Patent
The current invention concerns a spinach plant comprising resistance against Peronospora farinosa races 1-9, 11-15 and isolate UA1014APLP.
1. A spinach seed, a sample of the seed having been deposited under NCIMB Accession Number 42392.
2. A spinach plant produced by growing the seed of claim 1 , wherein the spinach plant is resistant to Peronospora farinosa f sp. spinaciae races Pfs:1, Pfs:2, Pfs:3, Pfs:4, Pfs:5, Pfs:6, Pfs:9, Pfs:11, Pfs:12, Pfs:13, Pfs:14, Pfs:15, and isolate UA1014APLP.
3. A plant part from the plant of claim 2 .
4. The plant part of claim 3 , wherein said part is a stem, a cutting, a flower, a root, a shoot, a leaf, or a portion thereof.
5. The plant part of claim 3 , wherein said part is a leaf.
6. The plant part of claim 3 , wherein said part is a stem.
7. A pollen grain or an ovule of the plant of claim 2 .
8. A method of producing spinach seed, said method comprising crossing the plant of claim 2 with another spinach plant and harvesting seed therefrom.
9. A food product comprising harvested leaves of the spinach plant of claim 2 .
10. A container comprising the spinach plant of claim 2 in a growth substrate for harvest of leaves from said spinach plant.