Marigold male inbred line denominated KI4662
AssigneeKemin Industries, Inc.
InventorsBrindha Narasimhamoorthy, Justin Cox, John A. Greaves, Xin Liu, Liuqing Zhao
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Abstract
A new and distinct inbred plant of Tagentes erecta named KI4662 and characterized by elevated levels of zeaxanthin and little or no lutein.
Claims21
A seed of marigold inbred line designated KI4662, or a part of the seed, representative seed of the line having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-121906.
A method for producing a marigold plant, said method comprising the step of:
- (a) crossing inbred marigold plant KI4662, representative seed of the line having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-121906, with another different marigold plant to yield progeny marigold seed.
A method of introducing a desired trait from marigold inbred line KI4662, representative seed of the line having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-121906, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) crossing KI4662 plants with plants of another marigold line that comprise a desired trait to produce F1 progeny plants;
- (b) selecting F1 progeny plants that have the desired trait;
- (c) crossing selected progeny plants with said other marigold line plants to produce backcross progeny plants;
- (d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and physiological and morphological characteristics of marigold inbred line KI4662;
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- (e) performing steps (c) and (d) one or more times in succession to produce the selected or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of said other marigold inbred line as determined at the 5% significance level when grown in the same environmental conditions.
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