PLANTS WITH INCREASED FRUIT SIZE

摘要

The present invention relates to the field of transgenic and non-transgenic plants with novel phenotypes. Provided are Solanum lycopersicum Auxin Response Factor 9 (SlARF9) proteins and nucleic acid sequences encoding these, which are useful in conferring novel phenotypes to plants, especially increased fruit size.

主权项

1. A non-transgenic plant comprising an Auxin Response Factor 9 (slarf9) allele in its genome, whereby an slarf9 allele is an allele which encodes a protein comprising at least 60% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2, characterized in that said slarf9 allele comprises one or more mutations in its nucleotide sequence and whereby, as a result of said one or more mutations, the plant comprising said mutant allele in its genome produces significantly larger fruits compared to the plant comprising a wild type SlARF9 allele in its genome.