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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2010
Charles James Baxter, Grimoldby near Louth, GB;
Natalie Helene Chapman, Loughborough, GB;
Ian Puddephat, Reading, GB;
Graham Barron Seymour, Loughborough, GB;
Charles James Baxter, Grimoldby near Louth, GB;
Natalie Helene Chapman, Loughborough, GB;
Ian Puddephat, Reading, GB;
Graham Barron Seymour, Loughborough, GB;
Syngenta Participations AG, Basel, CH;
Abstract
This invention relates to a tomato fruit with significantly increased firmness due to the presence of at least one genetic element (or quantitative trait loci; QTLs) in the cultivated plant producing said tomato fruit, compared to fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have said genetic element(s). A cultivated tomato plant producing tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness and a method for detecting QTLs linked to significantly increased fruit firmness are also provided.