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Increasing Latex Production From Crops
TS-064180 — The global market for natural rubber, totaling 14 million tons annually, is experiencing a shift driven by the European goal of achieving 20% self-supply. This objective aims to reduce dependency on hevea natural rubber, predominantly sourced from Asian countries. While the Kazakh dandelion (Tarax…
  • College: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES)
  • Inventors: Cornish, Katrina
  • Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"

New Dandelion Variety: Taraxacum kok-saghyz 'Buckeye Gold Delta'
TS-041606 — A new variety dandelion, Taraxacum kok-saghyz ‘Buckeye Gold Delta’ improves on previous populations with larger plants and an earlier time for germination, to be used as a natural rubber alternative.
The rubber industry is heavily reliant on the market for automobiles, and it continues to grow as demand for automobiles grow. With raw material costs for rubber companies also on the rise due to shortcomings in the supply of Hevea brasiliensis, along with issues of allergic reactions to medical i…
  • College: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES)
  • Inventors: Cornish, Katrina; Wheeler, Brandon
  • Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"

Sun Locus for Optimizing Tomato Shape
TS-014845 — Discovery of the DNA sequence of the sun locus responsible for determining fruit shape, enabling breeders to rapidly introgress the locus via classical crosses in processing, fresh market, and specialty tomato varieties
Tomato processing is critical in the production of mass produced tomato pastes, tomato sauces, tomato juices, and ketchups among other products. Elongated or square tomatoes are highly sought out for processing needs as this shape of tomato will not roll off conveyor belts and is more structurally…
  • College: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES)
  • Inventors: van der Knaap, Esther
  • Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"

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