Patent ID: 9414553
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A01H,C12N,C12Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for the production of a Solanum lycopersicum plant having an average sympodial index of between 1.8 and 2.2 and producing red-colored fruits, said method comprising: a) crossing a plant of a recipient breeding line of b) collecting the seeds resulting from the cross in step (a), c) regenerating the seeds into plants; d) providing one or more backcross generations by crossing the plants of step (c) or optionally selfed offspring thereof with one or more plants of said recipient breeding line of e) selfing plants of step (d) and growing the selfed seed into plants; f) optionally repeating said steps of backcrossing and selfing of steps (d) or (e); g) identifying and selecting from the plants grown in step (c), (e) or (f) plants having an average sympodial index of between 1.8 and 2.2 and producing red-colored fruits, wherein the step of identifying and selecting a plant having an average sympodial index of between 1.8 and 2.2 is performed by marker-assisted selection comprising the use of a marker linked to a SP3D gene from the family of self-pruning genes of