US 11,812,738 B2
Polynucleotide molecules for gene regulation in plants
Robert D Sammons, New Melle, MO (US); Sergey Ivashuta, Ballwin, MO (US); Hong Liu, St. Louis, MO (US); Dafu Wang, St. Louis, MO (US); Paul C. C. Feng, Wildwood, MO (US); Andrei Y Kouranov, Chesterfield, MO (US); and Scott E Andersen, Manchester, MO (US)
Assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2013, as Appl. No. 14/015,715.
Application 14/015,715 is a division of application No. 13/042,856, filed on Mar. 8, 2011, granted, now 9,121,022.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/381,556, filed on Sep. 10, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/349,807, filed on May 28, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/311,762, filed on Mar. 8, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2014/0018241 A1, Jan. 16, 2014
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01N 63/60 (2020.01); C12N 15/113 (2010.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01N 57/16 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 63/60 (2020.01) [A01N 57/16 (2013.01); C12N 15/113 (2013.01); C12N 15/1137 (2013.01); C12N 15/8206 (2013.01); C12N 15/8207 (2013.01); C12N 15/8218 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
 
1. A liquid, herbicidal composition adapted for topical coating onto an exterior surface of a plant comprising: an organosilicone surfactant and at least one non-transcribable RNA polynucleotide,
wherein the organosilicone surfactant allows permeation of the non-transcribable RNA polynucleotide from the exterior surface of the plant into cells of the plant without the aid of a physical abrasive,
wherein the composition does not comprise a physical abrasive,
wherein the non-transcribable RNA polynucleotide comprises a nucleotide sequence that is identical or complementary to at least 21 contiguous nucleotides of an endogenous gene or a transcribed RNA of a plant, and
wherein the endogenous gene is an essential gene of the plant or encodes a protein that provides herbicide resistance to the plant.