FRUIT FORMATION IN THE ABSENCE OF FERTILISATION

• Main Authors: HAANSTRA, JACOB PIETER WILLEM, VAN DUN, CORNELIS MARIA PETRUS, EGGINK, PIETER MARTIJN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 20.09.2012
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; FISHING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRAPPING

The present invention relates to a pepper plant showing the trait fruit formation in the absence of fertilisation wherein said trait is obtainable by introgression from a plant grown from seed that was deposited with the NCIMB under accession number NCIMB 41678, NCIMB 41680, or NCIMB 41684. The invention further relates to progeny of the plant, propagation material for producing the plant, to fruits of the plant and to a food product comprising the fruit or parts thereof. La présente invention concerne un plant de poivron présentant le caractère : fructification en l'absence de fécondation, ledit caractère pouvant être obtenu par introgression depuis une plante cultivée à partir de semences déposées auprès de la banque NCIMB sous les numéros d'enregistrement NCIMB 41678, NCIMB 41680 ou NCIMB 41684. L'invention concerne également la descendance de ladite plante, le matériau de multiplication permettant la production de ladite plante, des fruits de ladite plante et un produit alimentaire contenant ledit fruit ou des parties de celui-ci.