Patent ID: 7910803

Claim:
A method for genetically transforming a Camelina sativa plant comprising the steps of: a) collecting Camelina sativa seeds from a plant grown in green house or growth chamber, b) sterilizing the seeds and growing seedlings in vitro; c) providing explants from in vitro grown Camelina sativa leaves; d) inoculating the explants with Agrobacterium strain containing at least one recombinant DNA construct and optionally a selection marker; e) allowing transformation to take place on culture medium supplemented with 2% sucrose; f) inducing formation of one or more shoots and roots from transformed explants on a cell culture medium, said medium containing 2% sucrose; g) allowing elongation of transgenic shoots and roots on a medium containing 2-3% sucrose; and h) growing the shoots into transgenic Camelina sativa plants.