Chinese lantern clonal line ki1496

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020390052-A1
Application number	US-202016898858-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 11, 2020
Priority date	Jun 12, 2019
Publication date	Dec 17, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to a Chinese lantern plant and, more specifically, to a proprietary clonal plant line KI1496 that contains elevated amounts of zeaxanthin and β-cryptoxanthin.

First claim

1 . A method of producing zeaxanthin and/or BCX, comprising extracting zeaxanthin and/or BCX from plant tissue of a Chinese lantern plant denominated KI1496 as produced by a plant line deposited with the ATCC and assigned accession number PTA-125794.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plant tissue is selected from the group consisting of berries, sepals, lanterns, leaf, rhizome, root, seed, or stem tissue.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising using the extracted zeaxanthin and/or BCX as an antioxidant in a human food, animal food, dietary supplement, beverage or personal care product.

4 . A method of providing a carotenoid, comprising extracting zeaxanthin and/or BCX from plant tissue of a Chinese lantern plant denominated KI1496 as produced by a plant line deposited with the ATCC and assigned accession number PTA-125794.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the carotenoid is incorporated into a human food, animal food, dietary supplement, beverage or personal care product.

6 . A method of making a carotenoid-containing product, comprising:
a. growing a Chinese lantern plant denominated KI1496 as produced by a plant line deposited with the ATCC and assigned accession number PTA-125794; b. harvesting the mature lanterns; c. extracting zeaxanthin and/or BCX from the mature lanterns; and d. including the extracted zeaxanthin and/or BCX in a carotenoid-containing product.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the tissue is selected from the group consisting of berries, sepals, lanterns, leaf, rhizome, root, seed, or stem tissue.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the carotenoid-containing product is selected from the group consisting of human food, animal food, dietary supplements, beverages and personal care products.

9 . A method by which the Chinese lantern plant line denominated KI1496 is used in a breeding program by using pollen from said clonal lines as a male parent; or flowers of said clonal lines as a female parent, for the generation of seed of a breeding population from which further selections can be made.

10 . A plant or node of the Chinese lantern plant line denominated KI1496, or a cutting or part thereof, wherein representative plant tissue of KI1496 has been deposited with the ATCC and assigned accession number PTA-125794.

11 . The plant of claim 10 , wherein the plant or part thereof includes a leaf, rhizome, root, seed, or stem tissue.

12 . The plant or node of claim 10 , wherein the plant, node, cutting or part of the plant are used as a starting material to grow additional plants.

13 . Pollen of the plant of claim 10 .

14 . An ovule of the plant of claim 10 .

15 . A method for producing Chinese lantern seed, said method comprising the steps of: (i) growing one or more plants from one or more of the plant or node of claim 10 ; (ii) pollinating one or more plants produced from one or more of the node or plant of claim 10 by self-pollination or by pollination with pollen from a different plant and, (iii) harvesting the resultant seed and growing a new population of plants.

Assignees

• Kemin Ind Inc

Inventors

• Narasimhamoorthy Brindha
• Greaves John Andrew
• Zhao Liuqing
• Qiu Zhiqiang

Classifications

• A01H5/02

  Flowers · CPC title

• A01H5/08

  Fruits · CPC title

• A01H6/82 Primary

  Solanaceae, e.g. pepper, tobacco, potato, tomato or eggplant · CPC title

• A01H5/10

  Seeds · CPC title