PEPPER WITH INCREASED BRIX LEVEL

• Main Authors: PIETER MARTIJN EGGINK, EVERT WILLEM GUTTELING, JACOB PIETER WILLEM HAANSTRA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 07.04.2016
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; ENZYMOLOGY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; SPIRITS; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention relates to a pepper plant (Capsicum annuum) that produces fruits with an increased Brix level, wherein the pepper plant comprises a QTL, which when present leads to pepper fruits with increased Brix level, and wherein said QTL is similar to, or in particular the same as the QTL present in the genome of plants grown from seed which was deposited at the NCIMB under NCIMB number 42139, and wherein said QTL is linked to at least one marker selected from the group of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5, and SEQ ID NO:7 and wherein the QTL is preferably homozygously present. La presente invención se refiere a una planta de pimiento (Capsicum annuum) que produce frutos con un nivel Brix aumentado, en donde la planta de pimiento comprende un QTL, que cuando está presente lleva a frutos de pimiento con un nivel Brix aumentado, y en donde tal QTL es similar a, o en particular el mismo que el QTL presente en el genoma de plantas cultivadas de la semilla que se depositó en la NCIMB bajo el número NCIMB 42139, y en donde tal QTL está enlazado a al menos un marcador seleccionado del grupo de SEC ID NO:1, SEC ID NO:3, SEC ID NQ:5, y SEC ID NO:7 y en donde el QTL está preferiblemente homocigotamente presente.