ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,787, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V. (De Lier, Netherlands).
"Peronospora resistance in spinacia oleracea" was invented by Vincent Laurens Adrianus Kock (De Lier, Netherlands) and Raoul Jacobus Johannes Maria Frijters (De Lier, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an allele designated alpha-WOLF 24 which confers resistance to at least one Peronospora farinosa f. sp. spinacea race, wherein the protein encoded by said allele is a CC-NBS-LRR protein that comprises in its amino acid sequence: a) the motif "MAEIGYSVC" (SEQ ID NO: 1) at its N-terminus; and b)...