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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2012
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Alan B. Bennett, Davis, CA (US);
Ann L. T. Powell, Davis, CA (US);
Theresa A. Hill, Davis, CA (US);
Kalai Lam Cheng, San Francisco de Dos Rios San Jose, CR;
Rosa E. Figueroa-Balderas, Davis, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for improving fruit quality in plants that have low or reduced levels of Golden2-like (GLK) activity in the green fruit (e.g., cultivated tomato). The methods involve introgressing genes encoding functional GLKs into the plant so that they are expressed in the green fruit of the plant and thereby increase chloroplast biogenesis in the fruit. The plants of the invention have improved fruit quality, such as increased levels of starch, soluble solids, and/or sugars.