White celery
AssigneeRijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V.
InventorReinier Hendrik Marie Deneer
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Abstract
The invention relates to a celery plant (Apium graveolens L. dulce) carrying a genetic determinant that leads to the absence or strong reduction of chlorophyll in the petioles, wherein said determinant is obtainable by introgression from a plant grown from seed of which a representative sample was deposited with the NCIMB under deposit number NCIMB 42428. The invention further relates to markers and the use of markers for the identification of a plant that has an absence or strong reduction of chlorophyll in the petioles. The invention also relates to seeds and other propagation material of the plant and to its progeny as well as to food products that comprise the consumable parts of the plant.
Claims14
A celery plant (Apium graveolens L. dulce) carrying a genetic determinant that leads to an absence or strong reduction of chlorophyll in the petioles, which genetic determinant is as comprised in an Apium graveolens L. dulce plant, representative seed of which was deposited with the NCIMB under deposit number NCIMB 42428, wherein the genetic determinant can be identified by a marker having SEQ ID NO:
- 1 and wherein the average total chlorophyll content in the petioles of a plant at 14 weeks after transplanting is <4 μg/g.
An Apium graveolens L. dulce seed, representative seed of which was deposited with the NCIMB under deposit number NCIMB 42428 wherein a plant that can be grown from the seed comprises a genetic determinant that leads to an absence or strong reduction of chlorophyll in the petioles, wherein the genetic determinant can be identified by a marker having SEQ ID NO:
- 1 and wherein the average total chlorophyll content in the petioles of a plant at 14 weeks after transplanting is <4 μg/g.
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