Monsanto Technology LLC

Wei Zheng

Diane M Ruezinsky

Beth Savidge

Jill Deikman

Steven H Schwartz

Crystal L Hewitt

Deryck Jeremy Williams

Nengbing Tao

Michelle Coutu Hresko

Xiangqian Li

Jason Fenner

Hui Xiong

Maureen Daley

Toni Alols Voelker

Barry S Goldman

Balasulojini Karunanandaa

Henry E Valentin

Thomas Gene Ruff

Virginia Ursin

Robert J Meister

Deborah J Hawkins

Mark Scott Abad

Jeffrey E Ahrens

Jingrui Wu

Paolo Castiglioni

Todd DeZwaan

Paul J Loida

Karen Gabbert

Donald E Nelson

Richard Eric Cerny

Michael D Edgerton

Molian Deng

Dale Val

Michael J Bennett

Stephen M Duff

Richard Johnson

Steve Sichuan He

Zhidong Xie

Marie E Petracek

Erin Bell

Alberto Iandolino

Jaishree M Chittoor-Vijayanath

Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra

Jindong Sun

Thomas J Savage

Obed Patty

Robert J Bensen

Monica P Ravanello

Bradon James Fabbri

Savitha Madappa

Xianfeng Chen

Srikanth Babu Venkatachalayya

Kammaradi R Vidya

Garrett J Lee

Bill L Hendrix

Ming Peng

Padmini Sudarshana

Rebecca L Thompson-Mize

Dale L Vai

Tymagondlu V Venkatesh

K Vijayalakshmi

Todd C Weber

Rick A Sanders

Rajani Monnanda Somaiah

Anand Pandravada

Shobha Char

Alice Clara Augustine

Yao Luo

Transfection of plant cells with dsRNA through foliar application encounters cuticle, cell wall and plasmalemma three major barriers. We developed cationic polymer and sugar based formulations and protocols that can effectively deliver dsRNA into plant cells resulted in gene silencing. This disclosure covers the novel methods to deliver dsRNA into plant suspension cells with 'one step' treatment and plant foliar cells with 'one step' topical application.

Methods and compositions for delivering nucleic acids to plant cells and regulating gene expression

This invention provides recombinant DNA constructs, transgenic plant nuclei and cells with such recombinant DNA construct for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.

Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits

The present invention provides novel compositions for use to enhance crop performance. Specifically, the present invention provides for delayed senescence and/or improved yield enhancement in various crops. The present invention also provides for combinations of compositions and methods that provide for delayed senescence and/or improved yield.

Methods and compositions for delaying senescence and improving disease tolerance and yield in plants

The present invention relates to polynucleotide molecules for regulating gene expression in plants. In particular, the present invention relates to promoters isolated fromthat are useful for regulating gene expression of heterologous polynucleotide molecules in plants. The present invention also relates to expression constructs and transgenic plants containing the heterologous polynucleotide molecules.

Promoter molecules for use in plants

This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein, enhanced seed oil and modified oil composition. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.

Isolated or purified nucleic acid molecules encoding polypeptides having cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor-like activity; vectors; host cells; polypeptides having CDK inhibitor-like activity; nucleic acid constructs for suppression of CDK inhibitor-like activity; methods of suppressing and up-regulating the expression of one or more CDK inhibitor-like genes in a maize cell, tissue, organ, or plant; a maize cell, tissue, organ, or plant in which the expression of a CDK inhibitor-like gene has been suppressed or up-regulated in accordance with such methods; and a seed (and the oil and meal thereof) obtained from a plant in which the expression of one or more CDK inhibitor-like genes has been suppressed or up-regulated.

Materials and methods for the modulation of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor-like polypeptides in maize

The present invention is in the field of plant genetics and biochemistry. More specifically, the invention relates to genes associated with nucleotide triphosphate transport. The present invention provides and includes nucleic acid molecules, proteins, and antibodies associated with the genes involved in nucleotide triphosphate transport. The present invention also provides methods for utilizing such agents, for example, in gene isolation, gene analysis, and the production of transgenic plants. Moreover, the present invention includes transgenic plants modified to express proteins associated with nucleotide triphosphate transport.

Metabolite transporters

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