Tomato plants having fruit with yellow and red segments

US10750693B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM LTD. · IL

Inventors

• Joseph Hirschberg · Jerusalem, IL
• Dani Zamir · Gdera, IL
• Yaacov Micha BROG · Lachish, IL
• Itay Zemach · Rehovot, IL
• Orly Dery · Jerusalem, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 5, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 25, 2020
• Expiry date: Jul 5, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Q2600/156
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Provided are tomato plants having fruit with red and yellow segments that appear across the fruit from the internal seed area to the most external layer of the epidermis. The present invention discloses that this phenotype, designated Arlecchino, is linked to insertion mutation within the Phytoene synthase 1 (Psy1) gene.