MUMBAI, India, Aug. 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617084909 A) filed by Syngenta Crop Protection AG on July 10, 2026, for Increasing Haploid Editing Efficiency.
Inventors include Liang, Dawei; Guo, Huanhuan; Dan, Hongmei; and Kelliher, Timothy.
The application for the patent was published on August 14, 2026, under issue no. 33/2026.
Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates to using heat treatment to increase the haploid editing rate in progeny produced with a haploid inducing editing line. During crossing, the parental gametes fuse to form an embryo; and the gene editing machinery is also delivered to the embryo at the same time. Applying a heat treatment to the pollinated plant improves haploid editing rates. During embryonic development, one set of parental chromosomes are lost, and the gene editing machinery operates on the remaining set of chromosomes. Thus, at least one haploid progeny with edited genes is produced from the cross.
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