Abstract: In one aspect, the invention provides new variants of the Fad3 enzyme, including amino acid substitutions, as well as nucleic acid sequences encoding such peptides. Other aspects of the invention include transgenic plants and plant parts. Vectors capable of transforming plant cells are provided, including the nucleic acids of the invention, including Fad3 coding sequences. Corresponding methods are provided for obtaining the transgenic plants of the invention. Methods are provided for using the plants of the invention, including selected plants and transgenic plants, to obtain plant products. Amplification primers for identifying the Fad3 alleles of the invention are provided, together with methods of obtaining plants using the Fad3 alleles of the invention as markers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 1, 2002
Date of Patent:
July 25, 2006
Assignee:
Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Abstract: A new cultivar of bee balm, Monarda didyma ‘ACrade’, characterized by its purple-violet blossoms that are present abundantly in June through August. The new variety is mid sized in height with a mounded plant habit, is hardy in U.S.D.A. Zones 3 to 8, and exhibits dark green slightly glossy foliage that has shown resistant to powdery mildew.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 11, 2007
Date of Patent:
December 16, 2008
Assignee:
Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada as represented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food