ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,788, issued on June 23, was assigned to National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (Ibaraki, Japan) and Takii & Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Tobamovirus-resistant tomato plant, method for producing Tobamovirus-resistant tomato plant, method for imparting Tobamovirus resistance in tomato plant, method for screening for Tobamovirus-resistant tomato plant, and method for detecting Tobamovirus resistance in tomato plant" was invented by Masayuki Ishikawa (Tsukuba, Japan), Kazuhiro Ishibashi (Tsukuba, Japan) and Akihito Kano (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a tomato plant which is resistant...