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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2012
Jianru Zuo, New York, NY (US);
Qi-wen Niu, Staten Island, NY (US);
Giovanna Frugis, Rome, IT;
Nam-hai Chua, New York, NY (US);
Jianru Zuo, New York, NY (US);
Qi-Wen Niu, Staten Island, NY (US);
Giovanna Frugis, Rome, IT;
Nam-Hai Chua, New York, NY (US);
The Rockefeller University, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for promoting somatic embryogenesis from a tissue or organ of a plant, by overexpressing a Wuschel gene in said tissue or organ. In one embodiment, such overexpression can be used as a silent selectable marker for transgenic plants. In another embodiment, such expression can be used to confer apomixis to a plant. In another embodiment, such overexpression can be used to create haploid plants, which can be used to produce dihaploid plants.