US Patent Issued to PI AGSCIENCES on Jan. 27 for "Beneficial microbes for delivery of effector peptides or proteins and use thereof" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,700, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to PI AGSCIENCES INC. (Holly Springs, N.C.).

"Beneficial microbes for delivery of effector peptides or proteins and use thereof" was invented by Zhongmin Wei (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are recombinant host cells comprising a promoter-effective nucleic acid molecule operably coupled to a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a plant effector protein or polypeptide that induces an active plant response including, among others, growth enhancement, disease resistance, pest or insect resistance, and stress resistance. Use of these recombinant host cells for modulating plant ...