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Method for affecting fertility in plant variants

US5049503A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 18, 1990
Grant dateSep 17, 1991
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Expiry dateJan 18, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12N5/04
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Plant embryogenesis from cultured, immature gametic cells can be exploited to overcome the problem of phenotypic sterility in the products of many techniques for plant modification, including interspecific and intergeneric sexual crossing or somatic fusion somaclonal selection, genetic transformation and mutagenesis.

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