Oat plants having increased beta-glucan levels
AssigneeWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
InventorJohn Mochon
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Abstract
The invention provides oat seed and plants that have increased beta-glucan levels. The invention further provides seed and plants of the oat variety X8787-1 and progeny produced with at least one of these plants as a parent. The invention also relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of hybrid oat variety X8787-1.
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An oat plant of variety X8787-1 having elevated levels of beta-glucan, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-123083.
A method of producing oat seed, the method comprising crossing an oat plant of variety X8787-1 with itself or a second oat plant, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-123083.
A plant produced by introducing a single locus conversion into oat variety X8787-1, or a selfed progeny thereof comprising the single locus conversion, wherein the single locus conversion was introduced into oat variety X8787-1 by backcrossing or genetic transformation and wherein a sample of seed of oat variety X8787-1 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-123083.
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