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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2011
Charles Baxter, Bracknell, GB;
Yu Pan, Loughborough, GB;
Thomas Charles Hodgman, Loughborough, GB;
Graham Barron Seymour, Loughborough, GB;
Rebecca Cade, Durham, NC (US);
Henricus Johannes Van Wijk, Saint-Saveur, FR;
Glyn Bradley, Londonderry, IE;
Laurent Grivet, Saint-Sauveur, FR;
Laurie Boyden, Stanton, MN (US);
Graham Ball, Nottingham, GB;
Paul Fraser, Egham, GB;
Charles Baxter, Bracknell, GB;
Yu Pan, Loughborough, GB;
Thomas Charles Hodgman, Loughborough, GB;
Graham Barron Seymour, Loughborough, GB;
Rebecca Cade, Durham, NC (US);
Henricus Johannes Van Wijk, Saint-Saveur, FR;
Glyn Bradley, Londonderry, IE;
Laurent Grivet, Saint-Sauveur, FR;
Laurie Boyden, Stanton, MN (US);
Graham Ball, Nottingham, GB;
Paul Fraser, Egham, GB;
Syngenta Participations AG, Basel, CH;
Abstract
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.