John T. Stout - Kalamazoo MI Hang T. Luu - Baltimore MD Steven F. Hanson - Madison WI Douglas P. Maxwell - Verona WI Paul G. Ahlquist - Madison WI Robert L. Gilbertson - Davis CA
Assignee:
Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. - Oxnard CA Wisconsin Alymni Research Foundation - Madison WI Regents of the University of California - Oakland CA
International Classification:
A01H 500
US Classification:
800301
Abstract:
The invention involves production of transgenic plants containing DNA encoding AC1/C1 wildtype and mutant sequences that negatively interfere in trans with geminiviral replication during infection. The transgenic plants produced by the invention are resistant to viral infection.