The invention relates to a method for screening a population of plants or plant partsfor the presence therein of individuals that show a reduced wound- induced surfacediscolouration as compared to a control plant or plant part, which method comprisesproviding a population of plants or parts of the plants from the population； creatinga wound surface on the plants or plant parts to be screened and on the control plantsor plant parts； incubating the wound surfaces to allow for discolouration tooccur therein or thereon； observing the wound surface discolouration in or onthe plants or plant parts； comparing the observed wound surface discolouration inor on the plants or plant parts to be screened with the discolouration that is observedon or in the control plant or plant part. The invention further relates to the plantsthus selected.
