Patent ID: 7026528

Claim:
A method for producing a fertile transgenic wheat plant, comprising the steps of: (a) establishing a regenerable culture from a wheat plant to be transformed; wherein the regenerable culture comprises: i) an immature embryo; wherein the immature embryo is pre-cultured and non-injured or; ii) an embryogenic callus tissue; wherein the embryogenic callus tissue is prepared from immature embryo; (b) introducing a DNA composition comprising a genetic component one desires to introduce into the genome of said wheat plant, by Agrobacterium transformation; (c) identifying or selecting a transformed cell line; and (d) regenerating a fertile transgenic wheat plant therefrom, wherein said DNA is transmitted through a complete sexual cycle of said transgenic plant to its progeny, wherein said progeny comprises a selectable or screenable marker gene, and wherein said marker gene is chromosomally integrated.