Patent ID: 7897848

Claim:
A non-naturally occurring plant of a Brassicaceae species produced by: (a) providing plants expressing an IND1 polypeptide that is at least 60% identical to SEQ ID NO:2, comprises a basic helix-loop-helix (HLH) domain, and complements an Arabidopsis ind1 mutant phenotype when introduced into an Arabidopsis ind1 mutant plant; (b) treating the plants with a chemical mutagen or ionizing radiation; and (c) selecting a plant with delayed fruit dehiscence and comprising a mutant IND1 allele encoding a mutant IND1 polypeptide that does not complement an Arabidopsis ind1 mutant phenotype when introduced into an Arabidopsis ind1 mutant plant, wherein the plant has delayed fruit dehiscence compared to a plant in which the IND1 allele is not mutated.