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US 2016/0242373 A1Published application
Broccoli Type Adapted for the Ease of Harvest
AssigneeSeminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
InventorsFranciscus van den Bosch, Meinardus P. Boon
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Abstract
A broccoli plant characterized in having an exerted head having a crown higher than the leaf canopy and a harvestable head of at least about 200 grams when planted at a density of 40,000 plants per hectare, where the harvestable head comprises the top 25 centimeters of said stalk.
Claims21
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A method for preparing a broccoli plant, or a part thereof, comprising crossing a broccoli variety selected from the group consisting of:
- the inbred broccoli plant variety designated 932779, a representative sample of said variety 932779 having been deposited with the NCIMB under NCIMB Accession No. 41218, the inbred broccoli plant variety designated 970249, a representative sample of said variety 970249 having been deposited with the NCIMB under NCIMB Accession No. 41219, the inbred broccoli plant variety designated 970195, a representative sample of said variety 970195 having been deposited with the NCIMB under NCIMB Accession No. 41216, the hybrid broccoli plant variety designated SVR 4, a representative sample of said variety SVR 4 having been deposited with the NCIMB under NCIMB Accession No. 41214, the hybrid broccoli plant variety designated SVR 1, a representative sample of said variety SVR 1 having been deposited with the NCIMB under NCIMB Accession No. 41215, and the hybrid broccoli plant variety designated SVR 5, a representative sample of said variety SVR 5 having been deposited with the NCIMB under NCIMB Accession No. 41217 with a second broccoli variety to obtain a first progeny plant;
- crossing said first progeny plant with a second broccoli variety to produce a second progeny plant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.