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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marc C. Albertsen, West Des Moines, IA (US);
Larry R. Beach, Des Moines, IA (US);
Gary A. Huffman, Des Moines, IA (US);
John Howard, College Station, TX (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 5/00 ; A01H 4/00 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/505 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 5/00 ; A01H 4/00 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/505 ;
Abstract
A controllably constitutively female sterile plant is provided. A gene critical to female fertility is identified and the native gene inactivated. The gene is cloned, linked to an inducible promoter and inserted into the plant. The result is a plant that is constitutively female sterile with inducible female fertility.