Mandevilla genus plant and production method of same
AssigneesSuntory Flowers Limited, Suntory Holdings Limited
InventorsMasahiro Yamada, Tomoya Misato, Takehiro Watanabe, Toshiaki Azuma, Manabu Horikawa
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Abstract
A novel Mandevilla genus plant is provided that has a novel color tone unable to be previously produced. A candidate Mandevilla genus plant is selected as a parent Mandevilla genus plant in the case carotenoid pigment is extracted from the petals thereof, and neoxanthin or a derivative thereof is present in the carotenoid pigment extract.
Claims13
A Mandevilla genus plant designated as 09M111-1, which is deposited with the International Patent Organism Depository (NITE-IPOD) of the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) under accession number FERM BP-22298, or a progeny thereof, wherein the progeny contains at least one or more types of carotenoid pigment in the petals, wherein the carotenoid pigment is neoxanthin dimyristate, neoxanthin 3-O-myristate-3′-O-palmitate, neoxanthin 3-O-palmitate-3′-O-myristate, neoxanthin dipalmitate or a combination thereof, and the progeny has flower color having an a* value of −5 to 20 and a b* value of 3 to 70, or having an a* value of 50 to 70 and a b* value of 5 to 70 in the CIE L*a*b color system.
A method for selecting a parent Mandevilla genus plant containing carotenoid pigment in the petals thereof and capable of being crossed with a Mandevilla genus plant having a flower color having an a* value of 0 to 60 and a b* value of 0 to 40 in the CIE L*a*b color system, comprising:
- selecting a candidate Mandevilla genus plant as a parent Mandevilla genus plant that contains carotenoid pigment in the petals, wherein the parent Mandevilla genus plant is the plant designated as 09M111-1, which is deposited with the International Patent Organism Depository (NITE-IPOD) of the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) under accession number FERM BP-22298;
- or a progeny thereof, wherein the progeny contains at least one or more types of carotenoid pigment in the petals, wherein the carotenoid pigment is neoxanthin dimyristate, neoxanthin 3-O-myristate-3′-O-palmitate, neoxanthin 3-O-palmitate-3′-O-myristate, neoxanthin dipalmitate or a combination thereof, and the progeny has flower color having an a* value of −5 to 20 and a b* value of 3 to 70, or having an a* value of 50 to 70 and a b* value of 5 to 70 in the CIE L*a*b color system.
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