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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2001
Applicants:
German Carlos Spangenberg, Bundoora, AU;
Angela Jane Lidgett, Richmond, AU;
Inventors:
German Carlos Spangenberg, Bundoora, AU;
Angela Jane Lidgett, Richmond, AU;
Assignees:
Dairy Australia Limited, Victoria, AU;
Molecular Plant Breeding Nominees Ltd., South Australia, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/09 (2006.01); C12N 15/29 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2006.01); A01H 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of modifying resistance of plants to diseases and/or pests by transforming the plants with a nucleic acid encoding ryegrass O-methyltransferase (OMT). The invention also relates to transformed plants, cells and seeds having increased disease and/or pest resistance by expressing rygrass O-methyltransferase (OMT).