Novel plants and processes for obtaining them

Abstract

The invention relates to a transgenic or mutated plant having genomic material which alters the normal starch synthesis pathway within the plant. More specifically, the present invention relates to a plant having a genotype which creates new forms of starch in significant quantity. Particularly, the invention relates to grain having an embryo with a genotype heterozygous for two or more wild type genes (for example, Aa/Bb) and an endosperm having a genotype heterozygous for such genes (for example, AAa/BBb or AAa/bbB or aaA/BBb or aaA/bbB) and the starch produced therefrom.

1 - 7 . (canceled).  
     
     
         8 . Starch extracted from a grain having a genotype of wxwxWx/AeAeae.  
     
     
         9 . Starch extracted from a grain having a genotype of Aeaeae/WxWxwx.  
     
     
         10 - 13 . (canceled)  
     
     
         14 . The starch starch extracted from the grain produced by a plant in which the genotype of the grain is mm*/n**, where m=first mutant n=second mutant and * equals wild type.  
     
     
         15 . The starch extracted from grain having at least four doses of mutant and two doses of wild type, such that the genotype has wild type on each side.  
     
     
         16 . The starch extracted from grain having at least three doses of mutant and three doses of wild type, such that the genotype has mutation on each side.  
     
     
         17 - 35 . (canceled)