IP Library Granted Patent US 12,426,558
Granted Patent B2
US 12,426,558 · App. 18/051,235 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

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Inventors: Meinardus Boon (Scharwoude, NL); Franciscus van den Bosch (Kesteren, NL); Benjamin C. Hunter (Zuid-Holland, NL); Gerard N. Koorevaar (Ede, NL)
Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
A01H6/203A01H1/04A01H1/045A01H5/10C12Q1/6895
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Patent No.
US 12,426,558
App. No.
18/051,235
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides Brassica oleracea plants having curds or heads exhibiting increased resistance to downy mildew. Such plants may comprise novel introgressed genomic regions associated with disease resistance from Brassica oleracea MYCOCLP. In certain aspects, compositions, including novel polymorphic markers and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a disease resistance phenotype are provided.

Claims (9)

1. An introgression fragment comprising a first recombinant chromosomal segment on chromosome 3 from Brassica oleracea MYCOCLP comprising marker M19 (SEQ ID NO:2) and marker M20 (SEQ ID NO:3) and a second recombinant chromosomal segment on chromosome 3 from Brassica oleracea MYCOCLP comprising marker M31 (SEQ ID NO:4) and marker M44 (SEQ ID NO:16), wherein said first and second recombinant chromosomal segments on chromosome 3 are both flanked in the introgression fragment by genomic DNA from a cultivated Brassica oleracea variety, wherein said fragment confers resistance to downy mildew, and wherein a sample of seed comprising said first chromosomal segment and said second chromosomal segment was deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-124338.

2. The introgression fragment of claim 1 , further defined as comprised within a cell or protoplast.

3. The introgression fragment of claim 1 , wherein the introgression fragment is further defined as isolated from a plant or plant part thereof.

4. The introgression fragment of claim 2 , further defined as comprised within a seed, a root, a stem, a shoot, a leaf, a fruit, a flower, a curd, a head, or a pollen.

5. The introgression fragment of claim 1 , further defined as comprised within a plant.

6. The introgression fragment of claim 5 , wherein the plant is a Brassica oleracea plant.

7. The introgression fragment of claim 1 , further defined as comprised within a seed.

8. A tissue culture comprising a plant cell, wherein the plant cell comprises the introgression fragment of claim 1 .

9. A plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 8 , wherein the plant comprises said introgression fragment.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 16891666 · Jun 3, 2020
Continuation 16212414 · Dec 6, 2018
Provisional Application 62596601 · Dec 8, 2017
Related Publication 20230270068A1 · Aug 31, 2023
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