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Method for producing fruiting plants with improved fruit flavour

US6011199A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 1997
Grant dateJan 4, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12N15/8243
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for producing a transformed fruit plant which produces ripened fruit with improved flavor as compared to ripened fruit produced by its parental plant, said method comprising; PA1 stably transforming explants of said parental plant with at least one DNA molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding alcohol dehydrogenase II (ADH2) or a functional portion thereof operably linked to a suitable promoter sequence, such that transformed fruit plants grown from said explants express said DNA molecule(s) in fruit tissue, and PA1 selecting a transformed fruit plant which produces ripened fruit with improved flavor as compared to ripened fruit produced by said parental plant.

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