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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5356799 | Antisense gene systems of pollination control for hybrid seed production A process is described for producing hybrid seed using male-sterile plants created by employing molecular techniques to manipulate antisense DNA and other genes that are capable of controlling the production of fertile pollen in plants. Transformation tec... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5349119 | Inbred corn line PHTM9 According to the invention, there is provided an inbred corn line, designated PHTM9. This invention thus relates to the plants and seeds of inbred corn line PHTM9 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line PHTM9 with it... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5347080 | Inbred corn line PHK74 According to the invention, there is provided an inbred corn line, designated PHK74. This invention thus relates to the plants and seeds of inbred corn line PHK74 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line PHK74 with it... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5304722 | Hybrid rice production utilizing perennial male sterile rice plants An improved process for the economical production of F1 hybrid Oryza sativa plants (i.e., hybrid rice plants of the first filial generation) is provided. Novel female fertile male sterile rice plants which are perennial and capable of retaining... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5304718 | Cytoplasmic male sterile quinoa The present invention is directed to the use of a Apelawa variety of quinoa in the production of cytoplasmic male sterile quinoa plants and seeds useful in breeding programs for high-yield quinoa hybrids. More particularly, the present invention is direct... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5304720 | Inbred corn line PHHV4 According to the invention, there is provided an inbred corn line, designated PHHV4. This invention thus relates to the plants and seeds of inbred corn line PHHV4 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line PHHV4 with it... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5304719 | Inbred corn line PHT47 According to the invention, there is provided an inbred corn line, designated PHT47. This invention thus relates to the plants and seeds of inbred corn line PHT47 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line PHT47 with it... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5276264 | Sunflower products having lower levels of saturated fatty acids Sunflower seed, plants and oil are described which have a total level of saturated fatty acids equal to 6% or less relative to the total fatty acid content, a total level of stearic acid less than 1% of the total fatty acid content, and a total level of p... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5254801 | Heterologous dominant conditional lethal gene which is a phosphonate monoester hydrolase and use thereof in plants A class of heterologous dominant conditional lethal genes is disclosed. The gene is useful in genetically modifying plant cells and plants to selectively induce cellular lethality for purposes such as inducing male sterility for hybrid seed production, ce... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5254802 | Male sterile brassica plants Brassica oleracea plants having cytoplasmic male sterility and processes for their production.... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5180873 | Transformation of plants to introduce closely linked markers A novel method of producing a plant with a marker closely linked to a target locus, in particular a nuclear male sterile target locus, is described. The method involves transformation of a group of plants in order to introduce a marker into each plant, an... | 01/19/1993 |
| 4764643 | Route to hybrid rice production An improved procedure for forming F1 hybrid Oryza sativa plants (i.e., hybrid rice plants of the first filial generation) is provided which is capable of being economically implemented on a commercial scale. Plants of the seed and pollen parent... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4751348 | Nicotiana plants with both altered polyamine levels and flower structures and method for obtaining these plants Plant cell lines with altered flower structures, and altered plant male and/or female sterility/fertility, and altered polyamine synthesis have been isolated using a UV mutagenizing light, polyamine synthesis inhibitors, and growth in the dark. Some of th... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4727219 | Genic male-sterile maize using a linked marker gene A method is disclosed for efficiently using genic male-sterile maize in hybrid seed production which allows economical maintenance of male-sterile stocks. This method enhances a natural linkage between a selected male-sterile gene and a marker gene condit... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4658084 | Hybridization using cytoplasmic male sterility and herbicide tolerance from nuclear genes The process of the present invention provides a convenient route for producing a predetermined hybrid variety of a crop which is capable of undergoing both self-pollination and cross-pollination. Cytoplasmic male sterile plants which also exhibit herbicid... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4658085 | Hybridization using cytoplasmic male sterility, cytoplasmic herbicide tolerance, and herbicide tolerance from nuclear genes The process of the present invention provides a convenient route for producing a predetermined hybrid variety of a crop which is capable of undergoing both self-pollination and cross-pollination. Cytoplasmic male sterile plants which also exhibit cytoplas... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4654465 | Genic male-sterile maize A method is disclosed for creating and utilizing genic male-sterile maize for hybrid maize production. The method makes use of the Spm transposable element system and involves creation of a mutated male fertile allele, mutated by the presence of the Spm s... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4648204 | Process for forming seeds capable of growing hybrid soybean plants An improved process is provided for forming seeds capable of yielding F1 hybrid soybean plants (i.e., hybrid soybean plants of the first filial generation) or maintaining male sterile soybean plants useful in the production of male fertile F | 03/10/1987 |
| 4569152 | LBN Cytoplasm Most of the corn in the United States is grown from hybrid seed. The production of hybrid seeds necessitates the emasculation of the desired female parent plant. If this emasculation is carried out by hand, then it becomes a major cost factor. One method ... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4545146 | Route to hybrid soybean production An improved procedure for forming F1 hybrid soybean plants (i.e., hybrid soybean plants of the first filial generation) is provided which is capable of being readily implemented on a commercial scale. Unlike processes proposed in the prior art ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4517763 | Hybridization process utilizing a combination of cytoplasmic male sterility and herbicide tolerance The process of the present invention provides a convenient route for producing a predetermined hybrid variety of a crop which is capable of undergoing both self-pollination and cross-pollination. Cytoplasmic male sterile plants which also exhibit cytoplas... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4143486 | Hybrid wheat Seeds of alloplasmic wheat, which contain at least one specific nuclear gene (Ms) and a cytoplasm which interacts with the specific nuclear gene (Ms) or genes (Ms Ms) to maintain the plant fertile, are treated by a mutagenic agent and, if necessary selfed... | 03/13/1979 |
