Tomato
Methods for Coupling Resistance Alleles in Tomato
License Royalty Rate: 3%
Abstract: A Lycopersicon esculentum plant comprising within its genome at least one tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) resistance allele and at least one root knot nematode resistance allele, characterized in that the resistance alleles are present in coupling phase at different loci on one chromosome and in that the plant is highly resistant both against TYLCV and to at least one root knot nematode species selected from the group consisting of Meloidgyne arenaria, Meloidogyne incognita and Meloidogyne javanica
Countries with Granted Patents: Australia, Morocco, Mexico, United States; Publication Number (2005/079342) US 7,615,689, US 8,785,720
Countries with Pending Applications: Europe
Methods and Compositions for producing Plants with Elevated Brix
Loyalty License Rate: 5%
Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods relating to the separation of elevated Brix from linked but undesirable agronomic traits among progeny with introgressions following a cross between Lycopersicon esculentum and Lycopersicon hirsutum. The invention further provides plants, plant parts, and seeds comprising such elevated Brix, which do not comprise alleles specifying undesirable agronomic traits that are genetically linked to the elevated Brix trait.
Countries with Pending Applications: Canada, Europe, Mexico & United States; Publication Number (WO 2011/026116)
Comments: We have a notice of allowance in the U.S. The crop team is comfortable going forward without an issued patent.
Tomato Plants Having Higher Levels of Resistance to Botrytis
Loyalty License Rate: 3%
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting a quantitative trait locus (QTL) associated with resistance to Botrytis cinerea in tomato, comprising the steps of crossing a Botrytis-resistant donor tomato plant with a non-resistant, or Botrytis-susceptible, recipient tomato plant, contacting one or more offspring plants with an infective amount of Botrytis, quantitatively determining the disease incidence and/or the rate of lesion growth in said one or more offspring plants, establishing a genetic linkage map that links the observed disease incidence and/or rate of lesion growth to the presence of chromosomal markers of said donor tomato plant in said one or more offspring plants, and assigning to a QTL the contiguous markers on said map that are linked to a reduced disease incidence and/or a reduced lesion growth rate.
Countries with Granted Patents: Australia, China, Israel, Japan, Korea, Morocco, Mexico, Russian Federation & United States; Publication Number (WO 2006/46861) US 7968773, US 8575451
Countries with Pending Applications: Canada
Comments: Requested revocation of European patent in November 2014
Plant Virus Designated Tomato Marchitez Virus
Loyalty License Rate: 3%
Abstract:
WO2006085749: The invention relates to the field of virology. The invention provides an isolated plant virus (ToTV) named Tomato Torrado virus (ToTV), and components thereof. The invention further relates to methods of producing a ToTV-resistant plant comprising the steps of identifying a ToTV-resistant donor plant, crossing said ToTV-resistant donor plant with a recipient plant, and selecting from an offspring plant a resistant plant
WO2008150158: The invention relates to the field of virology. The invention provides an isolated plant virus named Tomato Marchitez virus (ToMarV), and components thereof. The invention further relates to methods of producing a ToMarV- resistant plant comprising the steps of identifying a ToMarV-resistant donor plant, crossing said ToMarV-resistant donor plant with a recipient plant, and selecting from an offspring plant a resistant plant
Countries with Granted Patents: Australia, India, Mexico, Morocco & South Africa; Publication Number (WO2006085749) WO2008150158)
Countries with Pending Applications: Europe, Israel & United States
Tomato Plants Having Higher Levels of Resistance to Botrytis
Loyalty License Rate: 3%
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting a quantitative trait locus (QTL) associated with resistance to Botrytis cinerea in tomato, comprising the steps of crossing a Botrytis-resistant donor tomato plant with a non-resistant, or Botrytis-susceptible, recipient tomato plant, contacting one or more offspring plants with an infective amount of Botrytis, quantitatively determining the disease incidence and/or the rate of lesion growth in said one or more offspring plants, establishing a genetic linkage map that links the observed disease incidence and/or rate of lesion growth to the presence of chromosomal markers of said donor tomato plant in said one or more offspring plants, and assigning to a QTL the contiguous markers on said map that are linked to a reduced disease incidence and/or a reduced lesion growth rate.
Countries with Granted Patents: Australia, Israel, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Russian Federation, South Africa & United States; Publication Number (WO 2007/7123407) US 8093455
Countries with Pending Applications: Canada, Europe & Japan
Comments: The resistance covered in this patent family is derived from S. habrochaites and/or S. lycopersicum.
ToTV Resistant Plants
Loyalty License Rate: 5%
Abstract: The present invention relates to a tomato plant having within its genome at least one allele of a gene that confers resistance to Tomato Torrado virus (ToTV), said virus having been deposited with the Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH on 24 November 2004 under depositors reference number ToTV-EOl (DSM 16999).
Countries with Granted Patents: Australia, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands & United States; Publication Number (WO 2007/139386) US 8946506
Countries with Pending Applications: Europe & Spain
Parthenocarpic Genetic Elements Derived from S. habrochaites
Loyalty License Rate: 3%
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a parthenocarpic, and optionally male sterile, tomato plant comprising introgressing into said plant a genetic region from Chromosome 4, 5 and/or 12 of S. habrochaites LYC4/78, a representative sample of seed of which was deposited on 13 November 2007 with the NCIMB under Accession number 41517, wherein the genetic region from Chromosome 4 of S. habrochaites LYC4/78 includes at least one marker selected from Marker CD59, RFLP Marker CT229, and COS Marker T1068, and wherein the genetic region from Chromosome 5 of S. habrochaites LYC4/78 includes at least one marker selected from COS Marker T1181, RFLP Marker TG441 and/or RFLP Marker CD31(A).
Countries with Granted Patents: China, Israel, Morocco & Netherlands; Publication Number (WO 2008/143504)
Countries with Pending Applications: Australia, Europe, Mexico & United States
Novel Tomato Plants (Red Spi2 tomato)
Loyalty License Rate: 3%
Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the production of S. lycopersicum plants having an average sympodial index of 2 and producing red-colored fruits comprising crossing a plant of S. lycopersicum capable of producing red-colored fruits, with a plant of a Solanum spp. having an average sympodial index of 2, collecting the seeds resulting from the cross, regenerating the seeds into plants, providing one or more backcross generations, selfing the backross plants, growing the selfed seed into plants, and identifying and selecting plants having an average sympodial index of 2 and producing red-colored fruits
Countries with Granted Patents: Morocco; Publication Number (WO 2010/147467)
Countries with Pending Applications: Canada, Europe, Israel, Mexico & United States
Mutant Allele of Tomato
Loyalty License Rate: 5%
Abstract: This invention relates to a tomato plant, seed, variety and hybrid. More specifically, the invention relates to a tomato plant having a mutant allele for allflesh which results in the tomato fruit having a cavity area which is solid and lacks a gel or liquid. The invention also relates to crossing inbreds, varieties and hybrids containing the allflesh allele to produce novel types and varieties of tomato plants.
Countries with Granted Patents: United States; US 7112727
Parthenocarpy Genes in Tomato
Loyalty License Rate: 3%
Abstract: The present invention relates to Solanum tycopersicum plants carrying one or more of the pat-6, pat-7, pat-8 and pat-9 parthenocarpy genes. Preferred plants comprise a pair of pat-6 and pat-7 genes or a pair of pat-8 and pat-9 genes, whereby preferably the plant is homozygous for at least one of the two genes in the pair, more preferably the plant is homozygous for both genes in the pair. Such plants are capable of producing seedless tomatoes. The invention further relates to methods for producing plants carrying one or more of the pat-6, pat-7, pat-8 and pat-9 parthenocarpy genes using marker-assisted breeding
Countries with Granted Patents: Australia, Europe & Morocco; Publication Number (WO2009/014430)
Countries with Pending applications: Canada, Mexico & United States
Seedless Tomato and Methods for Producing a Seedless Tomato Hybrid
License Royalty Rate: 3%
Abstract: The present application relates to a method for obtaining a seedless tomato, a tomato plant carrying said seedless tomatoes or capable of carrying said seedless tomatoes, or cultivation material such as seed for such a tomato plant, comprising : (a) providing a first tomato plant, that is homozygote recessive with regard to the properties parthenocarpy (pk,pk) and functional sterility (fs,fs); (b) providing a second tomato plant, that is homozygote recessive with regard to the properties parthenocarpy (pk,pk) and functional sterility (fs,fs); (c) crossing the first and second tomato plant for the production of cultivation material, such as seed, which is homozygote recessive with regard to the properties parthenocarpy (pk,pk) and functional sterility (fs,fs); (d) optionally, the cultivation of the cultivation material thus obtained into a tomato plant capable of carrying the seedless tomatoes ; (e) optionally, cultivating said tomato plant until it carries the seedless tomatoes, and harvesting the seedless tomatoes thus obtained. Step (c) is carried out by scissoring or cutting, followed by scraping of the pollen tube closed by the phenotype of functional sterility. The obtained tomato plant is preferably a hybrid. The invention further relates to cultivation material for tomatoes such as seed, tomato plants as well as a seedless tomato, obtainable according to the abovementioned method, as well as a processed product on a tomato basis obtained from such seedless tomatoes. Finally, the invention relates to the parent lines as well as a method for obtaining these parent lines
Countries with Granted Patents: Netherlands; Publication Number (WO 1998/024301)
Seedless Tomato
License Royalty Rate: 3%
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing a seedless tomato, a plant carrying seedless tomatoes or capable of carrying seedless tomatoes, or cultivation material for such a tomato plant such as seed, comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a first tomato plant that contains the pkfs-complex
(b) providing a second tomato plant that contains the pkfs-complex
(c) crossing the first and second tomato plant for the production of cultivation material, such as seed, which contains the pkfs-complex
(d) optionally cultivating the cultivation material thus obtained into a tomato plant capable of carrying seedless tomatoes;
(e) optionally growing said tomato plant until it carries the seedless tomatoes, and harvesting the seedless tomatoes thus obtained.
The invention also relates to a hybrid tomato plant capable of carrying seedless tomatoes, obtained via said method, to seed or cultivating material for such a hybrid tomato plant, to a seedless tomato, obtained as fruit from such a hybrid tomato plant. Furthermore, the invention relates to processed products, in particular processed food products, obtained from or using, or containing, such a seedless tomato.
Countries with Granted Patents: Morocco US SN 10315229
Tomato - Available Technologies
Please complete the form below to contact the Monsanto e-licensing team if you have questions or to obtain additional information about licensing and technology.
United States
