A UW-Madison researcher has discovered that overexpressing a cytosolic asparaginyl tRNA synthetase called NARS1 in plants improves plant growth and yields. The inventor discovered that the kinase Targ...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a method for genetically manipulating cannabis that is less laborious and more efficient than previous methods. The new method involves retaining both primary lea...
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A UW-Madison researcher has developed a cost-effective method to convert struvite and brushite (naturally occurring, phosphate-containing minerals that can be a problem in wastewater treatment) into a...
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UW-Madison researchers have identified two amino acids in the active site of phenylalanine tyrosine ammonia-lyase (PTAL) critical for the activity of the enzyme in catalyzing the synthesis of p-coumar...
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UW researchers have identified and characterized a set of tissue-specific, maize promoters. To identify these promoters, the researchers combed through gene expression datasets, flagging genes express...
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In commercial crop production, it is often desirable to know which individuals are of a specific sex or those harboring certain traits. Current methods employed to isolate or enrich a desired plant po...
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UW Madison researchers have identified a maize gene that stimulates somatic embryogenesis upon overexpression in plant cells. The researchers studied genetic locations in chromosomes of maize lines th...
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi provide nutrients to plants and aid their growth. This symbiotic interaction is mediated by signaling molecules, most notably lipochito-oligosaccharides (LCOs). LCOs ...
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Hemp, one of the earliest plants to be spun into fiber thousands of years ago, now commands a $6 billion global market that includes high-profile products like CBD and other cannabinoid oils. However,...
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UW researchers have identified a genetic mutation in a family of genes that removes a repressor of the shikimate pathway. Their work identified the suppressor of tyra2 (sota) as a target to deregulate...
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Genetic transformation of maize and other crops is critically important to agronomy research as well as advancing desirable traits such as improved yield, disease resistance and drought tolerance. Mo...
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The present invention is a new plant transit peptide that can be used to improve the efficiency of plant gene transformation. The UW-Madison researchers analyzed sequences of thousands of proteins inv...
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The present invention from UW Madison researchers provides pollen compositions, methods and kits for making said compositions, and methods of using said compositions to fertilize a plant. The pollen w...
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These inventors have recognized that various diseases in plants, such as Phytophthora infestans (late blight) and Alternaria solani (early blight), and/or various stages of such diseases in plants, ca...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed new tomato rootstock crosses based on cultivators and germplasm accessories obtained from USDA germplasm bank to identify rootstock populations. This new tomato r...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed new tomato rootstock varieties for inbred Ralstonia bacteria-resistant lines that may be useful for grafted tomato production in tropical locations. This new toma...
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The present technology provides a nanoparticle that includes a silica network comprising crosslinked polysiloxanes, wherein the crosslinks comprise disulfide linkages, and the nanoparticle has a surfa...
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The invention relates to feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzymes and nucleic acids encoding the feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzymes. The enzymes and/or the nucleic acids enable incorporati...
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The invention is directed to p-coumaroyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzymes, nucleic acids encoding p-coumaroyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzymes, and inhibitory nucleic acids adapted to inhibit the ...
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The disclosure relates to methods and compositions for producing plants or plant cells that exhibit improved cyst nematode resistance.
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The present invention relates to crop breeding. More particularly, the present invention relates to targeted modification of root to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in maize. In one aspect, the inven...
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The present disclosure provides methods for the stable transformation of meristem explants from cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata) and dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris).
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Disclosed herein are methods for the production of value added explants from the seeds of dicotyledonous cultivars of interest. Also described are methods of transformation using the value added expla...
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The invention generally relates to engineered prephenate dehydrogenases and arogenate dehydrogenases and methods of using the same. More specifically, the invention relates in part to compositions inc...
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Fusarium head blight (FHB, also known as head scab) is a disease of wheat and barley that results in dramatic losses of grain yield and quality. During infection Fusarium species produce a range of my...
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