 120mm / h; within half a year to a year, an ecological plant colony with shrubs which grow with the rainwash strength higher than or equal to 200mm / h and serve as main plants is formed.

The production and use, and in particular, the extraction, separation, synthesis and recovery of polar lipid-rich fractions containing gamma linolenic acid (GLA) and / or stearidonic acid (SDA) from seeds and microorganisms and their use in human food applications, animal feed, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.

A method for fixating sand while growing plants by spraying slurry to form a cover layer on the surface of desert or ground includes such steps as proportionally preparing slurry from water, strew or stalk or industrial fibrous dregs, adhesive loess or laterite, water-preserving agent, adhesive, cotton or wool fibres, composite fertilizer, trace element fertilizer, modified gypsum, ox(or sheep) dung, saw dust, phosphoric acid and plant seeds, and spraying it onto surface of desert or ground. Its advantages are high effect and low cost.

A method for cultivating plants on the slope of bare rock body, railway, high way, etc includes such steps as collecting the spores of pteridophyte and the seeds of other plants, treating the spores and seeds, mixing them with matrix, fixing mesh onto said slope, spraying foreign soil and plant seeds, hydraulically spraying the spores of pteridophyte, covering cloth, and nursing.