Novel tomato plants

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct inbred tomato lines and hybrids. This invention also relates to plants and seeds of such inbred tomato lines and hybrids, and to parts thereof. The invention also relates to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such inbred tomato lines and hybrids with themselves or other tomato plants.

1 . Seed of inbred tomato line 1T246, representative seed of said tomato line having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-9422. 
     
     
         2 . A tomato plant, or a part thereof, produced by growing the seed of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         3 . Pollen or an ovule of the plant of  claim 2 . 
     
     
         4 . A fruit of the plant of  claim 2 . 
     
     
         5 . A tissue culture of regenerable cells of a plant of inbred tomato line 1 T246, wherein the tissue regenerates plants having all the morphological and physiological characteristics of a plant of inbred tomato line 1 T246, representative seeds having been deposited ATCC Accession No. PTA-9422. 
     
     
         6 . The tissue culture of  claim 5 , selected from the group consisting of protoplast and calli, wherein the regenerable cells are produced from meristematic cells, leaves, pollen, embryo, root, root tips, stems, anther, flowers, seeds. 
     
     
         7 . A tomato plant regenerated from the tissue culture of  claim 5 , wherein the regenerated plant has all the morphological and physiological characteristics of a plant of inbred tomato line 1T246, representative seeds having been deposited ATCC Accession No. PTA-9422. 
     
     
         8 . A method for producing a hybrid tomato seed comprising crossing a first parent tomato plant with a second parent tomato plant and harvesting the resultant hybrid tomato seed, wherein said first or second parent tomato plant is a tomato plant of  claim 2 . 
     
     
         9 . A method of producing an herbicide resistant tomato plant, an insect resistant tomato plant or a disease resistant tomato plant comprising transforming the tomato plant of  claim 2  with a transgene that confers herbicide resistance, insect resistance or resistance to bacterial, fungal or viral disease. 
     
     
         10 . An herbicide resistant tomato plant produced by the method of  claim 9 . 
     
     
         11 . The tomato plant of  claim 10 , wherein the transgene confers resistance to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of imidazolinone, sulfonylurea glyphosate, glufosinate, L-phosphinothricin, triazine and benzonitrile. 
     
     
         12 . An insect resistant tomato plant produced by the method of  claim 9 . 
     
     
         13 . The tomato plant of  claim 12 , wherein the transgene encodes a  Bacillus thuringiensis  protein. 
     
     
         14 . A disease resistant tomato plant produced by the method of  claim 9 . 
     
     
         15 . A method of producing a tomato fruit comprising:
 b) growing a tomato plant of  claim 2  to produce a tomato fruit, and   c) harvesting said tomato fruit.   
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 15 , further comprising packing said tomato fruit in a container. 
     
     
         17 . A method of producing a tomato seed comprising:
 a) growing a tomato plant of  claim 16  to produce a tomato seed, and   b) harvesting said tomato seed.