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US 5,489,745 AGranted
High pigment, reduced blossom end scar size, disease resistant tomato varieties
AssigneeDNA Plant Technology Corporation
InventorsRobert A. Morrison, David A. Evans
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Abstract
The present invention provides novel tomato lines having disease resistance, and producing a tomato(es) having a weight of at least 140 g with high pigment and reduced blossom end scar size relative to "Suncoast". Due to the reduced blossom end scar size, the tomatoes of the present invention have an increased marketable yield relative to "Suncoast".
Claims1
A hybrid tomato plant, which is a hybrid of a tomato plant produced from a seed having the accession number ATCC 40450 and a tomato plant produced from a seed having the accession number ATCC 40506, which hybrid tomato plant
- (1) has at least one crimson og.sup.c allele;
- (2) produces a tomato fruit having
- (a) a weight of at least about 140 grams,
- (b) an a/b redness ratio of at least about 1.3, and
- (c) a blossom end scar from about 0.03 to 0.11 cm.sup.2 ;
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- (3) is resistant to Fusarium wilt, races 1 and 2, Verticllium wilt, and Gray Leaf Spot.
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