Syngenta Participations Ag

Charles James Baxter

Graham Barron Seymour

Natalie Helene Chapman

Laurent Grivet

Ian Puddephat

Julien Bonnet

Henricus Johannes Van Wijk

Laurie Boyden

Rebecca M Cade

Graham Ball

Glyn Bradley

Thomas Charles Hodgman

Yu Pan

Paul Fraser

Rebecca Cade

The present invention relates to a transcription factor gene that plays a key role in Solanaceae fruit ripening. Plants overexpressing the gene have fruits with deeper pigmentation and ripen more rapidly than controls. The invention also relates to transgenic plants comprising said gene, and methods of making said plants.

Modulation of Solanaceae fruit ripening

This invention relates to a tomato fruit with significantly increased firmness due to the presence of at least one genetic element (or quantitative trait loci; QTLs) in the cultivated plant producing said tomato fruit, compared to fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have said genetic element(s). A cultivated tomato plant producing tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness and a method for detecting QTLs linked to significantly increased fruit firmness are also provided.

Tomato fruit having increased firmness

This invention relates to QTL responsible for significantly increased firmness in tomato fruit in the cultivated plant producing said tomato fruit, compared to fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have said genetic elements. A cultivated tomato plant producing tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness and a method for detecting QTLs linked to significantly increased fruit firmness are also provided.

QTL responsible for tomato fruit firmness

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Grimoldby near Louth, United Kingdom

Charles James Baxter