Hairless eggplant
AssigneeRijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V.
InventorsJohannes Hendrikus Jacobus Van Den Enden, Christine Helene Diez Langhetee, Maria Teresa Perez Rodriguez
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an eggplant, in particular a Solanum melongena plant, comprising a genetic determinant, which when present confers a reduced number of trichomes on vegetative plant parts, and which is as found in plants grown from seed of which representative samples were deposited under NCIMB accession numbers NCIMB 41756 and NCIMB 42013. When the genetic determinant is homozygously present the number of trichomes is strongly reduced.
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An eggplant, comprising a genetic determinant which when present leads to a trait of a reduced number of trichomes on vegetative plant parts, in particular leafs, stems and calyx, as compared to a plant not comprising the said genetic determinant, and wherein the genetic determinant is the same as or equivalent to a genetic determinant present in the genome of plants grown from seed which were deposited under accession numbers NCIMB 41756 and NCIMB 42013.
An eggplant of the species Solanum melongena which has a reduced number of trichomes on vegetative plant parts, in particular leafs, stems and calyx, as compared to a control plant, which plant is obtainable by crossing an eggplant of NCIMB 41756 or NCIMB 42013 with another eggplant and selecting in the first or further progeny of the cross for plants having a reduced number of trichomes.
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