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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7074984 | Cross-incompatibility traits from teosinte and their use in corn The present invention relates to a teosinte crossing barrier trait. Plants containing said trait exhibit the phenotype of cross-incompatiblity. The present invention also relates to new cross-incompatible plants, including inbred, hybrid, haploid, apomictic and/or g... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6340784 | Method for selective increase of the anticarcinogenic glucosinolates in Brassica sp. The invention relates to a method for producing Brassica oleracea with elevated anticarcinogenic glucosinolate derivatives. The elevated levels are obtained by crossing wild Brassica oleracea species with Brassica oleracea breeding lines, and subsequently... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6118046 | Inbred broccoli line KI-13 capable of combining with other inbred broccoli to produce superior commercial cultivar (varieties) An inbred broccoli line, designated KI-13, including to the seeds to the plants, the method of development of inbred broccoli line KI-13, and the methods for producing a broccoli plant produced by crossing the inbred line KI-13 with itself or other brocco... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5959173 | Hybrid seed production The invention relates to improved methods of hybrid seed production. More particularly it relates to the use of one (or two) phytotoxic chemical resistant genes in the male (and female) parent in a hybridization process, followed by uncontrolled pollinati... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5945582 | Inbred broccoli line BC-403 Inbred broccoli line, designated BC-403 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred broccoli line BC-403, to the plants of inbred broccoli line BC-403, and to methods for producing a broccoli plant produced by crossing the inbred line BC-40... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5731505 | Inbred broccoli line SA-5 An inbred broccoli line, designated SA-5, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred broccoli line SA-5, to the plants of inbred broccoli line SA-5 and to methods for producing a broccoli plant produced by crossing the inbred line SA-5 wit... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5704160 | Production method for high-oil corn grain A novel method of producing corn grain with a high oil content has been developed. Through pollination of male-sterile hybrid corn plants by nonisogenic corn plants possessing the trait of high-oil, grain is obtained possessing an oil content much higher ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5628145 | Process for producing seeds capable of forming F1 hybrid plants utilizing self-incompatibility An improved route is provided for the production of seeds capable of forming F1 hybrid plants of a crop which is capable of undergoing cross-pollination while utilizing self-incompatibility. A substantially randomly mixed population of parent p... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5043282 | Method of producing plant cell lines and plant hybrids A method is disclosed for producing, in a single culture, plant cells that contain a self incompatibility (SI) determinant and plant cells that do not. A selected line is crossed with a line that is homozygous for an SI determinant, and pollen or microspo... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4620391 | Method of producing self-incompatible plants This invention is directed to the breeding of self-incompatible plants, especially crop plants. In particular, the invention is directed to novel self-incompatable crops and hybrid seeds thereof.... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4499687 | Hybrid Brassica seed production A process for the production of high purity hybrid Brassica seed, comprising (a) selecting a heterozygous, maximally self-incompatible parent plant, (b) cloning said selected plant to produce a first cloned parental line, the plants of which are both maxi... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4381624 | High purity hybrid cabbage seed production A process for commercially producing high purity hybrid cabbage seed. One (or both) of the parental lines is rendered sib-incompatible by cloning a maximally self-incompatible parent plant so that the resulting line (or lines), consisting of cloned plants... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4102079 | Method of breeding new varieties of the first filial generation plant A method of breeding new varieties of a first filial generation plant is disclosed. The first filial generation plant is obtained by crossing an allopolyploidy plant as female with several species in Brassica genus as male. The allopolyploidy plant is com... | 07/25/1978 |
