Inbred radish line NIZ-AC2

A method for producing inbred line NIZ-AC2, wherein a representative sample of seed of said line was deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 41753, wherein the method comprises:

• a) planting a collection of seed comprising seed of a hybrid, one of whose parents is inbred line NIZ-AC2, said collection also comprising seed of said inbred;
• b) growing plants from said collection of seed;
• c) identifying the plants having the physiological and morphological characteristics of radish inbred line NIZ-AC2 as inbred parent plants;
• d) controlling pollination of said inbred parent plants in a manner which preserves the homozygosity of said inbred parent plant;
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• e) harvesting the resultant seed.

A method of introducing a desired trait into radish inbred line NIZ-AC2, wherein the method comprises:

• a) crossing the inbred line NIZ-AC2 plants grown from the inbred line NIZ-AC2 seed, wherein a representative sample of seed of said line was deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 41753, with plants of another radish line that comprise a desired trait to produce progeny plants, wherein the desired trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, male fertility, herbicide resistance, insect resistance, disease resistance, water stress tolerance, and increased digestibility;
• b) selecting progeny plants that have the desired trait to produce selected progeny plants;
• c) crossing the selected progeny plants with the inbred line NIZ-AC2 plants to produce backcross progeny plants;
• d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait and physiological and morphological characteristics of radish inbred line NIZ-AC2 listed in Table 1 to produce selected backcross progeny plants;
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• e) repeating steps (c) and (d) one or more times in succession to produce selected second or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and the physiological and morphological characteristics of radish inbred line NIZ-AC2 as listed in Table 1.