US Patent Issued to NUNHEMS on April 7 for "Molecular markers for reduced pyruvate level trait in Allium cepa" (Oregon, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,519, issued on April 7, was assigned to NUNHEMS B.V. (Nunhem, Netherlands).

"Molecular markers for reduced pyruvate level trait in Allium cepa" was invented by Tyson Ronald Howell (Brooks, Ore.), Juan Carlos Brevis Acuna (Brooks, Ore.), Ebenezer A. Ogundiwin (Davis, Calif.), Cathy M. Pham-Nguyen (West Sacramento, Calif.) and Elly Soeryapranata (Davis, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a genetic marker for determining the presence or absence of one or more QTLs conferring a reduced pyruvate level in an Allium cepa plant or plant part, wherein the marker is selected from the group consisting of a ma...