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Pelargonium (Geranium)

SummaryPelargonium

The present United States patent granted to Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique discloses a method for modifying a Pelargonium spp. via transformation with A. rhizogenes. A pelargonium plant or tissue is transformed in vivo . Flower scent is one of the specific characteristics to be modified by the transformation process.

Specific Patent Information

Patent Number

Title, Independent Claims and Sumamry of Claims

Assignee

US 5648598

  • Earliest priority - 20 December 1994
  • Filed - 20 December 1994
  • Granted - 15 July 1997
  • Expected expiry - 20 December 2014

Title - Ornamental character of scented geraniums by genetic transformation

Claim 1

A method of genetically modifying a plant of the genus Pelargonium to modify at least one ornamental characteristic of said plant, the method comprising the steps of, transforming a live Pelargonium plant or live tissue thereof with the T-DNA of the Ri plasmid of Agrobacterium rhizogenes, and propagating the resulting transformant to obtain a plant for ornamental use.
Claim 5

A method of genetically modifying a Pelargonium species or variety having a unique scent comprising transforming live plants or live tissues of said species or variety with the T-DNA of the Ri plasmid of Agrobacterium rhizogenes, and propagating the resultant transformants to obtain plants characterized by improved ornamental characteristics.

Method for the transformation of a live Pelargonium plant or live tissue with T-DNA of A. rhizogenes. The transformation is aimed at modifying an ornamental characteristic or the scent of a geranium plant.

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

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