IP Library Granted Patent US 12696869
Granted Patent B2
US 12696869 · App. 18/087,202 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Hybrid tomato variety ‘H2239’

Inventor: Kelsie M. MacLellan (Leamington, CA)
Assignee: H.J. HEINZ COMPANY BRANDS LLC
A01H6/825A01H5/08
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Patent No.
US 12696869
App. No.
18/087,202
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Hybrid tomato variety ‘H2239’ is described. The tomato variety is a ground-culture hybrid processing tomato variety suitable for machine harvest and is adaptable to humid climactic regions such as the Northeastern USA, Portugal and Italy. It is a main season variety with resistance to Verticillium wilt, Fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, root knot nematode, bacterial speck and moderate tolerance to bacterial spot, bacterial canker and early blight. The variety is characterized by a compact uniform vine with exceptional vine health.

Claims (24)

1 . Tomato seed designated as ‘H2239’, representative sample of seed having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-127482.

2 . A plant produced by growing tomato seed designated as ‘H2239’, representative sample of seed having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-127482.

3 . A plant part from the plant of claim 2 , wherein the plant part comprises at least one cell of tomato variety ‘H2239’.

4 . The plant part of claim 3 , wherein the part comprises one or more of leaf, rootstock, scion, fruit, cotyledon, meristem, root tip, pistil, flower, stem, calli, stalk, hypocotyl, pericarp, and portion thereof containing at least one regenerable cell of tomato variety ‘H2239’.

5 . A tomato plant having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of the tomato plant of claim 2 .

6 . A plant part from the plant of claim 5 , wherein the plant part comprises at least one cell of tomato variety ‘H2239’.

7 . The plant part of claim 6 , wherein the part comprises one or more of leaf, rootstock, scion, fruit, cotyledon, meristem, root tip, pistil, flower, stem, calli, stalk, hypocotyl, pericarp, and portion thereof containing at least one regenerable cell of tomato variety ‘H2239’.

8 . A tissue culture of regenerable cells from the plant part of claim 3 , wherein said tissue culture of regenerable cells has all the physiological and morphological characteristics of tomato variety ‘H2239’.

9 . A tomato plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 8 , the plant having all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of tomato variety ‘H2239’, wherein a representative sample of seed has been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-127482.

10 . A protoplast produced from the tissue culture of claim 8 , wherein a plant regenerated from the protoplast has all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of tomato variety ‘H2239’.

11 . A method of producing a tomato plant derived from tomato variety ‘H2239’, the method comprising crossing the plant of claim 2 with another tomato plant to produce a F 1 hybrid tomato plant.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising harvesting seed from the F 1 hybrid tomato plant.

13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising crossing the F 1 hybrid tomato plant with itself or another plant to produce seed from a progeny plant.

14 . The plant of claim 2 , said plant having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of tomato variety ‘H2239’, and further comprising a transgene.

15 . The plant of claim 2 , said plant having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of tomato variety ‘H2239’, and further comprising a single locus conversion.

16 . A method for producing a tomato fruit, the method comprising:

growing the tomato plant of claim 2 to produce a tomato fruit; and

harvesting the tomato fruit.

17 . A method for producing a tomato seed comprising:

self-pollinating the tomato plant of claim 2 ; and

harvesting the resultant tomato seed.

18 . A method of vegetatively propagating the plant of claim 2 , the method comprising:

obtaining a part of the plant; and

regenerating a plant from the part, the regenerated plant having all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of tomato variety ‘H2239’.