Elliot M. Meyerowitz - Pasadena CA Martin F. Yanofsky - San Diego CA Hong Ma - Huntington NY
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology - Pasadena CA
International Classification:
A01H 400 C12N 514 C12N 1582
US Classification:
800205
Abstract:
The invention includes plants having at least one cell transformed with a vector comprising at least a portion of an agamous nucleic acid. Such plants have a phenotype characterized by altered floral development such as an AG or AP2 phenotype. The invention also includes vectors comprising at least a portion of an agamous nucleic acid operably linked to a promoter other than the promoter naturally associated with the agamous nucleic acid. In an alternate embodiment, the vector comprises at least a portion of an agamous nucleic acid operably linked in an antisense orientation to a promoter. The invention also includes methods using such vectors for producing plants having altered floral development.