US Patent Issued to Genvor, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE on Nov. 4 for "Transgenic corn with antifungal peptide AGM182 (DN:0113.18)" (Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,684, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Genvor Inc. (Henderson, Nev.) and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE (Washington).

"Transgenic corn with antifungal peptide AGM182 (DN:0113.18)" was invented by Jesse M. Jaynes (Auburn, Ala.), Kanniah Rajasekaran (Metairie, La.), Jeffrey W. Cary (Covington, La.), Ronald Sayler (Farmington, Ark.) and Rajtilak Majumdar (Metairie, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspergillus flavus is an opportunistic, saprophytic fungus that infects maize and other fatty acid-rich food and feed crops and produces toxic and carcinogenic secondary metabolites known as aflat...