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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2004
Applicants:
Avraham Levy, Rehovot, IL;
Rafael Meissner, Rehovot, IL;
Yonatan Elkind, Rehovot, IL;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Yeda Research and Development Co., Ltd., Rechovot, IL;
Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 1/00 (2006.01); A01H 1/02 (2006.01); A01H 1/04 (2006.01); A01H 1/06 (2006.01); C12N 15/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a rapid and large-scale production of tomato mutants by utilizing a miniature tomato plant which can be crossed with tomato commercial plants. Mutations are induced in the miniature tomato cultivars and desired mutants are subsequently identified in the resulting mutant tomato population.