Petunia plants having a unique flower color pattern
AssigneeKlemm+Sohn GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsNils Klemm, Andrea Dohm, Ulrich Sander, Antonella Capo
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Abstract
Petunia plants comprising at least one dominant allele conferring a novel spotted flower color pattern are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of breeding with the Petunia plants having the novel spotted flower color pattern to provide new, distinct and stable Petunia plants having flowers with a unique spotted flower color pattern. This spotted flower color pattern has not been observed in any Petunia known species.
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A Petunia plant comprising a dominant allele with incomplete penetrance that produces a spotted flower color pattern, wherein said pattern is produced from a complete post-transcriptional gene silencing of the Chalcone Synthase A gene in single randomly distributed cells of the petals, and wherein said spotted flower color pattern comprises a Petunia plant having one or more spots on each petal of every flower, wherein said Petunia plant is produced from seed deposited under NCIMB Accession Number 42563.
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