Controlling starch synthesis
US6720485B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 26, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 26, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/8245
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for controlling starch synthesis in tomatoes including providing a population of plants derived from interspecific crosses of Lycopersicon spp. with Lycopersicon esculentum genotypes, and selecting individuals of the population that each contain an allele of a gene that increases starch synthesis, the gene originating from the Lycopersicon spp.
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