Syngenta Participations Ag

Laurent Grivet

Charles James Baxter

Graham Barron Seymour

Natalie Helene Chapman

Julien Bonnet

Henricus Johannes Van Wijk

Laurie Boyden

Gregori Bonnet

Rebecca M Cade

Bernard Smets

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 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

The present invention relates to cultivated tomato plants that are resistant to the pathogenic fungus, which is control led by at least one QTL, particularly by 2 and 3 QTL contributing to said resistance, wherein said QTL are mapping to linkage group 6, and/or linkage group 1b and/or linkage group 9b. The invention further relates to methods for producing said plants, and to the use thereof.

Disease resistant tomato plants

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Saint-Sauveur, France

Laurent Grivet