Pepper with increased total content of terpenoids
AssigneeRijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V.
InventorsPieter Martijn Eggink, Jacob Pieter Willem Haanstra, Evert Willem Gutteling, Arnaud Guillaume Bovy, Yury Tikunov
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a pepper plant (Capsicum annuum L.) which may comprise at least one QTL selected from QTL1, QTL2 and QTL3, which when present lead to the plant producing fruits with an increased total content of terpenoids, wherein said QTL1 is obtainable from a pepper plant which may comprise said QTL representative seed of which was deposited at the NCIMB under number NCIMB 42140, and wherein said QTL2 and QTL3 are obtainable from a pepper plant which may comprise said QTL representative seed of which was deposited at the NCIMB under number NCIMB 42138.
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A Capsicum annuum plant that produces a fruit with an increased total content of terpenoids as a result of the presence in the genome of the Capsicum annuum plant of a QTL2 from Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum, as compared to the total content of terpenoids of a pepper fruit of a similar ripening stage from an isogenic Capsicum annuum plant not carrying QTL2, wherein the plant is a sweet pepper plant and wherein:
- QTL2 is present in the genome of plants grown from seeds of NCIMB deposit accession number 42138, wherein said Capsicum annuum plant comprising said QTL from Capsicum baccatum also comprises SEQ ID No:15, SEQ ID No:17, SEQ ID No:19, SEQ ID No:21, SEQ ID No:23 and SEQ ID No:25.
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