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US 12,402,582 B2Granted
Shallot plant named ‘Innovator’
AssigneesBejo Zaden B.V., De Groot en Slot B.V.
InventorsTimo Christiaan Petter, Lennaert Crispijn Aardse
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Abstract
Provided herein is shallot variety ‘Innovator,’ including seeds thereof and methods of using the variety to generate additional shallot varieties. The variety is characterized by its color, size, shape, and resistance to P. destructor.
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A seed of shallot variety ‘Innovator,’ wherein a representative sample of seed of said variety was deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 43895.
A method of introducing a desired trait into shallot variety ‘Innovator,’ comprising:
- (a) crossing a shallot plant of variety ‘Innovator’ wherein a representative sample of seed was deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 43895, with a plant of another shallot variety that comprises a desired trait to produce progeny plants, wherein the desired trait is selected from a group consisting of male sterility, herbicide resistance, pest resistance, and resistance to bacterial disease, fungal disease, or viral disease;
- (b) selecting one or more progeny plants that have the desired trait to produce selected progeny plants;
- (c) crossing the selected progeny plants with the shallot plant of variety ‘Innovator’ to produce backcross progeny plants;
- (d) selecting for backcross, progeny plants that have the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of shallot variety ‘Innovator’;
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- (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) two or more times in succession to produce selected third or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of shallot variety ‘Innovator’.
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