High steviol glycoside-containing stevia plant and method for screening same
AssigneeSuntory Holdings Limited
InventorsTadayoshi Hirai, Kazunari Iwaki, Kentaro Ochiai, Saori Takeyama, Katsuro Miyagawa
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Abstract
A method of screening for a stevia plant with high steviol glycoside content, that includes detecting from the genome of a test stevia plant the presence and/or the absence of the following genetic feature: (1) homozygous for the allele wherein the base at the position corresponding to position 290 of SEQ ID NO: 1 is T, and the presence and/or the absence of the following genetic feature: (2) homozygous or heterozygous for the allele wherein the base at the position corresponding to position 40 of SEQ ID NO: 2 is A.
Claims18
A method of screening for a high steviol glycoside-content stevia plant, comprising detecting from the genome of a test stevia plant the presence and/or the absence of the following genetic features (1), and the presence and/or the absence of the following genetic features (2):
- (1) homozygous for the allele wherein the base at the position corresponding to position 290 of SEQ ID NO:
- 1 is T;
- and
- (2) homozygous or heterozygous for the allele wherein the base at the position corresponding to position 40 of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 is A.
A screening kit for a stevia plant with high steviol glycoside content, comprising a reagent for detecting the presence and/or the absence of the following genetic features (1), and a reagent for detecting the presence and/or the absence of the following genetic features (2):
- (1) homozygous for the allele wherein the base at the position corresponding to position 290 of SEQ ID NO:
- 1 is T;
- and
- (2) homozygous or heterozygous for the allele wherein the base at the position corresponding to position 40 of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 is A.
A high steviol glycoside-content stevia plant having the following genetic features (1) and (2):
- (1) homozygous for the allele wherein the base at the position corresponding to position 290 of SEQ ID NO:
- 1 is T;
- and
- (2) homozygous or heterozygous for the allele wherein the base at the position corresponding to position 40 of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 is A.
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