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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2009
Applicants:
John Armstrong, Penticton, CA;
William David Lane, Summerland, CA;
Inventors:
John Armstrong, Penticton, CA;
William David Lane, Summerland, CA;
Assignee:
Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc., Summerland, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/113 (2010.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 5/10 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A genetically modified fruit-producing plant, said plant having sufficiently reduced total Polyphenol Oxidase (PPO) activity relative to a wild type of said plant to reduce browning in the fruit of said plant relative to said wild type, wherein the reduced total PPO activity results from a reduction in activity of at least two PPO isoenzymes in said plant relative to said wild type, or a cell, seed, seedling, part, tissue, cell, fruit or progeny of said plant.