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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.v., De Lier, NL;
Pieter Martijn Eggink, De Lier, NL;
Jacob Pieter Willem Haanstra, De Lier, NL;
Evert Willem Gutteling, De Lier, NL;
RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V., De Lier, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a pepper plant () that produces fruits with an increased Brix level, wherein the pepper plant may comprise a QTL, which when present leads to pepper fruits with increased Brix level, and wherein said QTL is similar to, or in particular the same as the QTL present in the genome of plants grown from seed which was deposited at the NCIMB under NCIMB number 42139, and wherein said QTL is linked to at least one marker selected from the group of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5, and SEQ ID NO:7 and wherein the QTL is preferably homozygously present.