Fecha de publicación: 20/11/2003 Fuente: Wipo tomato 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 pk,fs-complex;
(b) providing a second tomato plant that contains the pk,fs-complex;
(c) crossing the first and second tomato plant for the production of cultivation material, such as seed, which contains the pk,fs-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.