Patent ID: 8993835
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A01D,A01H

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a pygmy sesame crop, comprising the steps of: (a) planting a pygmy sesame seed line, wherein said pygmy sesame seed line is homozygous for the pygmy allele designated py/py, wherein said py/py homozygous recessive allele is described in sesame variety S70, a sample of said sesame seed variety S70 is deposited under ATCC Accession number PTA-9272, and said pygmy sesame seed line produces pygmy sesame plants with a mature plant height greater than 52 cm and less than 120 cm, said mature pygmy sesame plants produced by said pygmy sesame seed line have one or more capsules at a height of at least 15 cm; and (b) harvesting said mature pygmy sesame plants from said pygmy sesame seed line, said pygmy sesame plants exhibiting a higher harvest index on a weight basis than plants with non-pygmy sesame crops wherein said harvest index is the ratio of weight of the harvested seed to the weight of the entire plant including seed.