Patent ID: 9241455
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: A01H

Claim Text:
1. A tomato plant that is characterized by the following features: as compared to a wild type or isogenic control plant, the plant does not comprise or has at least a reduced number of the glandular cells of type VI trichomes, as compared to a wild type or isogenic control plant, the plant has a reduced level of one or more terpenes, sesquiterpenes and/or aldehydes, and as compared to a wild type or isogenic control plant, the plant does not comprise or has at least a reduced level of flavonoids, wherein the plant carries a mutant tghVI allele on chromosome 9 which, in the genome of the seeds of which a representative sample was deposited under accession number NCIMB 41845, is linked to a molecular SNP marker at position 1750800 of the public physical map SL2.30, wherein the SNP marker has a nucleotide change from A to G.