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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5438152 | High pigment, reduced blossom end scar size, disease resistant tomato varieties The present invention provides novel tomato lines having disease resistance, and producing a tomato(es) having a weight of at least 140 g with high pigment and reduced blossom end scar size relative to "Suncoast". Due to the reduced blossom end scar size,... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5312801 | Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration of cacao The present invention provides a method for regeneration of somatic embryos from non-zygotic or zygotic tissue. The invention also provides a means for regeneration of cacao plantlets and plants from somatic embryos.... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5196636 | High yield sweet corn hybrid The present invention relates to novel sweet or supersweet corn hybrids with improved yield and germination characteristics. The hybrids of the present invention are produced by crossing flint and dent field corn parents.... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5177306 | Abienol-producing somaclonal variants of nicotiana The present invention provides a method for producing plants with labdane production in Nicotiana which comprises subjecting plans to somaclonal variation, and screening for plants having higher than average labdane content. The invention also provides im... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5124505 | Celery lines with increased stick yield The present invention provides a method for improving stick yield of a celery line which comprises culturing an explant on a first medium containing at least one auxin to produce callus, culturing the callus on a second medium without growth regulators to... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5066830 | Pepper gametoclonal variation The present invention relates to a method of recovering variants of species of the genus Capsicum by in vitro culture which comprises: (a) culturing excised anthers on a first medium which promotes the initiation of embryos for a period of time and under condi... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5066594 | Method for the manipulation of pollen in plants The present method is directed to a method for the in vitro stabilization and manipulation of pollen from flowering plants. Specifically, the in vitro stabilization method comprises stabilizing germinating pollen in an aqueous stabilizing solution. The gr... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5012040 | Somaclonal variants of Nicotiana glutinosa The present invention relates to novel plants of the species Nicotiana glutinosa, which produce unusually high levels of sclareol.... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4940839 | Method of tomato protoplast fusion and regeneration of hybrid plants therefrom The present invention relates to a method of producing a hybrid plant of a wild species and a cultivated species of Lycopersicon which comprises fusing protoplasts of the wild and cultivated species and recovering a hybrid plant from fused protoplasts und... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4919948 | Prolonging the shelf life of fresh root vegetables The shelf life of root crops such as raw carrots can be substantially increased by subjecting the raw carrots to a process including (a) a mild heat treatment effective to reduce the microflora of the carrots but not to adversely affect the organoleptic q... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4863863 | Method of producing somatic hybrids of the genus Lycopersicon Somatic hybrid plants of the genus Lycopersicon are produced by fusion of protoplasts of two species, one of which cannot be regenerated from protoplasts. This procedure enables the introduction of certain desirable traits of wild-type members of the genu... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4855153 | Prolonging the shelf life of fresh root vegetables The shelf life of root crops such as raw carrots can be substantially increased by subjecting the raw carrots, in one embodiment, to a process including (a) a mild heat treatment effective to reduce the microflora of the carrots but not to adversely affec... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4827079 | Generation of somaclonal non-mendelian variants A method is presented which permits the induction and screening of variant plants which display a Non-Mendelian mode of inheritance. The process involves maintaining plant tissue in culture for a limited period of time in the presence of unusually high le... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4818699 | Generation of somaclonal non-mendelian variants A method is presented which permits the induction and screening of variant plants which display a Non-Mendelian mode of inheritance. The process involves maintaining plant tissue in culture for a limited period of time in the presence of unusually high le... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4810649 | Controlled regeneration of zea diploperennis hybrids and breeding strategies therewith This invention provides a method for high frequency plant regeneration from somatic stem donor tissue of field grown Zea diploperennis, a diploid, perennial corn ancestor with high tillering capacity. This species is used as a parent in a maize improvemen... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4808420 | Fresh root vegetables with prolonged shelf life The shelf life of root crops such as raw carrots can be substantially increased by subjecting the raw carrots to a process including (a) a mild heat treatment effective to reduce the microflora of the carrots but not to adversely affect the organoleptic q... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4753808 | Packaged pre-cut vegetables The shelf life of vegetables such as raw celery can be substantially increased by subjecting the raw celery to a process including selecting a portion of the celery that has characteristic chemical and physiological properties found in petioles of market ... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4751094 | Method for slicing fruits and vegetables An improved method of slicing fresh fruits and vegetables utilizing a high pressure fluid jet that minimizes bruising throughout the cut pieces and tissue damage in the vicinity of the cut surface.... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4711789 | Prolonging the shelf life of pre-cut fresh celery The shelf life of vegetables such as raw celery can be substantially increased by subjecting the raw celery to a process including selecting a portion of the celery that has characteristic chemical and physiological properties found in petioles of market ... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4670275 | Prolonging the shelf life of fresh root vegetables The shelf life of root crops such as raw carrots can be substantially increased by subjecting the raw carrots to a process including (a) a mild heat treatment effective to reduce the microflora of the carrots but not to adversely affect the organoleptic q... | 06/02/1987 |
