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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sandra L. Volrath, Durham, NC (US);
Marie A. Johnson, Wendell, NC (US);
Eric R. Ward, Durham, NC (US);
Peter B. Heifetz, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Novartis Finance Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 7/06 ; A01H 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 7/06 ; A01H 5/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for controlling the growth of undesired vegetation comprising applying an effective amount of a protox-inhibiting herbicide to a population of transgenic plants or plant seed transformed with a DNA sequence coding for a modified protox enzyme that is tolerant to a protox-inhibiting herbicide or to the locus where a population of the transgenic plants or plant seeds is cultivated.