US Patent Issued to Pairwise Plants Services on Feb. 3 for "Methods and compositions for reducing pod shatter in canola" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,332, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Pairwise Plants Services Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Methods and compositions for reducing pod shatter in canola" was invented by Brian Charles Wilding Crawford (Cary, N.C.), Nathaniel Graham (Durham, N.C.) and Lolita George Mathew (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying SHATTERPROOF MADS-BOX(SHP) genes in canola plants, optionally to reduce pod shattering. The invention further relates to canola plants having reduced pod shatter produced using the methods and compositions of the invention."

The patent was filed on Sept. 21, 2022, und...