Tomatoes that soften more slowly post-harvest due to non-transgenic alterations in an expansin gene
US9399772B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 12, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Q2600/13
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A series of independent human-induced non-transgenic mutations found in an expansin gene (LeExp1) of tomato; tomato plants having these mutations in their LeExp1 genes; and a method of creating and identifying similar and/or additional mutations in the LeExp1 gene by screening pooled and/or individual tomato plants. The tomato plants of the present invention exhibit fruit that soften more slowly post-harvest without having the inclusion of foreign nucleic acids in their genomes.
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