Patents Assigned to Pristine Forage Technologies Pty Ltd.
  • Pasture, forage and seed production technology through pod and leaf retention on annuals of the genus (annual medics)
    Patent number: 8183435
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved cultivars, varieties, lines or plants of annual medics (Medicago genus) wherein the majority of seed pods, upon reaching maturity, remain attached to their respective pedicels. In particular, the present invention relates to improved cultivars, varieties, lines or plants of annual medics (Medicago genus), having a mutant form of the gene for pod shedding, thereby resulting in a “pod holding” trait. The invention also extends to methods for isolating such plants. A yet further aspect of the invention relates to a method of transferring the “pod holding” trait from an annual medic having this trait to another annual medic of the genus Medicago by a process of controlled cross-breeding. A still further aspect of the invention relates to a method of obtaining plants having the “pod holding” trait from a population of annual medics of the genus Medicago.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Pristine Forage Technologies Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Andrew Wylde Hingston Lake, Rickie Elizabeth Drewry
  • Pasture, forage and seed production technology through pod and leaf retention on annuals of the genus (annual medics)
    Patent number: 7700839
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved cultivars, varieties, lines or plants of annual medics (Medicago genus) wherein the majority of seed pods, upon reaching maturity, remain attached to their respective pedicels. In particular, the present invention relates to improved cultivars, varieties, lines or plants of annual medics (Medicago genus), having a mutant form of the gene for pod shedding, thereby resulting in a “pod holding” trait. The invention also extends to methods for isolating such plants. A yet further aspect of the invention relates to a method of transferring the “pod holding” trait from an annual medic having this trait to another annual medic of the genus Medicago by a process of controlled cross-breeding. A still further aspect of the invention relates to a method of obtaining plants having the “pod holding” trait from a population of annual medics of the genus Medicago.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Pristine Forage Technologies Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Wylde Hingston Lake, Rickie Elizabeth Drewry