Parthenocarpic genetic elements derived from S. habrochaites
AssigneeMonsanto Invest B.V.
InventorsAnita Afke De Haan, Paulus Cornelis Maris
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of producing a parthenocarpic, and optionally male sterile, tomato plant comprising introgressing into said plant a genetic region from Chromosome 4, 5 and/or 12 of S. habrochaites LYC4/78, a representative sample of seed of which was deposited on 13 Nov. 2007 with the NCIMB under Accession number 41517, wherein the genetic region from Chromosome 4 of S. habrochaites LYC4/78 includes at least one marker selected from Marker CD59, RFLP Marker CT229, and COS Marker T1068, and wherein the genetic region from Chromosome 5 of S. habrochaites LYC4/78 includes at least one marker selected from COS Marker T1181, RFLP Marker TG441 and/or RFLP Marker CD31(A).
Claims9
A parthenocarpic and optionally male sterile Solanum lycopersicum tomato plant having fruits that are entirely seedless, or part thereof, obtained by a method comprising introgressing into a S. lycopersicum tomato plant a genetic region only from Chromosome 4 and/or 5 of Solanum habrochaites LYC4/78, of which a representative sample of seed of said S. habrochaites LYC4/78 was deposited Nov. 13, 2007, with the NCIMB under Accession Number 41517, wherein the genetic region from Chromosome 4 is between Markers CD59 and TG272 and includes marker CD59, wherein the genetic region from Chromosome 5 is between COS Marker T1181 and RFLP Marker CD31(A) and includes at least one marker selected from the group consisting of COS Marker T1181, RFLP Marker TG441 and RFLP Marker CD31(A), and wherein said parthenocarpic tomato plant is not S. lycopersicum cv. Moneymaker.
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