Patent ID: 11930780
Assignee: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A method of introducing a trait into a tomato line, the method comprising:
(a) utilizing as a recurrent parent the plant of claim 3 by crossing said plant with a donor plant that comprises a trait to produce F1 progeny;
(b) selecting an F1 progeny that comprises the trait;
(c) backcrossing the selected F1 progeny with a plant of the same line used as the recurrent parent in step (a) to produce backcross progeny;
(d) selecting a backcross progeny comprising the trait and otherwise comprising the morphological and physiological characteristics of the recurrent parent line used in step (a); and
(e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times to produce a selected fourth or higher backcross progeny.