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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2006
Applicant:
Marc DE Block, Merelbeke, BE;
Inventor:
Marc De Block, Merelbeke, BE;
Assignee:
Bayer Bioscience N.V., Ghent, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides methods and means for determining parent inbred plant lines with good combining ability, for determining good combinations of parent inbred plant lines capable of yielding hybrid lines with high heterosis, and further for determining the agronomical performance of different plant lines, which can be performed in vitro by determining the electron flow in the mitochondria under control and stress conditions.