Process for transforming gladiolus

A method of producing a transformed Gladiolus plant comprising: removing a piece of tissue from a corm; inoculating the tissue with vir+ Agrobacterium tumefaciens; incubating the inoculated tissue until a tumor forms; culturing at least a portion of the tumor in hormone-free medium until a cormel forms; and growing the cormel to produce the transformed plant. Also, methods of producing a transformed Gladiolus corm or seed comprising growing a transformed Gladiolus plant, prepared as just described, until the corm or seed is formed. Finally, transformed Gladiolus plants, corms and seeds.
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Abstract/Description: A method of producing a transformed Gladiolus plant comprising: removing a piece of tissue from a corm; inoculating the tissue with vir+ Agrobacterium tumefaciens; incubating the inoculated tissue until a tumor forms; culturing at least a portion of the tumor in hormone-free medium until a cormel forms; and growing the cormel to produce the transformed plant. Also, methods of producing a transformed Gladiolus corm or seed comprising growing a transformed Gladiolus plant, prepared as just described, until the corm or seed is formed. Finally, transformed Gladiolus plants, corms and seeds.
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Date Issued: 1994-08-23
Title: Process for transforming gladiolus.
Name(s): The University of Toledo, assignee
Graves, Anne C. F., inventor
Goldman, Stephen L., inventor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: patent
Publisher: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Other Date: Date Filed: 1992-06-17
Date Issued: 1994-08-23
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 15 p.
Abstract/Description: A method of producing a transformed Gladiolus plant comprising: removing a piece of tissue from a corm; inoculating the tissue with vir+ Agrobacterium tumefaciens; incubating the inoculated tissue until a tumor forms; culturing at least a portion of the tumor in hormone-free medium until a cormel forms; and growing the cormel to produce the transformed plant. Also, methods of producing a transformed Gladiolus corm or seed comprising growing a transformed Gladiolus plant, prepared as just described, until the corm or seed is formed. Finally, transformed Gladiolus plants, corms and seeds.
Identifier(s): utpatents-US5340730 (IID)
Patent No.: US5340730 (patno)
Appl. No.: 07/900507 (appno)
Subject(s): 800/294
800/298
800/323
Held by: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Public Search Facility
Location: University of Toledo Digital Repository
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
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