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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2012
Laurie Boyden, Stanton, MN (US);
Kevin Cook, Naples, FL (US);
Steven John Czaplewski, Naples, FL (US);
Henricus Johannes Van Wijk, Saint-Sauveur, NL;
Laurie Boyden, Stanton, MN (US);
Kevin Cook, Naples, FL (US);
Steven John Czaplewski, Naples, FL (US);
Henricus Johannes Van Wijk, Saint-Sauveur, NL;
Syngenta Participations AG, Basel, CH;
Abstract
The present invention concernsplants producing pepper fruits, exhibiting new physicochemical characteristics of the pepper fruit in relation with chlorophyll A & B, lutein as well as violaxanthin. The pepper fruits of the plants according to the present invention also exhibit a characteristic extreme dark green color at immature stage which color is linked to the content in pigment of the said fruit. The present invention also relates to QTL alleles directing the expression of the pigment content of those pepper fruits as well as molecular markers associated with these QTL alleles.