US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION on July 22 for "Methods and compositions for plant pathogen resistance in plants" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,912, issued on July 22, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Methods and compositions for plant pathogen resistance in plants" was invented by Nian Wang (Auburndale, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a plant that is tolerant or resistant to species of Ca. liberibacter. Specifically exemplified are citrus and solanaceous plants. Provided by the disclosure is a modified citrus or solanaceous plant that is resistant or tolerant to Sec-dependent effectors secreted by bacteria. Also provided by the disclosure are methods of modifying a plant genome plant to provide to...