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(43) Date of publication: 26.11.1997 Bulletin 1997/48 (21) Application number: 96901776.0 (22) Date of filing: 29.01.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A01N 63/ 04( . ) C12N 1/ 14( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/EP1996/000343 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/024250 (15.08.1996 Gazette 1996/37)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 08.02.1995 EP 19950101696 (71) Applicants: Novartis AG 4058 Basel (CH) Instituut voor Agrobiologisch en Bodemvruchtbaarheidsonderzoek ( AB-DLO) 6700 AA Wageningen (NL)	(72) Inventors: SCHEEPENS, Petrus, Carolus NL-6666 XD Heteren (NL) KEMPENAAR, Cornelis NL-6708 HN Wageningen (NL) LOTZ, Lambertus, Arie, Philip NL-6700 CK Wageningen (NL) (74) Representative: Roth, Bernhard M., et al  Novartis AG Geistiges Eigentum Konzern Patent- und Markenabteilung CH Postfach 4002 Basel 4002 Basel (CH)