THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED
发明人:
IRELAND, HILARY SARA,SCHAFFER, ROBERT JAMES,YAO, JIA-LONG
申请号:
CA2954849
公开号:
CA2954849A1
申请日:
2015.07.31
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要:
The invention provides materials and methods for producing coreless fruit, or plants that produce coreless fruit. The invention involves combining reduced expression of AGAMOUS (AG) with parthenocarpy. Parthenocarpy can be induced by hormone treatment, or can be provided by reduced or eliminated expression of PISTILATA (PI) or APETALA3 (AP3). The invention provides methods and materials for producing the plants and coreless fruit by genetic modification (GM) and non-GM means. The invention also provides the plants and coreless fruit.