Patents Assigned to Plant Genetic Sysetms, N.V.
  • Maintenance of male-sterile plants
    Patent number: 5977433
    Abstract: Transgenic plants that have, stably integrated into their nuclear genome, a maintainer gene comprising a fertility-restorer gene and a pollen-lethality gene. The plants can be used to maintain a homogenous population of male-sterile plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Plant Genetic Sysetms, N.V.
    Inventors: Mark Williams, Jan Leemans