Methods for breeding short celery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10492391-B2
Application number	US-201715697622-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2017
Priority date	Mar 22, 2012
Publication date	Dec 3, 2019
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019

Abstract

The present invention relates to a celery plant ( Apium graveolens L. dulce ) carrying a genetic trait that leads to a shorter petiole and a shorter total plant length at mature harvest stage as compared to a celery plant not carrying the said genetic trait, wherein said genetic trait is as present in the genome of plants grown from seed of which a representative sample was deposited with the NCIMB under accession number NCIMB 41902.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for producing an Apium graveolens L. dulce plant that is shorter than 37 cm at mature harvest stage, comprising:
(a) crossing an Apium graveolens L. dulce plant grown from seed deposited as NCIMB 41902, or F2progeny thereof that is shorter than 37 cm at mature harvest stage, with another Apium graveolens L. dulce plant to produce a hybrid progeny;
(b) selfing the hybrid progeny to produce next generation progeny; and
(c)selecting in the next generation progeny or in a subsequent generation for an Apium graveolens L. dulce that is shorter than 37 cm at mature harvest stage.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the step of
(d) performing one to ten additional rounds of selfing or backcrossing, and subsequently selecting for an Apium graveolens L. dulce plant that is shorter than 37 cm at mature harvest stage.

3. A method for producing an Apium graveolens L. dulce F1 variety that is shorter than 37 cm at mature harvest stage comprising crossing of a first parent plant produced by the method of claim 1 with a second, different parent plant produced by the method of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel Bv

Inventors

• Deneer Reinier Hendrik Marie
• Glawe Grit Anja

Classifications

• A01H6/064

  Apium graveolens [celery] · CPC title

• A01H5/00

  Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their plant parts; Angiosperms characterised otherwise than by their botanic taxonomy · CPC title

• A01H5/12

  Leaves · CPC title

• A01H5/04 Primary

  Stems · CPC title

• A01H1/00 Primary

  Processes for modifying genotypes {; Plants characterised by associated natural traits} (A01H4/00 takes precedence) · CPC title