Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd.

De Ruiter Seeds R&d B.v.

Dani Zamir

Joseph Hirschberg

Tzili Pleban

Yaacov Micha Brog

Itay Zemach

Orly Dery

Zachary B Lippman

Uri Krieger

Avichai Amrad

Eyal Fridman

Kfir Bandel

Provided are tomato plants having fruit with red and yellow segments that appear across the fruit from the internal seed area to the most external layer of the epidermis. The present invention discloses that this phenotype, designated Arlecchino, is linked to insertion mutation within the Phytoene synthase 1 (Psy1) gene.

Tomato plants having fruit with yellow and red segments

Provided relates to a crop Lisianthus () plants that do not require cold treatment (vernalization) for the inductions of bolting and flowering, and to means and methods for producing same.

Vernalization independent lisianthus plants

The present invention relates to means and methods for modifying the expression of a component in the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway to modify the production of carotenoid towards accumulation of at least one of phytoene, phytofluene, zeta carotene or combinations thereof. The present invention further relates to genetically altered organisms having elevated content of these carotenoids. The present invention further relates to genetically altered organisms having elevated content of these carotenoids, particularly in chromoplast-containing cells.

Organism with altered carotenoid content and method of producing same

The present invention provides plant inbred mutant parent lines producing hybrid offspring having at least one heterosis-related phenotype, particularly total yield associated phenotypes, methods for identifying same and hybrid plants produced therefrom. The present invention further discloses heterosis-related genes and provides the corresponding isolated polynucleotides.

Induced heterosis related mutations

A cultivated tomato plant having a genome including an introgression derived from a green-fruited tomato, the green-fruited tomato being characterized by fruits having a brix value above 5 brix units, the introgression including a portion of chromosome 9 of the green-fruited tomato, the portion extending telomerically to a point so as to exclude from the portion an allele of the green-fruited tomato being responsible for an undesired trait selected from the group consisting of higher percent green fruit yield and longer internodes characterizing the green-fruited tomato as is compared to the cultivated tomato plant, the introgression inherently increasing by at least 6% a brix value characterizing fruits of the cultivated tomato plant as is compared to a nearly isogenic tomato plant lacking the introgression.

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