Starchless variety of pisum sativum having elevated levels of sucrose
US6680429B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2020 |
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- 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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