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(88) Date of publication A3: 21.10.1999 (43) Date of publication: 27.12.2000 Bulletin 2000/52 (21) Application number: 99911240.2 (22) Date of filing: 09.03.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C12N 15/82, C12N 5/10, A01H 5/00, A01H 1/02 (86) International application number: PCT/US9905/126 (87) International publication number: WO 9946/396 (16.09.1999 Gazette 1999/37)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 09.03.1998 US 77277 P (71) Applicant: MONSANTO COMPANY St. Louis, MO 63189 (US)	(72) Inventors: BROWN, Sherri, M. Chesterfield, MO 63017 (US) FROMM, Michael, Ernest Kensington, CA 94707 (US) (74) Representative: Bosch, Henry  Monsanto Services International S.A.Patent DepartmentAvenue de Tervuren 270/272Letter Box No. 1 1150 Brussels 1150 Brussels (BE)