SpBRANCHED1a of Solanum pennellii and tomato plants with reduced branching comprising this heterologous SpBRANCHED1a gene

Abstract

[EN] The present invention relates to a new sequence of BRANCHED1a gene, the SpBRANCHED1a gene of Solanum pennellii, and to an expression product of said gene, to a vector, host cell, cell culture, recombinant expression system, or tomato plants comprising said SpBRANCHED1a gene. The present invention also refers to the heterologous use of the gene in tomato plants, to produce a plant having fewer and/or shorter axillary shoots than a control plant, and to a method for producing tomato plants having fewer and/or shorter axillary shoots than a control plant.

[ES] Un polinucleótido aislado, que codifica un polipéptido que comprende: a. una secuencia de aminoácidos de Solanum pennellii que es al menos un 95 % idéntica sobre la longitud completa de la SEQ ID NO: 1 o de la SEQ ID NO: 2, o b. la secuencia de aminoácidos de la SEQ ID NO: 1 o de la SEQ ID NO: 2 de Solanum pennellii.