Division of Agriculture Faculty Patents Recognized at Awards Ceremony

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.

By Mary Hightower – Jan. 13, 2023

John Clark holds a plaque while posing for a photo in between Lisa Childs and Deacue Fields

PATENTS — Lisa Childs, assistant vice president for technology commercialization, and Deacue Fields, vice president for agriculture, present patent plaques to John R. Clark for development of three blackberries and one peach in 2022. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Fred Miller)

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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.

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.

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Mary Hightower

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About the Division of Agriculture

The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s mission is to strengthen agriculture, communities, and families by connecting trusted research to the adoption of best practices. Through the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Cooperative Extension Service, the Division of Agriculture conducts research and extension work within the nation’s historic land grant education system.

The Division of Agriculture is one of 20 entities within the University of Arkansas System. It has offices in all 75 counties in Arkansas and faculty on five system campuses.

The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture offers all its Extension and Research programs and services without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital or veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.