Patent ID: 11910771
Assignee: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  C | IPC A  C

Claim 19:
20. A method of introducing a desired added trait into lettuce cultivar Menaggio, the method comprising:
(a) crossing the plant of claim 2 with a lettuce plant that comprises a desired added trait to produce F1 progeny;
(b) selecting an F1 progeny that comprises the desired added trait;
(c) crossing the selected F1 progeny with lettuce cultivar Menaggio to produce backcross progeny;
(d) selecting a backcross progeny comprising the desired added trait; and
(e) optionally repeating steps (c) and (d) one or more times to produce a plant derived from lettuce cultivar Menaggio comprising a desired added trait and otherwise all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of lettuce cultivar Menaggio, wherein in step (c) the selected backcross progeny produced in step (d) is used in place of the selected F1 progeny of step (b).