Double flower gene of verbena and the method of producing same

Details Double flower gene of verbena and the method of producing same Double flower gene of verbena and the method of producing same

1998-10-02

2000-11-21

McElwain, Elizabeth F.

Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and

Plant, seedling, plant seed, or plant part, per se

Higher plant, seedling, plant seed, or plant part

800298, 800260, 800276, 435410, A01H 510, A01H 500, A01H 104, A01H 400, C12N 504

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061505919

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a novel double flower gene in Verbena which is phenotypically expressed in the formation of flowers with one or more additional petals than existing Verbena cultivars. The present invention also relates to a Verbena seed, a Verbena plant, a Verbena flower, a Verbena variety and a Verbena hybrid which comprise the novel double flower gene. The present invention also relates to a method of producing the disclosed Verbena plants and seeds.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5744693 (1998-04-01), Meyerowitz et al.
Drews et al. Genetic control of flower development, Trends in Genetics, vol. 5, No. 8, pp. 256-261, 1989.
Lonnig et al. The homeotic Macho mutant of Antirrhinum majus reverts to wild-type or mutates to the homeotic plena phenotype, Molecular and general Genetics, vol.. 245, pp. 636-643, 1994.
van der Krol et al. Flower development in Petunia, The Plant Cell, vol. 5, pp. 1195-1203, 1993.

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