Crispers lettuce variety
View Patent ↗A new and distinct lettuce variety designated ‘Crispers’, characterized by having a distinct thick leaf texture, symmetrical and compact leaf, lack of an obvious mid-rib, a short open growth habit, and undulating leaf margins shape, and improved shelf life in a non-heading variety.
1. Lettuce seed designated as ‘Crispers’ having ATCC Accession Number PTA-12098.
2. A lettuce plant produced by growing the seed of claim 1 .
3. A lettuce head isolated from the plant of claim 2 .
4. A lettuce plant having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of the lettuce plant of claim 2 .
5. An F 1 hybrid lettuce plant having ‘Crispers’ as a parent where ‘Crispers’ is grown from the seed of claim 1 .
6. Pollen of the plant of claim 2 .
7. An ovule of the plant of claim 2 .
8. Tissue culture of the plant of claim 2 .
9. A method of selecting lettuce, comprising
a) growing more than one plant from the seed of claim 1
b) selecting a plant from step a).
10. A selected lettuce plant selected by the method of claim 9 .
11. A lettuce seed produced from the selected plant of claim 10 .