ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,505, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V. (De Lier, Netherlands).
"Gene leading to ToBRFV resistance in S. lycopersicum" was invented by Jonathan Kalisvaart (De Lier, Netherlands), Daniel Johannes Wilhelmus Ludeking (De Lier, Netherlands) and Alwin Johannes Marinus Roovers (De Lier, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant that is resistant to ToBRFV, which plant comprises a QTL on chromosome 8 between SEQ ID NO: 1 and 4. The presence of the QTL on chromosome 8 is identified by use of at least one of the markers selected from the group consi...