Wild rocket variety sicarius
AssigneeVilmorin-Mikado USA, Inc.
InventorCharlie Dowling
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a Diplotaxis tenuifolia seed designated SICARIUS, which exhibits a combination of traits including intensity of green color, leaf texture, petiole thickness, bolting tolerance, and harvestable yield. The present invention also relates to a Diplotaxis tenuifolia plant produced by growing the SICARIUS seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the wild rocket cultivar, represented by wild rocket variety SICARIUS.
Claims23
A seed of wild rocket variety SICARIUS, a sample of seed of said variety having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. ______, respectively.
A method of vegetatively propagating a plant of wild rocket variety SICARIUS comprising (a) collecting tissue capable of being propagated from a plant of wild rocket SICARIUS, a sample of seed of said variety having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. ______, respectively, and (b) producing a rooted plant from said tissue.
A method for producing a seed of a SICARIUS-derived wild rocket plant comprising (a) crossing a plant of wild rocket variety SICARIUS, representative seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. ______, respectively, with a second wild rocket plant, and (b) whereby seed of a SICARIUS-derived wild rocket plant forms.
A method of introducing at least one new trait into a plant of wild rocket variety SICARIUS comprising:
- (a) crossing a plant of wild rocket variety SICARIUS, representative seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. ______, with a second wild rocket plant that comprises at least one new trait to produce progeny seed;
- (b) harvesting and planting the progeny seed to produce at least one progeny plant of a subsequent generation, wherein the progeny plant comprises the at least one new trait;
- (c) crossing the progeny plant with a plant of wild rocket variety SICARIUS to produce backcross progeny seed;
- (d) harvesting and planting the backcross progeny seed to produce a backcross progeny plant;
- and (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) for at least three additional generations to produce a wild rocket plant of variety SICARIUS comprising at least one new trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of a plant of wild rocket variety SICARIUS, when grown in the same environmental conditions.
A method of producing a plant of wild rocket variety SICARIUS comprising at least one new trait, the method comprising introducing a mutation or transgene conferring the at least one new trait into a plant of wild rocket variety SICARIUS, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. ______.
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