Patent ID: 7947868
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: A01H,A23L,C07K,C12N

Abstract:
1. A method of modifying a trait of a selected plant, comprising (A) contacting cells of a selected plant with (i) a first vector, which comprises a desired polynucleotide which consists essentially of nucleic acid sequences that are (a) native to the selected plant, (b) native to a plant from the same species as the selected plant, or (c) native to a plant that is sexually interfertile with said selected plant and (ii) a second vector, which comprises a selectable marker gene, (B) stably integrating the desired polynucleotide, but not the selectable marker, into the genome of the plant cell, and (C) obtaining a stably transformed plant from the transformed plant cells, wherein the transformed plant produces a progeny plant which contains the desired polynucleotide but not the selectable marker gene stably integrated into its genome.