Patent ID: 9493784
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A01H,C12Q

Claim Text:
1. A blocky fruit type Capsicum annuum pepper plant bearing extreme dark green color fruit at immature harvestable stage, said plant comprising two genetic determinants directing or controlling expression of said extreme dark green color in the pepper fruit of the pepper plant wherein said two genetic determinants are represented by two QTL, wherein the said genetic determinants are the genetic determinants of wherein the first QTL, QTL1, is genetically or physically linked to marker loci SP436 and SP626, and the second QTL, QTL2, is genetically or physically linked to marker loci SP693 and SP694, and wherein said pepper plant is homozygous at QTL1 and QTL2, and wherein the extreme dark green color is associated with the following physicochemical characteristics of the pepper fruits at immature harvestable stage: