US 11,732,313 B2
High-sweetening-content stevia plant and method for screening same
Tadayoshi Hirai, Kyoto (JP); Kazunari Iwaki, Kanagawa (JP); Katsuro Miyagawa, Kyoto (JP); Naoko Okitsu, Kyoto (JP); and Saori Takeyama, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED, Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/259,309
Filed by SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED, Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/029896
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/027155, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-144512 (JP), filed on Jul. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0246517 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. C12Q 1/6895 (2018.01); A23L 27/30 (2016.01); A23L 2/60 (2006.01)
CPC C12Q 1/6895 (2013.01) [A23L 2/60 (2013.01); A23L 27/36 (2016.08); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/13 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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7. A stevia plant selected for having a variation from C to A at a position corresponding to position 49 of SEQ ID NO: 1 within its genome and a high steviol glycoside content as compared to a stevia plant that does not have the variation from C to A at a position corresponding to position 49 of SEQ ID NO: 1 within its genome.