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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
L. Curtis Hannah, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/529 ; C12N 1/554 ; C12N 5/04 ; C12N 1/582 ; A01H 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/529 ; C12N 1/554 ; C12N 5/04 ; C12N 1/582 ; A01H 5/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention pertains to mutant alleles of the genes encoding the large subunit of AGP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in plants. When present in maize plants, these mutant alleles confer enhanced germination characteristics but without any dimishment of food quality or flavor as compared to plants that express the sh2-R genes. The subject invention also concerns methods for transforming plants with the mutant alleles. The subject invention also concerns plants that have the mutant alleles of the invention incorporated in their genome.