Abstract:
The present invention relates to the production of hybrid wheat and triticale plants and seeds via the employment of genetically-controlled cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) and genetically-controlled fertility restoration. The genetically-controlled cytoplasmic sterility mechanism according to the present system and method utilizes genes conferring CMS in the presence of Aegilops squarrosa cytoplasm, and for restoring fertility to wheat and triticale plants having Aegilops species cytoplasm. The invention also relates to the use of specific, induced mutant sources of tolerance to herbicides for destroying the seed producing ability of the male fertility restorer parent after pollination has completed, to achieve essentially 100% hybrid seed reproduction from a mixture of a CMS male sterile line and a pollen fertility restorer line.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the production of hybrid wheat and triticale plants and seeds via the employment of genetically-controlled cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) and genetically-controlled fertility restoration. The genetically-controlled cytoplasmic sterility mechanism according to the present system and method utilizes genes conferring CMS in the presence of Aegilops squarrosa cytoplasm, and for restoring fertility to wheat and triticale plants having Aegilops species cytoplasm. The invention also relates to the use of specific, induced mutant sources of tolerance to herbicides for destroying the seed producing ability of the male fertility restorer parent after pollination has completed, to achieve essentially 100% hybrid seed reproduction from a mixture of a CMS male sterile line and a pollen fertility restorer line.
Abstract:
The present invention provides methods for generating doubled haploid and/or haploid plants from microspores. The methods of the invention include the steps of (a) purifying microspores at a developmental stage amenable to androgenic induction; (b) subjecting said microspores to nutrient stress to obtain stressed microspores; (c) contacting said microspores with an amount of a sporophytic development inducer effective to induce sporophytic development, said contacting step occurring before, during, after, or overlapping with any portion of said nutrient stress step; and (d) culturing said isolated microspores with at least one live plant ovary or with an aliquot of plant ovary conditioned medium. The methods of the present invention can also include the step of genetically transforming the microspores to produce genetically transformed plants.
Abstract:
In one aspect, the present invention provides methods for generating doubled haploid and/or haploid maize plants from microspores. The methods of this aspect of the invention include the steps of: (a) selecting maize plant material comprising maize microspores at a developmental stage amenable to androgenic induction; (b) incubating the microspores in incubation medium at a temperature and osmolarity effective to induce androgenesis to obtain temperature-treated microspores; (c) isolating the temperature-treated microspores; (d) cultivating the isolated, temperature-treated microspores in cultivation medium with either at least one live plant ovary and/or ovary-conditioned medium to produce regenerative maize tissue, wherein the cultivation medium has an osmolarity between about 300 mOsm and about 500 mOsm and comprises at least one cytokinin and at least one auxin; and (e) regenerating maize plants from the regenerative maize tissue. The present invention also provides methods for producing regenerative maize tissue from maize microspores.
Abstract:
In one aspect, the present invention provides partially waxy wheat flour comprising starch amylose in an amount of from 10 weight percent to 20 weight percent, and amylopectin in an amount less than 90%. In another aspect, the present invention provides flour blends comprising one or more partially waxy wheat flours of the invention. The present invention also provides baked goods prepared from a flour or flour blend of the invention. The baked goods of the invention possess an extended shelf life. In other aspects, the present invention provides methods for making baked goods.