Novel brassica plants
AssigneeSyngenta Participations AG
InventorsJozsef MOZSAR, Simon GROEN, Peter TJEERTES
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Abstract
The present invention relates to novel brassica plants, in particular to novel cauliflower plants. In one embodiment, the novel cauliflower plants provided herein comprise a long stem and are suitable for mechanical harvesting. The application also further discloses seeds the cauliflower plants of the present invention and parts thereof, for example pollen, ovules and curds. The application also further discloses methods of using a plant of instant invention, such as methods of producing a cauliflower curd of the instant invention, and methods of harvesting the curds of plants of the instant invention.
Claims20
A cauliflower plant comprising at maturity a stem with a length of at least 80% of the length of the stem of a plant of line 03P001, representative seed of which being deposited under accession number NCIMB 41228, wherein the trait responsible for said stem structure is obtained from said line 03P001.
A plant produced by a method comprising:
- a) crossing a broccoli plant and a cauliflower plant of line 03P001, representative seed of which being deposited under accession number NCIMB 41228;
- b) obtaining a progeny plant from the cross of step a);
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- c) selecting a progeny plant comprising at maturity a stem with an average internode length of at least 1.25 cm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.