Red spinach plant
AssigneeRijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V.
InventorJan Hugo Den Braber
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a spinach plant (Spinacia oleracea) which may comprise a genetic determinant that leads to the plant having a red colouration of the leaves, which genetic determinant may be obtainable from a spinach plant comprising said genetic determinant, representative seed of which was deposited with the NCIMB under accession numbers NCIMB 41954, NCIMB 41955 and NCIMB 41956.
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A spinach plant (Spinacia oleracea) comprising a genetic determinant that leads to the plant having a red colouration of the leaves, wherein at least part of the cells of the epidermis of the spinach leaf between the veins of at least the adaxial leaf surface, preferably both the adaxial and abaxial leaf surface, comprise a red pigment, which genetic determinant is as comprised in a spinach plant representative seed of which was deposited with the NCIMB under accession numbers NCIMB 41954, NCIMB 41955 and NCIMB 41956.
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