US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS on Nov. 4 for "Methods and systems for targeted modification of plant genes via meristem modulation and plants having engineered meristem modifications and other mutations" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,219, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (Denton, Texas).

"Methods and systems for targeted modification of plant genes via meristem modulation and plants having engineered meristem modifications and other mutations" was invented by Brian G. Ayre (Denton, Texas) and Roisin Carrie McGarry (Denton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes methods of producing genetically modified plants with a detectable new phenotype via combined silencing of a meristem maintenance gene and genetic manipulation of a second gene. Also included are genetically modified plants having engineered genetic m...