Use of the indeterminate gametophyte gene for maize improvement
US5749169A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 7, 1995 |
| Grant date | May 12, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07K14/415
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A methodology for ascertaining gene function entails selection of mutations in androgenetic haploids which are produced by fertilizing a maize plant carrying the indeterminate gametophyte gene (ig) with pollen obtained from a mutagenized plant. Genes that control quantitative characters can be identified, for example, by fertilizing a first inbred carrying the ig gene with pollen from a second inbred that has been mutagenized. Changes in the phenotype of the hybrid progeny then are identified and characterized. A method for direct selection of androgenetic haploids is provided.
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