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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Timothy W Fox, Des Moines, IA (US);
Howard Hershey, Cumming, IA (US);
Yongzhong Wu, Johnston, IA (US);
Inventors:
Timothy W Fox, Des Moines, IA (US);
Howard Hershey, Cumming, IA (US);
Yongzhong Wu, Johnston, IA (US);
Assignee:
Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc, Johnston, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 1/00 (2006.01); A01H 1/02 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 15/87 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/8216 (2013.01); C12N 15/8263 (2013.01); C12N 15/8289 (2013.01); C12N 15/8287 (2013.01); C12N 15/8231 (2013.01); C12N 15/8218 (2013.01); C12N 15/8212 (2013.01);
Abstract
Pairs of plants are provided in which complementing constructs result in suppression of a parental phenotype in the progeny. Methods to generate and maintain such plants and methods of use of said plants, are provided, including use of parental plants to produce sterile plants for hybrid seed production. Also provided are methods for maintaining a homozygous recessive condition and for repressing transmission of transgenes.