ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,868, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to WIMI BIOTECHNOLOGY (HAINAN) Co. LTD. (Sanya, China).
"Haploid induction compounds and methods for use thereof" was invented by Jianbing Yan (Wuhan, China), Xiang Li (Wuhan, China) and Chenglin Jiang (Wuhan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for selecting a compound of haploid induction is provided. The method includes: treating a reproductive tissue of a plant with a reagent containing compounds to be tested; detecting a reactive oxygen species (ROS) level in the reproductive tissue after the treatment; and determining a compound that leads to an increase of the ROS level as the com...