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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2015
Enza Zaden Beheer B.v., Enkhuizen, NL;
Geert Johannes De Boer, IJmuiden, NL;
Mattheus Nicolaas Groot, Aguadulce, ES;
Jeanine Danielle Louwerse, Amsterdam, NL;
Wilhelmina Antonia Cornelia Anna Leijten, Vleuten, NL;
Enza Zaden Beheer B.V., Enkhuizen, NL;
Abstract
Provided herein is a Cucumber plant () which provides fruits having an improved shelf life, wherein said plant comprises a stay green gene providing the improved fruit shelf life, wherein said stay green gene encodes a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID No. 2, or amino acid sequences with more than 90% identity, preferably more than 94% identity, more preferably more than 96% identity, even more preferably more than 98% identity; and wherein the expression of said stay green gene is reduced as compared to the expression of said stay green gene in a cucumber plant not providing fruits having an improved shelf life or the enzymatic activity of said protein is reduced as compared to the enzymatic activity of said protein in a cucumber plant not providing fruits having an improved shelf life.