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Use of purified Epichloë festucae antifungal protein for dollar spot control on turfgrass
Invention Summary:
The dollar spot disease is a major challenge for turfgrass fields, especially golf courses. The commonly used solution to control this disease is fungicides, which can be hazardous and limited in effectiveness; thus, the need for an alternative solution is imminent.
Rutgers researchers in the department of...
Published: 6/29/2022
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Inventor(s): Faith Belanger, Bruce Clarke, Patrick Fardella
Keywords(s): Pest control, Proteins
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Agriculture, Technology Classifications > Ag Biotech
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Rutgers’ Rosebell Red Habanero
Invention Summary:
Rutgers "Rosebell Red" pepper is a unique habanero developed from a field cross between African and Mexican habanero peppers. It has been evaluated at Rutgers research centers in Southern and Central New Jersey between 2010 and 2019.
The "Rosebell Red" was selectively developed based on its unique qualities...
Published: 7/28/2022
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Inventor(s): James Simon, Thomas Orton, Albert Ayeni
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Plants, Seeds, Berries, Fruit, Technology Classifications > Agriculture, Technology Classifications > Food, Nutrition and Nutraceuticals
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Microbiome-Leveraged Organic Herbicide
Invention Summary:
At present, all herbicides are deleterious to human health. There is an unmet need to develop herbicides that are not harmful to people.
Ethylene is a microbe-produced hormone that stimulates plant cell growth. However, in excess, ethylene causes stress in plants due to overproduction of superoxide, a highly potent form of reactive...
Published: 12/8/2021
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Inventor(s): James White, Kathryn Kingsley, Kurt Kowalski, Xiaoqian (Ivy) Chang
Keywords(s): Biofertilizer
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Ag Biotech, Technology Classifications > Agriculture, Technology Classifications > Plants, Seeds, Berries, Fruit
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Rutgers’ Jumbo-Habanero (Capsicum Chinense)
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Rutgers' Jumbo-Habanero (Jumbo-Hab) is an open-pollinated pepper variety that was developed from a field cross between African and Mexican habanero peppers. The plant is bushy with mostly bifurcative branching, 30-32” tall and 40-50” wide, and very attractive at maturity with red ripe pendulous fruit. It is...
Published: 12/8/2021
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Inventor(s): James Simon, Thomas Orton, Albert Ayeni
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Agriculture, Technology Classifications > Plants, Seeds, Berries, Fruit, Technology Classifications > Food, Nutrition and Nutraceuticals
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Rutgers' UFO-Habanero (Capsicum Chinense)
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Rutgers' UFO-Habanero (UFO-Hab) is an open-pollinated pepper variety that was developed from a field cross between African and Mexican habanero peppers. The plant is bushy with bifurcative branching, 30-36” tall and 38-49” wide, and very attractive at maturity with red ripe pendulous fruit. It is an annual in...
Published: 12/8/2021
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Inventor(s): James Simon, Thomas Orton, Albert Ayeni
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Agriculture, Technology Classifications > Plants, Seeds, Berries, Fruit, Technology Classifications > Food, Nutrition and Nutraceuticals
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Novel Sweet Basil Resistant to Downy Mildew
Reduced downy mildew symptoms and pathogen load two weeks after Peronospora belbahrii fungus exposure. Left panel: Gene-edited sweet basil; Right panel: Non-gene- edited sweet basil
Invention Summary:
Rutgers University scientists have developed a gene-edited sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) line that is resistant to downy mildew by using CRISPR-editing...
Published: 7/28/2022
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Inventor(s): James Simon, Rong Di, Michael Lawton
Keywords(s): Basil
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Plants, Seeds, Berries, Fruit, Technology Classifications > Agriculture, Technology Classifications > Food, Nutrition and Nutraceuticals, Technology Classifications > Ag Biotech
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Scarlet Sunrise Bi-Color Grape Tomato
Invention Summary:
Scarlet Sunrise bi-color grape tomato is a new and unique variety of grape tomato, which was created through traditional plant breeding. The variety has attractive grape-pear shaped bi-color (red and yellow) fruit which are firm, crack-resistant, flavorful, with good shelf life and expected good shipping qualities. The plants...
Published: 7/28/2022
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Inventor(s): Thomas Orton, Peter Nitzsche
Keywords(s): Tomato
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Agriculture, Technology Classifications > Plants, Seeds, Berries, Fruit, Technology Classifications > Food, Nutrition and Nutraceuticals
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Novel Biofertilizer for Improving Plant Growth and Tolerance to Stress
Improved tomato root biomass after 21 days of salinity test
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Rutgers University scientists have identified two new bacterial strains that can express 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase, and a plant growth hormone. Its efficacy has been tested to benefit maize, tomato, and creeping bentgrass, a type of turfgrass....
Published: 12/8/2021
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Inventor(s): Bingru Huang, Ning Zhang, William Errickson
Keywords(s): Biofertilizer
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Agriculture, Technology Classifications > Plants, Seeds, Berries, Fruit, Technology Classifications > Ag Biotech
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Improved Eastern Oysters
Triploid oysters (right, 3N) produced from improved tetraploids vs. normal diploid controls (left, 2N).Invention Summary:Rutgers University has been breeding eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica Gmelin) since 1960. Rutgers oyster strains have shown strong to moderate resistance to two diseases (MSX and Dermo). Rutgers also invented tetraploid oysters...
Published: 12/8/2021
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Inventor(s): Ximing Guo
Keywords(s): Oysters, Shellfish
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Agriculture, Technology Classifications > Food, Nutrition and Nutraceuticals
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Rapid and Efficient Production of High Lysine and High Methionine Quality Protein Maize
Lysine and methionine content of novel Quality Protein Maize lines, the opaque high lysine line W64A o2, and non-transgenic AxB. Observe that PE5, α-γ- kernels have the highest lysine and methionine levels, but are opaque. PE5, γ- has high lysine and methionine levels and a vitreous kernel, making it the best candidate for QPM animal...
Published: 12/8/2021
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Inventor(s): Joachim Messing, Jose Planta
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Agriculture, Technology Classifications > Plants, Seeds, Berries, Fruit, Technology Classifications > Ag Biotech
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