US 11,832,571 B2
Brilliant white cauliflower
Meinardus Petrus Boon, Scharwoude (NL); Franciscus van den BOSCH, Kesteren (NL); and Gerard Koorevaar, Ede (NL)
Assigned to Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
Filed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/509,852.
Application 17/509,852 is a division of application No. 16/283,313, filed on Feb. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,166,425.
Application 16/283,313 is a continuation of application No. 15/387,249, filed on Dec. 21, 2016, granted, now 10,251,361, issued on Apr. 9, 2019.
Application 15/387,249 is a continuation of application No. 14/095,590, filed on Dec. 3, 2013, granted, now 9,560,814, issued on Feb. 7, 2017.
Application 14/095,590 is a continuation of application No. 13/302,923, filed on Nov. 22, 2011, granted, now 8,633,350, issued on Jan. 21, 2014.
Application 13/302,923 is a continuation of application No. 11/905,611, filed on Oct. 2, 2007, granted, now 8,084,669, issued on Dec. 27, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/848,632, filed on Oct. 3, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2022/0039345 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A01H 6/20 (2018.01); A01H 5/00 (2018.01); A01H 5/10 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6895 (2018.01)
CPC A01H 6/203 (2018.05) [A01H 5/00 (2013.01); A01H 5/10 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6895 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
 
1. A method of producing a cauliflower having a brilliant white curd, said method comprising:
a) selecting a plant from a cauliflower line selected from the group consisting of CLP/NY6633/9/FRE, CLP/NY6633, BCSS/CLP/NY6633, and NY6633/9/FRE/CLP/NY6633/HOCE as a first parent;
b) crossing the first parent with a second cauliflower plant selected from the group consisting of CLP/NY6633/9/FRE, CLP/NY6633, BCSS/CLP/NY6633, and NY6633/9/FRE/CLP/NY6633/HOCE as a second parent to form a segregating population;
c) growing a cauliflower seed produced by said cross to yield a progeny cauliflower plant; and
d) determining a color score on the Centre Technique Interprofessionnel des Fruits et Legumes (Ctifl) color chart for the curd of said progeny cauliflower plant;
wherein a representative sample of seed of CLP/NY6633/9/FRE has been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 41432,
wherein a representative sample of seed of CLP/NY6633 has been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 41430,
wherein a representative sample of seed of BCSS/CLP/NY6633 has been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 41431, and
wherein a representative sample of seed of NY6633/9/FRE/CLP/NY6633/HOCE has been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 41433.