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AssigneeNunhems B.V.
InventorsIgnacio SUSIN ARRIETA, Gowtham PRAKASH, Maria Rocio APARICIO CIRRE, Wim VRIEZEN, Lieke MERTENS, Louis GISBERTS, Inka GAWENDA, Nelson DAVILA OLIVAS, Carlos Hernando GALEANO MENDOZA
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The present invention relates to a plant of the family Solanaceae comprising in its genome at least one copy of a mutant allele which causes stenospermocarpic fruit formation when present in homozygous form. The present invention further relates to pollen and seed produced by the plant of the present invention, seed from which the plant of the present invention can be grown and a part from the plant according to the present invention. The present invention further relates to a method of identifying and/or selecting a plant according to the present invention and a method of producing a plant according to the present invention. The present invention further relates to the use of the plant of the present invention as a crop for consumption or as a source of propagation material. The present invention further relates to the use of a nucleic acid for the identification of a plant of the present invention or for breeding plants of the present invention.
A plant of the family Solanaceae comprising in its genome at least one copy of a mutant allele of the wild type SSPER-1 gene, wherein said mutant allele causes stenospermocarpic fruit formation when present in homozygous form, wherein the wild type SSPER-1 gene encodes a protein comprising at least 70% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:
A method of identifying and/or selecting a plant or plant part of the family Solanaceae comprising a mutant allele of the SSPER-1 gene comprising determining whether the plant or plant part comprises a mutant allele of an SSPER-1 gene, wherein said mutant allele results in reduced expression or no expression of the SSPER-1 gene or wherein the mutant allele encodes a protein having a decreased function or loss-of function when compared to the wild type protein and optionally selecting a plant or plant part comprising at least one copy of a mutant allele of the SSPER-1 gene wherein said mutant allele causes stenospermocarpic fruit formation when present in homozygous form, wherein the wild type SSPER-1 gene encodes a protein comprising at least 70% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:
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