Tomato plants comprising transgenic event bs2-x5
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsBrian J. Staskawicz, Douglas Dahlbeck
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Abstract
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato comprising transgenic event Bs2-X5 and progeny thereof comprising this transgenic event and uses of such seeds and plants in the production of tomato fruit. The invention thus relates to non-hybrid and hybrid plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of tomato comprising transgenic event Bs2-X5, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
Claims22
A tomato plant or seed comprising transgenic event Bs2-X5, a sample of tomato seed comprising transgenic event Bs2-X5 having been deposited under American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) Patent Deposit No. PTA-121404.
A method of introducing transgenic event Bs2-X5 into a tomato line:
- (a) crossing a tomato plant comprising transgenic event Bs2-X5 with a second tomato plant lacking transgenic event Bs2-X5, a sample of seed comprising transgenic event Bs2-X5 having been deposited under ATCC Patent Deposit No. PTA-121404, PTA wherein said tomato plant comprising transgenic event Bs2-X5 is homozygous or hemizygous for transgenic event Bs2-X5;
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- (b) optionally selecting an F1 progeny that comprises transgenic event Bs2-X5.
A method for identification of tomato plant comprising transgenic event Bs2-X5, the method comprising PCR amplification of sample comprising genomic DNA of tomato plant using a pair of primers designed to amplify a junction between genomic DNA of tomato plant comprising transgenic event Bs2-X5 and the insert DNA of transgenic event Bs2-X5.
A method for increasing tomato fruit production in areas where bacterial spot disease is known to occur, the method comprising:
- (a) growing tomato plants under conditions favorable for the development of bacterial spot disease, wherein said tomato plants comprise transgenic event Bs2-X5, a sample of tomato seed comprising transgenic event Bs2-X5 having been deposited at the ATCC under ATCC Patent Deposit No. PTA-121404;
- (b) harvesting tomato fruit from the tomato plants;
- wherein the yield of tomato fruit is increased relative to the yield of tomato fruit from a control tomato plant lacking transgenic event Bs2-X5.
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