Hybrid tomato variety 72-008 RZ
The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed of hybrid tomato variety 72-008 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant of the hybrid tomato variety produced by growing the 72-008 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by hybrid tomato variety 72-008 RZ.
1. A Solanum lycopersicum plant of hybrid variety 72-008 RZ, representative seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 43337.
2. The plant as claimed in claim 1 , which is grown from seed having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 43337.
3. A seed that produces the plant of claim 1 .
4. A part of the plant of claim 1 , wherein said part of the plant comprises a microspore, pollen, an ovary, an ovule, or an egg cell.
5. A part of the plant of claim 1 , wherein said part of the plant comprises a cutting, a root, a stem, a cell, or a protoplast.
6. The cell or protoplast of claim 5 obtained from a leaf, pollen, a cotyledon, a hypocotyl, a meristematic cell, a root, a root tip, an anther, a flower, or a stem.
7. A method for producing a progeny plant of the plant of claim 1 , comprising crossing the plant of claim 1 with itself or with another Solanum lycopersicum plant, harvesting the resultant seed, and growing said seed.
8. A progeny of the plant of claim 1 , having all the morphological and physiological characteristics of the plant of claim 1 , representative seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 43337.
9. A method of producing an inbred Solanum lycopersicum plant derived from hybrid Solanum lycopersicum variety 72-008 RZ, comprising the steps:
a) preparing a progeny plant derived from hybrid Solanum lycopersicum variety 72-008 RZ by crossing the plant of claim 1 with itself;
b) crossing the progeny plant with itself to produce a seed of a progeny plant of a subsequent generation; and
c) repeating step b) for at least 3 more generations to produce an inbred Solanum lycopersicum plant derived from the hybrid Solanum lycopersicum variety 72-008 RZ.
10. A method of producing a tomato fruit comprising: (a) obtaining the plant according to claim 1 , wherein the plant has been cultivated to develop fruit; and (b) harvesting a tomato fruit from the plant.
11. A fruit produced by the method of claim 10 , wherein the fruit comprises all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of hybrid variety 72-008.
12. A method for producing a seed of a 72-008 RZ-derived tomato plant comprising (a) crossing a plant of tomato variety 72-008 RZ, representative seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 43337, with itself or with a second tomato plant, and (b) allowing said crossed plant to produce seed that will grow into a 72-008RZ derived tomato plant.
13. The method of claim 12 further comprising (c) crossing a plant grown from 72-008 RZ-derived tomato seed with itself or with a second tomato plant to yield additional 72-008 RZ-derived tomato seed, (d) growing the additional 72-008 RZ-derived tomato seed of step (c) to yield an additional 72-008 RZ-derived tomato plant, and (e) repeating the crossing and growing of steps (c) and (d) for an additional 3-10 generations to generate a further 72-008 RZ-derived tomato plant, and (f) allowing seed of the further 72-008 RZ-derived tomato plant to form.
14. A method of producing a plant of hybrid tomato variety 72-008 RZ comprising at least one new trait, the method comprising introducing a mutation or transgene conferring the at least one new trait into a plant of hybrid tomato variety 72-008 RZ, representative seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 43337.