| US 7,615,685 B2 | ||
| Methods of producing human or animal food from stably transformed, fertile maize plants | ||
| Ronald C. Lundquist, Minnetonka, Minn. (US); David A. Walters, Groton, Conn. (US); and Julie A. Kirihara, Bloomington, Minn. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Dekalb Genetics Corporation, Dekalb, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 09, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/501,565. | ||
| Application 11/501565 is a division of application No. 10/919228, filed on Aug. 16, 2004, granted, now 7,211,713. | ||
| Application 08/440646 is a division of application No. 08/112245, filed on Aug. 25, 1993, abandoned. | ||
| Application 10/919228 is a continuation of application No. 08/440646, filed on May 15, 1995, granted, now 6,777,589. | ||
| Application 08/112245 is a continuation in part of application No. 07/636089, filed on Dec. 28, 1990, abandoned. | ||
| Application 07/636089 is a continuation in part of application No. 07/508045, filed on Apr. 11, 1990, granted, now 5,484,956. | ||
| Application 07/508045 is a continuation in part of application No. 07/467983, filed on Jan. 22, 1990, abandoned. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0044181 A1, Feb. 22, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2006.01); A01H 5/10 (2006.01); A23D 9/00 (2006.01); A23J 3/14 (2006.01); A23K 1/00 (2006.01); A23L 1/0522 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 800—300.1 [800/275; 800/293; 800/320.1; 426/601; 426/636; 426/656; 426/661] | 13 Claims |
| 1. A method of producing human or animal food, comprising:
a) obtaining a fertile transgenic Zea mays plant tolerant to an amount of glyphosate herbicide which would otherwise be toxic to an untransformed Zea mays plant, or a part of said fertile transgenic Zea mays plant, wherein the fertile transgenic Zea mays plant is prepared by a method comprising expressing in the genome of the fertile transgenic Zea mays plant a chromosomally integrated DNA, which encodes EPSP synthase operably linked to an actin promoter, wherein the chromosomally
integrated DNA was introduced into the genome of said plant or a plant of a previous generation thereof by microprojectile
bombardment, and wherein said DNA is expressed so that the transgenic plant exhibits tolerance to normally toxic levels of
glyphosate rendering the plant identifiable over the corresponding untransformed Zea mays plant which does not comprise said DNA, and wherein the DNA is transmitted through a normal sexual cycle of the transgenic
Zea mays plant to progeny; and
b) producing human or animal food from the fertile transgenic Zea mays plant or part thereof.
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