By Mary Hightower
U of A System Division of Agriculture
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The inventiveness of University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture land grant faculty was recognized Friday through the patents issued for their creations, which included fruit and grain varieties and an irrigation system.
The recognitions were part of the annual Agriculture Awards presented by the Division of Agriculture and the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences.
Retired rice breeder Karen Moldenhauer was among the faculty recognized for their patents. (UofA System Division of Agriculture photo by Mary Hightower)
The patent recognitions were presented by Lisa Childs, assistant vice president for technology commercialization for the Division of Agriculture.
“The patents issued this year reflect the wide spectrum of research the Division of Agriculture has going on to support our land grant mission,” Childs said. “These issued patents show that the Division of Agriculture is improving the plants our farmers grow, whether they’re row crops or fruit, improving irrigation techniques, and improving the ways we manage plant diseases. It’s exciting to be able to use patenting strategies to support people using these solutions to real-world problems.”
The patents:
Blackberry named A-2524T — John Clark, department of horticulture
Blackberry named APF-238T — John Clark, department of horticulture
Blackberry named A-2538T, “Ponca” — John Clark, department of horticulture
Peach tree named A-858P — John Clark, department of horticulture
Irrigation System — Christopher Henry, department of biological and agricultural engineering
Method of Improving Tolerance of Plants to Herbicides Using Seed Insecticide Treatments — Jarrod Hardke and Jason Norsworthy, department of crop, soil, and environmental sciences; Gus Lorenz, department of entomology and plant pathology; and Robert Scott, Cooperative Extension Service
Method, Vectors, Cells, Seeds and Kits for Stacking Genes into a Single Genomic Site — Vibha Srivastava, department of crop, soil and environmental sciences
Rice cultivar CLL15 — Xueyan Sha, department of crop, soil and environmental sciences
Rice cultivar CLM04 — Xueyan Sha, department of crop, soil and environmental sciences
Rice cultivar CLL16 — Karen Moldenhauer, department of crop, soil and environmental sciences
Trichoderma Compositions and Methods of Using the Same — Yeshi Wamishe, department of entomology and plant pathology
Wheat - Delta Grow 1800 — Richard Mason, department of crop, soil and environmental sciences.
The ceremony was held at Waldrip Hall at the Milo J. Shult Agricultural Research and Extension Center.
To learn about extension programs in Arkansas, contact your local Cooperative Extension Service agent or visit www.uaex.uada.edu. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @AR_Extension. To learn more about Division of Agriculture research, visit the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station website: https://aaes.uada.edu. Follow on Twitter at @ArkAgResearch. To learn more about the Division of Agriculture, visit https://uada.edu/. Follow us on Twitter at @AgInArk.