Plants with modified stamen cells

US6627799B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Bayer Bioscience GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Celestina Mariani · Heusden, BE
• Jan Leemans · Heusden, BE
• Willy De Greef · Evergem, BE
• Marc De Beuckeleer · Zwijnaarde, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 1995
• Grant date: Sep 30, 2003
• Expiry date: Jun 7, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Y302/01031
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A plant, the nuclear genome of which is transformed with a foreign DNA sequence encoding a product which selectively disrupts the metabolism, functioning and/or development of stamen cells of the plant. The foreign DNA sequence also optionally encodes a marker.