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Method To Make Phosphoric Acid And Ammonium Phosphates From Phosphate Minerals
A method of producing phosphoric acid from at least one mineral containing phosphate and an element which is calcium, magnesium, iron, or aluminum. The method includes contacting the at least one mine...
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Phillip Barak | P190034US02
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New Tool to Boost the Production of Tyrosine and Downstream Natural Products in Plants
The aromatic amino acid tyrosine cannot be synthesized de novo by mammals and must instead be obtained through the diet or through conversion of dietary phenylalanine. Through complex pathways, tyrosi...
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Hiroshi Maeda, Craig Schenck | P130167US02
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Soybeans with Increased Resistance to Sclerotinia Stem Rot and Drought Tolerance
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a widespread fungal pathogen that is difficult to control and can cause considerable damage to crops. In soybean, this fungus causes Sclerotinia stem rot, also known as whi...
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Mehdi Kabbage, Damon Smith, Ashish Ranjan | P170294US03
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New Tools for Student Training and Gene Discovery/Trait Improvement in Plants
Enabling students to understand the connection between organismal phenotype and the underlying, DNA sequence-based genotype remains the holy grail of genetics education. As continuing advances in DNA ...
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Richard Amasino, Scott Woody | P150137US01
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New Software Algorithm Advances Measurement Technology in Agribusiness
Assessing new varieties of maize and other crops is time-consuming and costly. Researchers must count and weigh kernels from hundreds of ears of corn to measure yield characteristics such as kernel nu...
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Edgar Spalding, Nathan Miller | P140371US02
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Measuring Lignin in Corn Stalks
The lignin in corn stalks makes it difficult to process for biomass and harder for animals to digest. Levels are especially high in the tough outer ‘rind’ and vascular bundles of the stem.
For th...
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Edgar Spalding, Sven Heckwolf | P140381US01
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New Protein Production Strategy for Plants
In animals, plants and other eukaryotic organisms, typically one protein is translated from each mRNA. Usually, translation can start only at one end of the mRNA strand. In contrast, several viruses ...
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Aurelie Rakotondrafara, Jincan Zhang | P140069US02
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Gene Controls Flowering Time in Corn
Plant development is marked by three phases: juvenile, adult vegetative and flowering. The timing between phases is known to impact traits like yield, productivity and tissue digestibility. However, t...
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Shawn Kaeppler, Natalia de Leon Gatti, German Muttoni, Jillian Foerster | P130256US02
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Shade-Resistant, Higher-Yield Crops with Modified Phytochromes
Feeding a surging world population will require improvements to agricultural productivity. However, simply growing crops like corn and rice in higher density is problematic. One challenge is that plan...
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Richard Vierstra, Junrui Zhang, Robert Stankey | P120139US02
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Extending Juvenile Stage of Plants for Biofuels and Feedstock
Juvenile and adult grass tissue dramatically differs in anatomy, chemistry and ability to withstand stresses. Juvenile plants cannot flower and their leaves are better able to resist cold and drought....
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Shawn Kaeppler, Natalia de Leon Gatti, Jillian Foerster | P120179US02
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Increasing Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode with Polypeptides
Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is the most economically damaging pathogen for Unites States soybean production in most years. Annual losses top $700 million. Other countries like Brazil and China also ar...
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Andrew Bent, Brian Diers, Sara Melito, David Cook, Teresa Hughes, Xiaoli Guo, Tong Geon Lee, Jianping Wang, Matthew Hudson, Adam Bayless | P100292US03
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A Method of Modifying Lignin to Improve Biomass Utilization
Lignin is a complex, heterogeneous polymer found in all vascular plants. It rigidifies plants and plays a crucial role in water transport.
However, lignins are effectively indigestible and interfere...
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John Ralph, John Grabber | P100199US02
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A Saturating Population of Insertionally Mutagenized Arabidopsis thaliana Plants
Functional genomics involves identifying the function of all genes within a sequenced genome. Knockout mutants may be used to identify the in situ function of any gene, without making assumptions abou...
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Michael Sussman, Richard Amasino | P98227US