Patent · US Expired

Methods for improving seeds

US6093874A · kind A · utility

27Cited by
1References
55Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 15, 1997
Grant dateJul 25, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 15, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02A40/146
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention provides methods of modulating seed mass and other traits in plants. The methods involve producing transgenic plants comprising a recombinant expression cassette containing an ADC nucleic acid linked to a plant promoter.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.