SCREENING METHOD FOR SELECTING PLANTS THAT SHOW A REDUCED WOUND-INDUCED SURFACE DISCOLOURATION

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for screening a population of plan ts or plant parts for the presence therein of individuals that show a reduced discolouration as compared to a control plant or plant part, which method comprises providing a population of plants or parts of the plants from the population; optionall y creating a wound surface on the plants or plant parts; incubating the plant or plant parts or the wound surfaces created thereon to allow for discolouration to occur therein or thereon; observing the discolouration in or on the plants or plant parts; comparing t he observed discolouration with the discolouration that is observed in the control plant or plant part to identify plants or plant parts that show no discolouration or a discolouration that is reduced as compared to the control plant or plant part. Suitably, the discolouration is wound-induced discolouration.