MEANS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING FRUITS WITH HIGH LEVELS OF ANTHOCYANINS AND FLAVONOLS

摘要

Means and methods for providing an AFT gene encoding a protein characterized by at least 80% identity with the amino acid sequence shown in Fig. 9 (LA1996 Seq.) having been genetically introgressed into cultivated tomato plants or elite lines. The AFT gene confers higher concentrations of flavonoids to the plants compared with prior art cultivated plants that were not introgressed with the gene. An AFT S. chilense genotype introgressively-derived tomato plant is disclosed. Transgenic plants expressing metabolites of the flavonoid pathway, especially anthocyanin or flavonols, in plants, plant parts or seeds thereof, carrying particular DNA sequences recombinable into a plurality of one or more transformation and/or expression vectors, useful for transformation and/or expression in plants are disclosed. Methods of obtaining same are disclosed.