Patents Assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Incorporated
  • METHOD FOR REGULATING AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION
    Publication number: 20090263902
    Abstract: A method for regulating expression of a virulence gene of Agrobacterium is described. The method comprises the steps of stimulating cereal cells, such as sorghum, so as to produce an active, typically phenolic, compound and exposing the Agrobacterium to this compound. The compound induces expression of the virulence gene of the Agrobacterium, effecting T-DNA transfer from the Agrobacterium to the cereal cells, which are thereby transformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicants: CSIR, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Incorporated
    Inventors: Luke MEHLO, Zuo-Yu Zhao