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AssigneePuregene AG
InventorsClaudio Cropano, Dániel Árpád Carrera, Gavin Mager George, Julian Koschmieder, Leron Katsir, Maximilian Moritz Vogt, Mercedes Thieme, Michael Edward Ruckle, Michele Wyler
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Methods of identifying and characterizing a Cannabis spp. plant with respect to a distinct sesquiterpene trait comprising genotyping the plant for a quantitative trait locus (QTL) associated with a distinct sesquiterpene trait are provided. Also provided are methods of producing plants having a distinct sesquiterpene of interest based on defined allelic states of polymorphisms defining the QTL. Cannabis spp. plants having a distinct sesquiterpene trait of interest comprising defined allelic states of polymorphisms defining the QTL and characterized or produced by the methods described herein are further provided. The invention also relates to marker assisted selection and breeding methods for obtaining plants having a distinct sesquiterpene trait of interest and to a QTL associated with a distinct sesquiterpene trait. Plants having the QTL and extracts of such plants are also provided, as well as genes and causative polymorphisms responsible for the presence or absence of the distinct sesquiterpenes.
A method for characterizing a Cannabis spp. plant with respect to a distinct sesquiterpene trait, the method comprising the steps of:
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A method of producing a Cannabis spp. plant having a distinct sesquiterpene trait of interest, the method comprising the steps of:
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A method of producing a Cannabis spp. plant that has a distinct sesquiterpene trait of interest, the method comprising introducing a distinct sesquiterpene QTL characterized by one or more polymorphisms associated with the distinct sesquiterpene trait of interest as defined in any of Tables 2 to 5 into a Cannabis spp. plant, wherein said QTL is associated with the distinct sesquiterpene trait of interest in the plant.
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A Cannabis spp. plant comprising a distinct sesquiterpene QTL characterized by one or more polymorphisms associated with a distinct sesquiterpene trait of interest as defined in any of Tables 2 to 5, wherein said distinct sesquiterpene QTL is associated with the distinct sesquiterpene trait of interest in the plant.
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An isolated nucleic acid comprising a gene that controls a distinct sesquiterpene trait in a Cannabis spp. plant, wherein the gene is selected from the group consisting of LOC115695864 encoding a protein with homology to a germacrene D synthase, LOC115695865 encoding a terpene synthase, and LOC115695866 encoding a terpene synthase, with reference to Table 8.
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