Method for breeding tomatoes with superior taste characteristics and product of the method
US5817913A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 30, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S47/01
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for breeding tomato plants that produce tomatoes having superior taste characteristics including the steps, of crossing at least one Lycopersicon esculentum plant with a green-fruited Lycopersicon spp. from an Eriopersicon subgenus to produce hybrid seeds, collecting the hybrid (F.sub.1)seeds, growing plants from F.sub.1 seeds, pollinating the F.sub.1 plants, collecting the hybrid seeds produced by the F.sub.1 plants, growing plants from the seeds produced by the F.sub.1 plants, measuring sucrose, glucose and fructose content of ripe fruit produced from the plants grown from the seeds of the F.sub.1 plants; and selecting plants with tomato fruits having desired characteristics including a fructose/glucose ratio greater than 1.8 and fructose levels higher than 1.3% on a fresh weight basis.
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