A method is provided for making fruit (particularly tomatoes) having increased solids content which comprises cultivating fruit-bearing plants in which expression of genes homologous to pTOM36 is at least partially inhibited. For this purpose the fruit may be transformed with DNA constructs comprising a DNA sequence homologous to some or all of the gene encoded by the clone pTOM36. The clone is adapted to generate sense or antisense RNA under control of a plant promoter.
申请公布号
US5569829(A)
申请公布日期
1996.10.29
申请号
US19930073425
申请日期
1993.06.09
申请人
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
发明人
BIRD, COLIN R.;BONIWELL, JEREMY M.;GRIERSON, DONALD;RAY, JOHN A.;SCHUCH, WOLFGANG W.