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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
May. 25, 2009
Tony Arioli, Lubbock, TX (US);
Steven Engelen, Lokeren, BE;
John Jacobs, Merelbeke, BE;
Michel Van Thournout, Sint-Michiels, BE;
Stephane Bourot, Comines, FR;
Tony Arioli, Lubbock, TX (US);
Steven Engelen, Lokeren, BE;
John Jacobs, Merelbeke, BE;
Michel Van Thournout, Sint-Michiels, BE;
Stephane Bourot, Comines, FR;
Bayer CropScience N.V., Diegem, BE;
Abstract
This invention relates to the field of agriculture, more specifically to the use of molecular biology techniques to alter fiber-producing plants, particularly cotton plants, and/or accelerate breeding of such fiber-producing plants. Methods and means are provided to alter fiber qualities, such as increasing fiber strength. Methods are also provided to identify molecular markers associated with fiber strength in a population of cotton varieties and related progenitor plants.