Eggplant producing seeds with a novel color
AssigneeRijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V.
InventorJohannes Henricus Jacobus Van Den Enden
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an eggplant plant, in particular a Solanum melongena plant comprising a QTL, which leads to the plant producing seeds that have a novel color, wherein said QTL is obtainable by introgression from a plant grown from seed of which a representative sample was deposited with the NCIMB under deposit number NCIMB 42507. The invention also relates to seeds and other propagation material of the plant and to its progeny as well as to food products that comprise the consumable parts of the plant.
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An eggplant plant (Solanum melongena L.) comprising a QTL which when homozygously present leads to the eggplant plant producing seeds with a novel color, wherein said QTL is the same as a QTL that is present in the genome of a plant grown from a seed of deposit number NCIMB 42507 and is linked therein to at least one marker selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID No:1, SEQ ID No:3, SEQ ID No:5, SEQ ID No:7, SEQ ID No:9, SEQ ID No:11, SEQ ID No:13 and SEQ ID No:15.
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