Abstract: The present invention concerns plants, seeds and cells of the genus Diplotaxis having cytoplasmic male sterility, and more particularly plants, seeds and cells of the species Diplotaxis tenuifolia. The cytoplasmic male sterility is preferably that imported from Raphanus sativus, known as Ogura sterility. The invention also concerns methods for obtaining Diplotaxis tenuifolia plants carrying cytoplasmic male sterility, as well as various uses for the cytoplasmic male sterility of the plants of the invention.
Abstract: The present invention provides sweet bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) plants with high levels of resistance to Phytophthora combined with desirable agronomic traits. The present invention also provides methods of making such plants and methods of using such plants to produce additional Phytophthora-resistant sweet bell pepper plants.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 8, 2010
Date of Patent:
July 1, 2014
Assignee:
HM.CLAUSE
Inventors:
Michael Moreau, Frederic Denet, Ophelie Sicard, Cecile Marchal, Claude Basterreix