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(88) Date of publication A3: 14.07.2005 (43) Date of publication: 10.05.2006 Bulletin 2006/19 (21) Application number: 04741185.5 (22) Date of filing: 21.07.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C12N 15/82(1990.01) C12N 5/10(1990.01) C07K 16/14(1995.01) C07K 14/395(1995.01) G01N 33/50(1980.01) A01H 5/00(1968.09) (86) International application number: PCT/EP2004/008136 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/014828 (17.02.2005 Gazette 2005/07)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR (30) Priority: 01.08.2003 EP 03016672 15.04.2004 WO PCT/US20/04011887 (71) Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH 67056 Ludwigshafen (DE)

(72) Inventors: PLESCH, Gunnar 14482 Potsdam (DE) PUZIO, Piotr 13505 Berlin (DE) BLAU, Astrid 14532 Stahnsdorf (DE) LOOSER, Ralf 13158 Berlin (DE) WENDEL, Birgit 12163 Berlin (DE) KAMLAGE, Beate 10711 Berlin (DE) CHARDONNENS, Agnes 13158 Berlin (DE) SHIRLEY, Amber Wake Forest, NC 27587 (US) WANG, Xi-Qing Chapel Hill, NC 27516 (US) SARRIA-MILLAN, Rodrigo Morrisville, NC 27560 (US) MCKERSIE, Bryan Cary, NC 27519 (US) CHEN, Ruoying Apex, NC 27502 (US) (74) Representative: Pressler, Uwe  c/o BASF Aktiengesellschaft 67056 Ludwigshafen 67056 Ludwigshafen (DE)