ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,175, issued on July 7, was assigned to CTC-CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIA CANAVIEIRA S.A. (Piracicaba SP, Brazil).

"Polynucleotides, primers, and methods for detection of transgenic event, genetic construct, kit for detection material from a plant sample, event CTC91087-6, insect-resistant sugarcane plant, and method for producing an insect-resistant sugarcane plant, plant cell, plant part or seed" was invented by Agustina Gentile (Piracicaba SP, Brazil), Karina Yanagui de Almeida (Piracicaba SP, Brazil), Maria Lorena Sereno (Piracicaba SP, Brazil), Wladecir Salles de Oliveira (Piracicaba SP, Brazil), Adriana Cheavegatti Gianotto (Piracicaba SP, Brazil) and Camila Fornezari Rabello (Piracica...