Process for transforming gladiolus
US5340730A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 17, 1992 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/8205
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of producing a transformed Gladiolus plant comprising: removing a piece of tissue from a corm; inoculating the tissue with vir.sup.+ Agrobacterium tumefaciens; incubating the inoculated tissue until a tumor forms; culturing at least a portion of the tumor in hormone-free medium until a cormel forms; and growing the cormel to produce the transformed plant. Also, methods of producing a transformed Gladiolus corm or seed comprising growing a transformed Gladiolus plant, prepared as just described, until the corm or seed is formed. Finally, transformed Gladiolus plants, corms and seeds.
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