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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8716551
APP PUB NO 20100306882A1
SERIAL NO

12450026

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The present invention concerns hybrid Lactuca sativa seeds which have a male sterile genotype and which are heterozygous for at least one distinct gene which provides plants derived from said seeds with a distinct phenotype. The invention also concerns a method for producing hybrid Lactuca sativa seeds, comprising a step for culture, in an enclosed medium, of phenotypically male sterile plants and phenotypically male fertile plants, a step for pollinization by diptera introduced into the closed medium upon flowering of the plants, and a step for harvesting the seeds produced by the male sterile plants.

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VILMORINPARIS FRANCE PARIS PARIS

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Michel, Hervé Angers, FR 5 37
Soussin, Thierry Maze, FR 3 20

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