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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
May. 10, 2002
R. Eric Cerny, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Sophia Y. (Yun Chia) Chen, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Jeanne G. Layton, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Bernard Sammons, Ellisville, MO (US);
R. Douglas Sammons, New Melle, MO (US);
R. Eric Cerny, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Sophia Y. (Yun Chia) Chen, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Jeanne G. Layton, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Bernard Sammons, Ellisville, MO (US);
R. Douglas Sammons, New Melle, MO (US);
Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
An improved method for selecting among DNA constructs conferring herbicide tolerance for those which confer superior vegetative and reproductive tolerance in crop plants. Additionally, an improved method for selecting among DNA constructs conferring herbicide tolerance for those which confer superior tolerance in vegetative tissues of crop plants but little or no tolerance in male reproductive tissues of crop plants for the purpose of producing male sterile plants useful in a hybrid crop production system.