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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2017
Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Carl Joseph Braun, III, Woodland, CA (US);
Eva King-Fan Chan, Rosebery, AU;
Graeme S. Garvey, Woodland, CA (US);
Carl Martin Jones, Sacramento, CA (US);
Brian J. Just, Fort Myers, FL (US);
Joel M. Kniskern, Sacramento, CA (US);
Jonathan R. Mein, Concord, NC (US);
Thomas C. Osborn, Kirkwood, MO (US);
Petrus M. J. A. van Poppel, Wageningen, NL;
Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
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.