ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,629, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Pairwise Plants Services Inc. (Durham, N.C.).
"Methods for controlling meristem size for crop improvement" was invented by Devin O'Connor (Hillsborough, N.C.) and Nathaniel Graham (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying a Leucine Rich Repeat Receptor Like Protein Kinase (LRR-RLK) gene in plants to increase kernel row number. The invention further relates to plants having increased kemel row number produced using the methods and compositions of the invention."
The patent was filed on June 17, 2021, under Application No. 17/35...