Tomato variety picus

A seed of tomato hybrid variety Picus, a sample of seed of said variety having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-121747.

A method of introducing a desired trait into tomato hybrid variety Picus comprising:

• (a) introducing at least a first heritable trait into at least one tomato variety selected from the group consisting of variety FDS 14-2081 and variety FDS 14-2090 to produce a plant of the first inbred tomato variety that heritably carries the trait, wherein the heritable trait is introduced into said first tomato variety by backcrossing and wherein representative samples of seed of tomato variety FDS 14-2081 and variety FDS 14-2090 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-121748 and PTA-121749, respectively;
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• (b) crossing a plant of the first inbred tomato variety that heritably carries the trait with a plant of a different line selected from said group consisting of variety FDS 14-2081 and variety FDS 14-2090 to produce a plant of hybrid Picus comprising the heritable trait.

A method of producing a plant comprising an added desired trait, the method comprising introducing a transgene conferring the desired trait into a plant of tomato variety Picus, a sample of seed of said tomato variety Picus having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-121747.

A method for producing a seed of a variety derived from variety Picus comprising the steps of:

• (a) crossing a tomato plant of variety Picus with a second tomato plant, a sample of seed of said variety Picus having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-121747;
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• (b) allowing seed of a variety Picus-derived tomato plant to form.

A method of producing tomato seed comprising crossing variety FDS 14-2081 with variety FDS 14-2090, a sample of seed of said varieties having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-121748, and ATCC Accession Number PTA-121749, respectively.