U.S. patent number PP33,577 [Application Number 16/990,801] was granted by the patent office on 2021-10-26 for strawberry plant named `bg-12.3241`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Berry Genetics, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is BERRY GENETICS, INC.. Invention is credited to Michael D. Nelson, Steven D. Nelson, Leo W. Stoeckle.
United States Patent |
PP33,577 |
Nelson , et al. |
October 26, 2021 |
Strawberry plant named `BG-12.3241`
Abstract
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of
strawberry plant named `BG-12.3241`. This new strawberry plant
named `BG-12.3241` is primarily adapted to the growing conditions
of the central coast of California, and is primarily characterized
by its red fruit color, medium fruit size, and cordate fruit shape;
very good fruit flavor, very firm fruit flesh, with seeds held even
with the surface; very smooth fruit surface, even color, with only
a slight difference between primary and secondary fruit; medium
plant size, upright in habit, with medium to sparse density; medium
yellow green foliage color, and medium foliage size; and fruit
trusses typically held level with to above the plant, with medium
pubescence.
Inventors: |
Nelson; Steven D. (Watsonville,
CA), Nelson; Michael D. (Watsonville, CA), Stoeckle; Leo
W. (Moorpark, CA) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
BERRY GENETICS, INC. |
Freedom |
CA |
US |
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Assignee: |
Berry Genetics, Inc. (Freedom,
CA)
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Family
ID: |
1000005608857 |
Appl.
No.: |
16/990,801 |
Filed: |
August 11, 2020 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/208 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/7409 (20180501) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/08 (20180101); A01H 6/74 (20180101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/208 |
Primary Examiner: Grunberg; Anne Marie
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Foley & Lardner LLP
Claims
We claim:
1. A new and distinct strawberry plant named `BG-12.3241`, as
herein described and illustrated.
Description
Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed: Fragaria
ananassa.
Variety denomination: `BG-12.3241`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct strawberry
variety named `BG-12.3241`. This new variety is a result of a
controlled cross made in 2012 in an ongoing breeding program
between strawberry selection designated `BG-6.3001` (unpatented) as
the seed (female) parent, and strawberry variety designated
`BG-959` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 17,864) as the pollen (male) parent.
The variety is botanically known as Fragaria ananassa.
The seedling resulting from the aforementioned cross was selected
from a controlled breeding plot in Ventura County, Calif. in the
winter of 2014. After its selection, the new variety was asexually
propagated by stolons in both Siskiyou County, Calif. and San
Joaquin County, Calif. The new variety was extensively tested over
the next several years in fruiting fields in Ventura County, Calif.
This propagation has demonstrated that the combination of traits
disclosed herein as characterizing the new variety are fixed and
remain true-to-type through successive generations of asexual
reproduction.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
`BG-12.3241` is primarily adapted to the climate and growing
conditions of the central coast of California. The nearby Pacific
Ocean provides the humidity and moderate temperatures needed to
produce a strong, vigorous plant and maintain fruit quality during
the winter and spring production months.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are
determined to be unique characteristics of `BG-12.3241`, which in
combination distinguish this strawberry plant as a new and distinct
variety: 1. Fruit is red in color, medium in size, and cordate in
shape; 2. Fruit has very good flavor, very firm flesh, with seeds
held even with the surface; 3. Fruit surface is very smooth, even
in color, with only a slight difference between primary and
secondary fruit; 4. Plant is medium in size, upright in habit, with
medium to sparse density; 5. Foliage is medium yellow green in
color, and medium in size; and 6. Fruit trusses are typically held
level with to above the plant, with medium pubescence.
The strawberry variety that is believed to be most closely related
to the new variety `BG-12.3241` is `INSPIRE` (U.S. Plant Pat. No.
29,794). In side-by-side comparisons to the similar strawberry
variety `INSPIRE`, `BG-12.3241` differs by the following
combination of characteristics as described in Table 1.
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 `INSPIRE` (U.S. Plant Pat. No.
Characteristic `BG-12.3241` 29,794) Fruit: color Red Orange red
Fruit: season average 27.7 26.6 size (gm) Terminal leaflet: shape
Obtuse Acute of base Foliage: number of Ranges from 3 to 4 3
leaflets Foliage: shape in cross Slightly concave Flat to slightly
section to flat convex Petiole: size (cm) 12.0 10.2 Petiole:
pubescence Heavy Moderate Stipule: anthocyanin Medium Absent or
very intensity weak Fruiting truss: position Ranges from level
Above relative to foliage with to above
For identification, a series of molecular markers have been
determined for this new variety.
`BG-12.3241` differs from its parents, `BG-6.3001` and `BG-959` by
the following combination of characteristics as described in Tables
2 and 3.
TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 `BG-6.3001` Characteristic `BG-12.3241`
(unpatented) Fruit: market yield Ranges from Medium season medium
to low Fruit: firmness of Very firm Medium flesh Fruit: flavor Very
good Good Plant: size Medium Ranges from medium to large
TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 `BG-959` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. Characteristic
`BG-12.3241` 17,864) Fruit: market yield Ranges from Low season
medium to low Fruit: color Red Dark red Fruit: flavor Very good
Good Fruit: firmness of Very firm Medium flesh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying color photographs illustrate the overall
appearance of typical specimens of the new strawberry variety
`BG-12.3241` at various stages of development, as true as it is
reasonably possible with color reproductions of this type. Color in
the photographs may differ slightly from the color value cited in
the botanical descriptions which accurately describe the color of
`BG-12.3241`. The depicted plant and plant parts of the new
strawberry variety `BG-12.3241` are approximately six months old.
The photographs were taken in Ventura County, Calif.
FIG. 1 shows fruiting field characteristics of `BG-12.3241`, taken
in the month of April 2020;
FIG. 2 shows upper and lower surfaces of flower and flower parts of
`BG-12.3241`, taken in the month of April 2020;
FIG. 3 shows typical fruiting truss and truss parts of
`BG-12.3241`, taken in the month of April 2020;
FIG. 4 shows upper and lower surfaces of leaf and leaf parts of
`BG-12.3241`, taken in the month of April 2020; and
FIG. 5 shows internal and external mature fruit characteristics of
`BG-12.3241`, taken in the month of April 2020.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The new variety `BG-12.3241` has not been observed under all
possible environmental conditions. The characteristics of the new
variety `BG-12.3241` may vary in detail, depending upon variations
in environmental factors, including weather (temperature, humidity
and light intensity), day length, soil type and location. In
addition, the characteristics of any parental variety or comparison
variety included in Tables 1, 2 and 3 of the present invention may
vary in detail, depending upon variations in environmental factors,
including weather (temperature, humidity and light intensity), day
length, soil type and location.
The aforementioned photographs, together with the following
description of the new variety `BG-12.3241`, unless otherwise
noted, are based on observations taken during the 2020 growing
season in Ventura County, Calif. These measurements and ratings
were taken from plants of `BG-12.3241` dug from a high-elevation
nursery located in Siskiyou County, Calif. during early October
2019 and planted approximately four to five days later in Ventura
County, Calif. The approximate age of the observed plants is five
to six months. Yield observations including average weight and
marketable yield, along with fruit quality characteristics
including soluble solids, are averaged from five years of data
collected from the 2016 through 2020 growing seasons. Flower
measurements and characteristics are from secondary flowers unless
otherwise noted. Fruit characteristics and measurements are from
secondary fruit, unless otherwise noted.
Where noted, color terminology follows The Royal Horticultural
Society Colour Chart, London (2007).
The following characteristics describe fruit, plant, stolon,
foliage, fruiting truss, flower, reproductive organs and pest and
disease characteristics of the new strawberry `BG-12.3241`. Fruit
characteristics: Color of mature fruit.--RHS 46B (red). Color of
internal flesh (excluding core).--RHS 44C (medium red). Color of
core.--RHS 39A (medium red). Average length (cm).--4.5. Average
width (cm).--3.8. Size.--Medium. Average length/width ratio.--1.17
(slightly longer than broad). Fruit core cavity length (mm).--19.8.
Fruit core cavity width (mm).--4.2. Average calyx diameter
(cm).--4.2. Season average weight (gm).--27.7. Achene color, shaded
side.--RHS 153B (yellow green group). Achene color, sun-exposed
side.--RHS 184A (greyed purple group). Average achene weight
(mg).--0.60. Average achenes per berry.--351. Marketable yield
season (gm/plant).--850. Predominant shape.--Cordate (cordiform).
Difference in shape between primary and secondary fruit.--Slight.
Band without achenes.--Narrow. Evenness of surface.--Even or very
slightly uneven. Evenness of color.--Even or very slightly uneven.
Glossiness.--Medium. Insertion of achenes.--Level with surface.
Position of calyx attachment.--Level. Attitude of sepals.--Outward.
Size of calyx in relation to fruit diameter.--Slightly larger.
Adherence of calyx (when fully ripe).--Strong. Firmness of
flesh.--Very firm. Distribution of red color of the
flesh.--Marginal and central. Hollow center expression.--Moderate.
Flavor.--Very good. Soluble solids (% Brix).--9.7. Flowering season
(50% of plants with at least one flower).--Medium (December in
Ventura County, Calif.). Maturing season (50% of plants with mature
fruit.--Medium (January in Ventura County, Calif.). Harvest
period.--January to May (in Ventura County, Calif.). Harvest
maturity.--Mid-season (in Ventura County, Calif.). Type of
bearing.--Not remontant. Plant characteristics: Average height
(cm).--17.6. Average spread (cm).--29.5. Size.--Medium.
Habit.--Upright. Density.--Ranges from sparse to medium.
Vigor.--Medium. Stolon characteristics: Color.--RHS 146C (yellow
green group). Anthocyanin coloration.--RHS 184A (greyed purple
group). Anthocyanin intensity.--Strong. Pubescence.--Medium.
Attitude of hairs.--Upward. Average quantity in nursery (per square
foot).--5 to 6 (medium). Average diameter at first bract (mm).--3.1
(ranges from thin to medium). Length from mother plant to first
daughter (cm).--31.8. Terminal leaflet characteristics: Average
length (cm).--7.5. Average width (cm).--6.3. Average area terminal
(cm.sup.2).--47.7. Average length/width ratio.--1.19 (longer than
broad). Shape of base.--Obtuse. Margins (shape of teeth).--Rounded
(crenate). Average serrations per leaf.--19.0. Foliage
characteristics: Color of upper surface.--RHS 137A (medium yellow
green). Color of underside.--RHS 147C (yellow green group). Number
of leaflets.--3 to 4. Leaf size.--Medium. Average length
(cm).--10.3. Average width (cm).--13.4. Average area foliage
(cm.sup.2).--138.2. Shape in cross section.--Slightly concave to
flat. Interveinal blistering.--Medium. Leaf glossiness.--Medium.
Leaf variegation.--Absent. Petiole characteristics: Petiole
color.--RHS 145A (yellow green group). Average length (cm).--12.0.
Average diameter (mm).--3.3. Petiolule color.--RHS 145A (yellow
green group). Petiolule average length (mm).--6.9. Attitude of
hairs.--Strongly outward. Frequency of bract leaflets.--Few (27%
occurrence). Size of bract leaflets.--N/A. Pubescence.--Heavy.
Stipule characteristics: Color.--RHS 146C (yellow green group).
Anthocyanin coloration.--RHS 59D (red purple group). Anthocyanin
intensity.--Medium. Average length (mm).--12.9. Average width
(mm).--8.3. Fruiting truss characteristics: Anthocyanin
coloration.--RHS 181A (greyed red group). Anthocyanin
intensity.--Strong. Average length at maturity (cm).--24.2.
Position relative to foliage.--Ranges from level with to above.
Flower quantity (season average per plant).--35 to 40 (medium).
Pedicel attitude of hairs.--Slightly outward. Pubescence.--Medium.
Attitude at first pick.--Prostrate. Flower characteristics: Petal
color.--RHS NN155C (white group). Sepal color.--RHS N137A (green
group). Corolla (flower) average diameter (mm).--26.6 (medium).
Calyx average diameter (mm).--35.0. Petal average length
(mm).--10.5. Petal average width (mm).--10.0. Petal average
length/width ratio.--1.05 (longer than broad). Average petals per
flower.--5.5. Sepal average length (mm).--13.8. Sepal average width
(mm).--5.5. Sepal average length/width ratio.--2.50. Average sepals
per flower.--11.3. Size of calyx relative to corolla.--Larger. Size
of inner calyx relative to outer calyx.--Ranges from same to
larger. Relative position of petals (flowers with 5 or 6
petals).--Overlapping. Reproductive organs: Receptacle/ovary
color.--RHS 147C (yellow green group). Anther/pollen color.--RHS
14A (yellow orange group). Stamen.--Present. Pollen
amount.--Abundant. Disease and pest reactions: Powdery mildew
(Sphaerotheca macularis).--Moderately resistant. Angular leaf spot
(Xanthomonas fragariae).--Moderately susceptible. Botrytis fruit
rot (Botrytis cinerea).--Moderately susceptible. Fusarium wilt
(Fusarium oxysporum).--Susceptible. Anthracnose crown rot
(Colletotrichum fragariae).--Susceptible. Two-spotted spider mite
(Tetranychus urticae).--Moderately susceptible.
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