Tomato plant producing fruits with modified sugar content

US12052970B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• THE STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION · IL
• Syngenta Participations AG · CH

Inventors

• Arthur A. Schaffer · Pardes Hana-Karkur, IL
• Michal Moy · Rishon LeZion, IL
• Naomi Houminer · Luzit, IL
• Marina Petreikov · Rishon LeZion, IL
• Yelena Yeselson · Rishon LeZion, IL
• Daniel Rickett · Bracknell, GB
• Julien Bonnet · Saint-Sauveur, FR
• Charles James Baxter · Louth, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 11, 2019
• Grant date: Aug 6, 2024
• Expiry date: Feb 26, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Q2600/13
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to novel tomato plants producing fruits displaying a modified sugar content, particularly displaying an increased sucrose content. The invention also relates to seeds and parts of said plants, for example fruits. The invention further relates to methods of making and using such seeds and plants. The invention also relates to a sucrose modifier SucMod allele, which, when combined with a sucrose accumulation TIV allele derived from a green-fruited wild tomato accession, significantly alters the proportion of sugar stored in the fruit, confers increased fruit sucrose content at the expense of hexose sugars and results in a fruit with a distinctive flavor.