ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,014, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA (Einbeck, Germany).
"Lox3 gene modulation and armyworm tolerance" was invented by Aurelie Bak (St. Louis), Dietmar Stahl (Einbeck, Germany), Daniel Stirnweis (Gottingen, Germany), Daniela Scheuermann (Einbeck, Germany) and Bettina Kessel (Einbeck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides a new technology to confer or enhance insect resistance and, optionally also resistance to fungal pathogens in plants. In particular, the present invention provides a method for conferring or increasing resistance or tolerance to insect and optionally also...