Inbred broccoli line BRM50-3905
View Patent ↗Inbred broccoli lines, designated BRM50-3906 are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred broccoli lines BRM50-3906, to the plants of inbred broccoli lines BRM50-3906, and to methods for producing a broccoli plant produced by crossing the inbred line BRM50-3906 with itself or another broccoli line. The invention further relates to hybrid broccoli seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line BRM50-3906 with another broccoli line.
1. A method of breeding a broccoli plant comprising:
a. selecting a first parent broccoli plant, wherein said first parent broccoli plant is a plant of broccoli line BRM50-3905, a sample of seed of said line having been deposited with the American Type Culture Collection under ATCC Accession No. PTA-5198, and selecting a second parent broccoli plant having a characteristic selected from the group consisting of resistance to bacterial disease, resistance to fungal disease, resistance to viral disease, resistance to insects, and resistance to herbicide;
b. crossing said first parent broccoli plant with said second parent broccoli plant to obtain progeny plant seed;
c. growing said progeny plant seed into a third broccoli plant and selecting said third broccoli plant for said characteristic; and
d. performing one or more backcrosses and selection for said characteristic to said first parent broccoli plant to develop a homozygous inbred broccoli plant line having said characteristic.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said homozygous inbred broccoli plant line comprises a single gene conversion.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein said single gene conversion comprises said characteristic.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said characteristic is resistance to bacterial disease.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said characteristic is resistance to fungal disease.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said characteristic is resistance to viral disease.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said characteristic is resistance to herbicide.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said characteristic is resistance to insects.