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Starchless variety of pisum sativum having elevated levels of sucrose

US6127605A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 29, 1998
Grant dateOct 3, 2000
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12N15/8245
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a Pisum sativum variety that contains a recessive gene called the bsg gene and produces peas that exhibit an elevated level of sucrose and a decreased level of alcohol insoluble solids when compared to peas produced from a Pisum sativum variety that does not contain the bsg gene within its genome.

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