Abstract: Large quantities of true seed is obtained from garlic using a process that involves the growing of a garlic parent plant from a virus-free garlic propagule under virus-free conditions such that the garlic parent plant remains free from virus infection and in particular infection by the onion yellow dwarf virus.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 3, 1996
Date of Patent:
May 5, 1998
Assignee:
Rogers Foods, Inc.
Inventors:
Robert M. Rice, Kevin B. Brink, David J. Hansen