Male sterile garlic plants, hybrid offspring of same and methods of generating and using same
AssigneesThe State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agriculture Research, Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
InventorsRina Kamenetsky Goldstein, Haim David Rabinowitch, Einat Shemesh Mayer
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Abstract
Garlic plants and parts thereof are provided also provided are methods of generating and using same. Also provided are processed products generated from the garlic plants of parts thereof.
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A male sterile garlic plant (Allium sativum), wherein a male-sterility of the plant is nuclear encoded.
A male sterile garlic plant characterized by anther degeneration in closed flower buds at stage 2-3 of development.
A garlic plant obtainable from seeds as deposited at the NCIMB Ltd. Crabstone Estate. Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9YA, with deposit number NCIMB 42124 (91) or with deposit number NCIMB 42123 (44).
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A male sterile garlic plant, wherein a male-sterility of the plant is environmentally-induced.
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A method of inducing male sterility in a garlic plant, the method comprising subjecting the garlic plant to environmental conditions which induce male-sterility in the plant while maintaining female fertility, thereby inducing male sterility in the garlic plant.
A sample of representative seeds of a male sterile garlic plant, wherein said sample has been deposited under the Budapest Treaty at the NCIMB under NCIMB 42124 (91) or under NCIMB 42123 (44).
A sample of representative seeds of a male sterile garlic plant, wherein said sample of said male sterile garlic plant has been deposited under the Budapest Treaty at the NCIMB under NCIMB 42124 (91) or under NCIMB 42123 (44).
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