SEEDLESS TOMATO AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEEDLESS TOMATO AND HYBRID TOMATO PLANTS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SAID SEEDLESS TOMATOES

Fecha de publicación: 23/05/2001
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 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.