Patent Document ID: 20160198667
Application ID: 15074566
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of producing a seedless pepper fruit, the method comprising: a) providing a male-sterile Capsicum annuum pepper plant comprising a seedless trait and which grows seedless pepper fruits independent of the pollination and fertilization process, wherein the seedless trait is controlled by a genetic determinant and is independent of exogenous treatment with parthenocarpy-inducing plant hormones, and wherein the pepper plant comprises the genetic determinant conferring the seedless trait of the hybrid pepper designated AR07-F1-166-b, representative seeds of said hybrid pepper deposited with NCIMB, Aberdeen AB21 9YA, Scotland, UK on May 26, 2008 under accession number NCIMB 41560; b) allowing the pepper plant to grow a seedless pepper fruit; and c) harvesting the seedless pepper fruit.