Lettuce Variety Iceman
AssigneeSakata Seed America, Inc.
InventorsJohn Heintzberger, Miguel Macias González
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Abstract
One embodiment relates to seed and plants of lettuce variety Iceman. Another embodiment relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of lettuce variety Iceman, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves, with another lettuce plant, such as a plant of another genotype, or with vegetatively propagating said plant. Another embodiment further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. Further embodiments relate to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
Claims24
A plant or a seed of lettuce variety Iceman, wherein a representative sample of seed of said variety is deposited under NCMA No. 202412049.
A method of producing a plant derived from lettuce variety Iceman, wherein a representative sample of seed of said variety is deposited under NCMA No. 202412049, comprising an added desired trait, wherein the method comprises introducing at least one nucleic acid sequence conferring the desired trait to said plant.
A method of introducing a desired trait into lettuce variety Iceman, wherein the method comprises:
- a. crossing an Iceman plant, wherein a sample of seed is deposited under NCMA No. 202412049, with a plant of another lettuce variety having a desired trait to produce progeny plants;
- b. selecting one or more progeny plants that have the desired trait to produce selected progeny plants;
- c. crossing the selected progeny plants with the Iceman plant to produce backcross progeny plants;
- d. selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait;
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- e. repeating steps (c) and (d) a sufficient number of times in succession to produce selected second or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and essentially all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of lettuce variety Iceman.
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