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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2002
Dennis Gonsalves, Hilo, HI (US);
Aladje Baldé, Monte-Abrao, PT;
Maria Salomé Soares Pais, Lisboa, PT;
Chu-hui Chiang, Tainan, TW;
Dennis Gonsalves, Hilo, HI (US);
Aladje Baldé, Monte-Abrao, PT;
Maria Salomé Soares Pais, Lisboa, PT;
Chu-Hui Chiang, Tainan, TW;
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Institute of Applied Science and Technology (ICAT)-Laboratory for Plant Biotechnology, Lisboa, PT;
Abstract
The present invention relates to DNA constructs which include DNA molecules which affect papaya fruit ripening and DNA molecules which encode papaya ringspot virus coat protein. The present invention further relates to a method of controlling papaya fruit ripening while conferring resistance to Papaya Ringspot Virus by transforming plants with the DNA construct. The present invention also relates to expression systems, host cells, and transgenic plants containing the DNA constructs of the invention.