Low lignin non-transgenic alfalfa varieties and methods for producing the same

US10420314B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ALFOREX SEEDS LLC

Inventors

• Jonathan M. Reich · Woodland, US
• David W. Johnson · Onalaska, US
• Mark E. Darling · Woodland, US
• Tracy A. Engh · Westby, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 1, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 24, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 1, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01H6/54
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are alfalfa varieties with low or reduced lignin content, including an alfalfa seed designated CW 096043 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122473, an alfalfa seed designated CW 103009 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122475, an alfalfa seed designated CW 099079 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122474, an alfalfa seed designated CW 090075 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122471, an alfalfa seed designated CW 054004 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122470, an alfalfa seed designated CW 093009 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122472, and an alfalfa seed designated CW 104015 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122476. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the cultivar, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of these alfalfa varieties, such as CW 096043, CW 103009, CW 099079, CW 090075, CW 054004, CW 093009, or CW 104015 and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in alfalfa breeding and alfalfa transformation.