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Mutant dwarfism gene of petunia

Patent 5523520 Issued on June 4, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject June 24, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

PP6899

PP6914

PP6915

Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 265483 filed on 06/24/1994

US Classes:

800/260, METHOD OF USING A PLANT OR PLANT PART IN A BREEDING PROCESS WHICH INCLUDES A STEP OF SEXUAL HYBRIDIZATION435/410, PLANT CELL OR CELL LINE, PER SE (E.G., TRANSGENIC, MUTANT, ETC.); COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF PROPAGATING, MAINTAINING, OR PRESERVING PLANT CELL OR CELL LINE; PROCESS OF ISOLATING OR SEPARATING A PLANT CELL OR CELL LINE; PROCESS OF REGENERATING PLANT CELLS INTO TISSUE, PLANT PART, OR PLANT, PER SE, WHERE NO GENOTYPIC CHANGE OCCURS; MEDIUM THEREFORE800/323.1, PetuniaPLT/356Petunia

Examiners

Primary: Chereskin, Che S.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

A01H 004/00
A01H 001/02
A01H 005/00
A01H 005/10

Abstract

This invention relates to a dwarf petunia plant, seed, variety and hybrid. More specifically, the invention relates to a petunia plant having a mutant gene for dwarfism which results in the reduced plant and flower size. The invention also relates to crossing inbreds, varieties and hybrids containing the dwarf gene to produce novel types and varieties of dwarf petunia plants and flowers for ornamental purposes.

Other References

  • Bedding Plants, John W. Mastalerz (Ed.), Pennsylvania Flower Growers, 1976, pp. 252-269
  • Petunia, Ken Sink (Ed.) Springer-Verlaq, 1984, pp. 34-37
  • Petunia, Ken Sink (Ed.) Springer-Verlag, 1984 Chapter 15
  • Evaluation of Petunia Cultivars for the Landscape in West-Central Florida, T. K. Howe, et al., Proc. FL State Hort. Soc. 105, 1992, pp. 246-251
  • Ewart in Petunia (Sink, ed.) Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1984 Chapter 15, pp. 180-202
  • Weddle in Bedding Plants (Mastalerz, ed.), Pennsylvania Flower Growers, 1976, pp. 252-269
  • Izhar, et al in Petunia (Sink, ed.) Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1984, pp. 116-11
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