Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.v.

Grit Anja Glawe

Reinier Hendrik Marie Deneer

Jurjen Johannes Berg

The present invention relates to a celery plant (L.) carrying a genetic trait that leads to a shorter petiole and a shorter total plant length at mature harvest stage as compared to a celery plant not carrying the said genetic trait, wherein said genetic trait is as present in the genome of plants grown from seed of which a representative sample was deposited with the NCIMB under accession number NCIMB 41902.

Methods for breeding short celery

The invention relates to a corn salad fruit of the species, characterized by a fruit width which is smaller than 1.7 mm and/or a length/width ratio of the fruits which is higher than 1.2, and which fruit width and/or length/width ratio are/is determined by a genetic determinant which is as found in, or is obtainable from, fruits of which a representative sample was deposited under accession number NCIMB 42007, or is equivalent to the said genetic determinant in NCIMB 42007.

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De Lier, Netherlands

Grit Anja Glawe