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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1998
Mark J Guiltinan, State College, PA (US);
Zhijian Li, Tabares, FL (US);
Abdoulaye Traore, State College, PA (US);
Siela Maximova, State College, PA (US);
The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to improved methods of transforming cacao tissues with Agrobacterium vectors and regenerating transgenic plants. The invention further relates to transgenic cacao somatic embryos and plants obtained according to the methods of the invention. Novel tissue culture media adapted for use in the above-identified methods are also within the scope of the invention. The novel media of the invention include primary callus growth medium, secondary callus growth medium, embryo development medium, primary embryo conversion medium, secondary embryo conversion medium and plant regeneration medium.