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Gossypium hirsutum plants with increased fiber strength comprising a fiber strength allele spanning the GLUC1.1A gene from Gossypium barbadense

US9121074B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayer CropScience N.V. · BE

Inventors

Tony Arioli · Lubbock, US
Steven Engelen · Wondelgem, BE
John Jacobs · Merelbeke, BE
Michel Van Thournout · Sint-Michiels, BE
Stephane Bourot · Comines, BE

Key dates

Filing date	May 25, 2009
Grant date	Sep 1, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 16, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12Q2600/172
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to the field of agriculture, more specifically to the use of molecular biology techniques to alter fiber-producing plants, particularly cotton plants, and/or accelerate breeding of such fiber-producing plants. Methods and means are provided to alter fiber qualities, such as increasing fiber strength. Methods are also provided to identify molecular markers associated with fiber strength in a population of cotton varieties and related progenitor plants.

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