Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.

Graeme S Garvey

William Waycott

Byron Froman

Michele Feikert

Leo Kelly

Brian J Just

Carl Joseph Braun, Iii

Carl Martin Jones

Joel M Kniskern

Eva King-Fan Chan

Thomas C Osborn

Jonathan R Mein

Petrus M J A Van Poppel

Swapan K Chaudhuri

Howard L Constant

Carl Joseph Iii Braun

Eva King Fan Chan

Petrus MJA Van Poppel

Bill Waycott

The invention provides compositions and methods related to selective inhibition of PPO11 and use for improving shelf life of a plant or parts thereof. In accordance with the invention, for example, compositions for topical application to a plant or part thereof, are provided that can reduce browning of the plant or part thereof to extend shelf life.

Methods and compositions for extending shelf life of plant products

Methods and compositions for identifying mutations that decrease expression of PPO11

The invention provides methods and compositions for breeding pepper (sp. such as) lines, including isogenic and nearly isogenic lines, displaying one or more mature fruit color(s) of interest. Predictive genetic markers and associated sequences and primers, associated with phenotypic diversity at the Ccs locus encoding Capsanthin-Capsorubin Synthase, and the Ze locus encoding Zeaxanthin Epoxidase are also provided, as well as methods for breeding pepper lines. Further provided are pepper plants, and plant parts including seeds, seed mixtures, fruit, and packaged fruit, which display mature fruit color(s) of interest.

Selection of mature fruit color in pepper plants

Methods for identifying polymorphisms linked to the PPO11 gene

This disclosure concerns the improvement of flavor in peppers by addition of aromas from other or the same pepper species. The disclosure describes novelgermplasm with aromatic components fromand other horticultural traits from. The disclosure also describes a method for improving the flavor of a pepper through metabolomic-assisted selection to produce a pepper fruit with desirable aromas. The disclosure further provides multiple quantitative trait loci (QTLs), associated markers, and their use for genetic breeding of pepper plants with desired sweetness and flavor.

Peppers with unique aroma and taste

Methods for identifying plants with extended shelf life

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St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Graeme S Garvey