METHOD OF OBTAINING TRANSGENIC SORGHUM PLANTS Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: plant growing. SUBSTANCE: one performs pollination of blooming sorghum panicles devoid of their own fertile pollen. Suspension of cells Agrobacterium tumefaciens is applied onto stigmas of flowers before seeds are set under temperature conditions assisting setting of seeds and preservation of functional activity of vir-genes. Then one selects transgenic plants among germs grown from seeds set on treated panicles. EFFECT: enabled obtaining of transgenic plants avoiding in vitro culture system thereby essentially reducing production and time expenses. 1 dwg, 1 tbl