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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. 29, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Colin R Bird, Bracknell, GB;
Jeremy M Boniwell, Marston, GB;
Donald Grierson, Shepshed, GB;
John A Ray, Wooden Hill, GB;
Wolfgang W Schuch, Crowthorne, GB;
Assignee:
Imperial Chemical Industries, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800205 ; 4351723 ; 800D / ;
Abstract
A method is provided for making fruit (particularly tomatoes) having increased solids content which comprises cultivating fruit-bearing plants in which expression of genes homologous to pTOM36 is at least partially inhibited. For this purpose the fruit may be transformed with DNA constructs comprising a DNA sequence homologous to some or all of the gene encoded by the clone pTOM36. The clone is adapted to generate sense or antisense RNA under control of a plant promoter.