Methods and compositions for the production of stably transformed fertile monocot plants and cells thereof
Patent 5874265 Issued on February 23, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date: February 23, 2016. 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.
800/260, METHOD OF USING A PLANT OR PLANT PART IN A BREEDING PROCESS WHICH INCLUDES A STEP OF SEXUAL HYBRIDIZATION800/266, Method of breeding involving a genotypic or phenotypic marker800/268, Method of breeding involving a tissue culture step800/278, METHOD OF INTRODUCING A POLYNUCLEOTIDE MOLECULE INTO OR REARRANGEMENT OF GENETIC MATERIAL WITHIN A PLANT OR PLANT PART800/291The polynucleotide comprises a transposon
This invention relates to a method for the production of stable, genetically transformed cereal plants, other than maize or rice, that comprise an exogenous DNA expressing phosphinothricin acetyl transferase to impart resistance to phosphinothricin in said cereal plants. Cereal plants within the scope of the method include, but are not limited to, wheat, barley and oats. The invention also pertains to a method of breeding said transgenic cereal plants with a either a non-transgenic plant or a transgenic plant, and the obtention of fertile transgenic plants and seed therefrom.
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