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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1996
Nigel Harry Grimsley, Basle, CH;
Barbara Hohn, Bottmingen, CH;
Thomas Hohn, Bottmingen, CH;
Jeffrey William Davies, Norfolk, GB;
Margaret Irene Boulton, Dereham, GB;
Ciba-Geigy, Ardsley, NY (US);
Mycogen Plant Science, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a novel method of inserting viral DNA, which optionally may contain cargo-DNA, into plants or viable parts thereof, but preferably into plants of the monocotyledon class, and most preferably into plants of the family Gramineae, using suitable transfer microorganisms. Further comprised by the invention are recombinant DNA, plasmid and vector molecules suitably adapted to the specific conditions of the process according to the invention and the transgenic plant products obtainable in accordance with the said process.