White-stem trait containing plants
AssigneeSeminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
InventorsFrans van den Bosch, Meindert Boon
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Abstract
The invention provides Brassica oleracea plants comprising a white-stem trait and methods for producing a plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants.
Claims33
A broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) or cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) plant exhibiting a white stem trait characterized by a stem color in the range of colors 155A to 155D on the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) color chart, wherein said white-stem trait is conferred by a monogenic recessive allele found in the genome of broccoli line BCH 971-4, and wherein a sample of seed of said broccoli line BCH 971-4 has been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-10298.
A method of producing a broccoli plant with a white stem and yellow- to orange-colored curd, said method comprising:
- (a) crossing a broccoli plant comprising at least a first allele that confers a white stem and yellow- to orange-colored curd when in a homozygous state with a second broccoli plant to produce F1 progeny;
- (b) selecting at least a first F1 progeny that comprises the allele;
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- (c) selfing said progeny or a subsequent progeny thereof to recover a progeny broccoli plant homozygous for said allele and comprising said white stem and yellow- to orange-colored curd;
- wherein said white stem falls within the range encompassed by colors 155A to 155D and said yellow-to orange-colored curd trait falls within the range encompassed by colors 13A to 22D on the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) color chart, wherein said allele is found in the genome of broccoli line BCH 971-4, and wherein a sample of seed of said broccoli line BCH 971-4 has been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-10298.
An F1 hybrid seed having a plant of broccoli line BCH 971-4 as one parent, wherein a sample of seed of said broccoli line has been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-10298.
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