	US 11,864,513 B2
	Downy mildew resistant lettuce plants
Bart Willem Brugmans, Beek en Donk (NL); Gerard N. Koorevaar, Ede (NL); Hieronymus J. M. van der Laan, Wageningen (NL); and Rosa I. Weber, Wageningen (NL)
Assigned to SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC., St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/370,919.
Application 17/370,919 is a continuation of application No. 16/556,856, filed on Aug. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,071,269.
Application 16/556,856 is a continuation of application No. 15/253,573, filed on Aug. 31, 2016, granted, now 10,448,595, issued on Oct. 22, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/214,097, filed on Sep. 3, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0000054 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01H 6/14 (2018.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01H 1/04 (2006.01); A01H 5/12 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6895 (2018.01)

CPC A01H 6/1472 (2018.05) [A01H 1/045 (2021.01); A01H 5/12 (2013.01); C12N 15/82 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6895 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/13 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01)]

5 Claims

1. A method for selecting a lettuce plant with improved resistance to Bremia lactucae, said method comprising detecting in said lettuce plant the presence of a Lactuca virosa allele on chromosome 7 that comprises marker locus NLSAT009419770 (SEQ ID NO:6) and confers said resistance to Bremia lactucae.