Patent ID: 7087809
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: A01H

Abstract:
1. A process is provided for selecting a whole plant which exhibits genetically-controlled naturally-occurring glyphosate herbicide resistance that is not attributable to genetic engineering consisting essentially of: (a) soaking mature wheat seeds that have not been mutagenized and are not genetically engineered for herbicide resistance in a liquid comprising glyphosate herbicide for a period of time sufficient for the glyphosate herbicide to reach the embryos of the wheat seeds, (b) planting the wheat seeds following the soaking of step (a) in a growing medium and producing at least one wheat plant, and (c) selecting a wheat plant from step (b) or from a subsequent generation that is produced following self-pollination which exhibits genetically-controlled naturally-occurring glyphosate herbicide resistance that is not attributable to a foreign gene for herbicide resistance introduced by genetic engineering.