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US 6,720,485 B1Granted
Controlling starch synthesis
AssigneeState of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture
InventorsArthur Schaffer, Ilan Levin, Marina Petreikov, Moshe Bar
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Abstract
A method for controlling starch synthesis in tomatoes including providing a population of plants derived from interspecific crosses of Lycopersicon spp. with Lycopersicon esculentum genotypes, and selecting individuals of the population that each contain an allele of a gene that increases starch synthesis, the gene originating from the Lycopersicon spp.
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A method for controlling starch synthesis in tomatoes comprising:
- providing a population of plants derived from interspecific crosses a green-fruited wild species of the Lycopersicon genus (Lycopersicon spp.) with Lycopersicon esculentum genotypes;
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- selecting individuals of said population that each contain an allele of a gene that encodes for the large subunit (LS1) of ADP-zlucose pyrophosphorylase (ADPGPPase) and increases the activity of ADPGPPase, said allele originating from said Lycopersicon spp.
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