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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ellen Leue, DeKalb, IL (US);
Assignee:
Pan America Seed Company, West Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H / ; A01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800323 ; 800298 ; 800260 ; Plt / ;
Abstract
Conventional I. wallerana bicolor petal patterns, such as the 'star' and 'picotee' patterns are polygenic in nature. Consequently, the color patterns are often lost or diluted when merged with other desirable polygenic traits. The novel stardust pattern, however, exhibits an exceptionally high degree of stability from flower to flower, and appears to be controlled by a single recessive gene. This simple inheritance allows the production of I. wallerana plants having the stardust trait with a variety of additional desirable characteristics.