Year round flowering lupine

A lupine plant, or a part thereof, whose genome contains at least one copy of a recessive allele for year round flowering, wherein said recessive allele is identified by the genetic marker sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:1, wherein said marker sequence contains a two base pair insertion at position number 93 to 94 as shown in SEQ ID NO:1, a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) comprising an A to G nucleotide substitution at position number 98 as shown in SEQ ID NO:1, and a SNP comprising a T to A nucleotide substitution at position number 115 as shown in SEQ ID NO:1.

A method for introgressing the year round flowering trait into a lupine plant comprising crossing two lupine parent plants and harvesting the resultant lupine seed, wherein at least one lupine parent plant comprises at least one recessive allele for year round flowering, wherein said recessive allele is identified by the genetic marker sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:1, wherein said marker sequence contains a two base pair insertion at position number 93 to 94 as shown in SEQ ID NO:1, a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) comprising an A to G nucleotide substitution at position number 98 as shown in SEQ ID NO:1, and a SNP comprising a T to A nucleotide substitution at position number 115 as shown in SEQ ID NO:1.

A Lupinus polyphyllus hybrid lupine plant comprising a year round flowering characteristic, wherein said year round flowering characteristic comprises a lupine plant which will initiate flowering without vernalization and in days of short photoperiods, and wherein said lupine plant is produced from a representative sample of seed, wherein seed from said representative sample has been deposited with the National Collections of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria under NCIMB Accession number 43446.