ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,438, issued on Sept. 9, 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 CORYNE (CRN) genes in plants to optionally increase kernel row number and/or improve one or more yield traits. The invention further relates to plants having increased kernel row number and/or one or more improved yield traits produced using the methods and compositions of the invention."
The patent was file...