Tomato variety nun 00277 top

Abstract

The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of tomato, NUN 00277 TOP as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A hybrid plant, a plant part or a seed of tomato variety NUN 00277 TOP, wherein a representative sample of seed of said variety is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB ______. 
     
     
         2 . The plant part of  claim 1 , further defined as a leaf, pollen, an ovule, a fruit, a scion, a root, a rootstock, cutting, flower or a part of any of these or a cell. 
     
     
         3 . A seed that produces the plant of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         4 . A seed grown on the plant of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         5 . A tomato plant which does not significantly differ from the plant of  claim 1  in all of the distinguishing characteristics selected from the group consisting of: 1) Typical fruit abscission layer; 2) Typical shape of fruit blossom end; 3) Average thickness of fruit pericarp; 4) Typical stem branching at cotyledonary or first leafy node; 5) Average number of nodes between early (Pt-2nd) inflorescences; 6) Typical leaf morphology; 7) Typical flower fasciation; 8) Average mature plant height; 9 Average soluble solids; and 10) Average leaf width, or a part of said plant. 
     
     
         6 . A tomato plant which does not differ from the plant of  claim 1  as determined at the 5% significance level when grown under the same environmental conditions, or a part of said plant. 
     
     
         7 . A tissue or cell culture comprising cells of the plant of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         8 . The tissue or cell culture according to  claim 7 , comprising cells or protoplasts derived from a plant part selected from the group of plant parts suitable for vegetative reproduction, preferably from the group consisting of embryos, meristems, cotyledons, hypocotyl, pollen, leaves, anthers, roots, root tips, pistil, petiole, flower, fruit, seed, stem and stalks. 
     
     
         9 . A tomato plant regenerated from the tissue or cell culture of  claim 7 , wherein the plant has all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of the plant of NUN 00277 TOP, or one characteristic that is different from NUN 00277 TOP, when the characteristics are determined at the 5% significance level for plants grown under the same environmental conditions, and wherein a representative sample of seed of NUN 00277 TOP is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB ______. 
     
     
         10 . The plant of  claim 9 , where the different characteristic is effected by a mutation or by transformation. 
     
     
         11 . A method of producing the plant of  claim 1 , comprising vegetative propagation of at least a part of NUN 00277 TOP, wherein a representative sample of seed of said variety is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB ______. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein said vegetative propagation comprises regenerating a whole plant from said part of NUN 00277 TOP, wherein a representative sample of seed of said variety is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB ______. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein said part is a cutting, a cell culture or a tissue culture. 
     
     
         14 . A vegetative propagated plant, or a part of said propagated plant, propagated from the plant of  claim 1  or the plant part of  claim 2  wherein the vegetative propagated plant has all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of the plant of NUN 00277 TOP, or one characteristic that is different from NUN 00277 TOP, when the characteristics are determined at the 5% significance level for plants grown under the same conditions, and wherein a representative sample of seed of NUN 00277 TOP is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB ______. 
     
     
         15 . A method of producing a tomato plant, comprising crossing the plant of  claim 1  with a second tomato plant at least once, allowing the progeny to form seed and optionally selecting progeny from said crossing. 
     
     
         16 . A first generation progeny plant of the hybrid plant of  claim 1  obtained by selfing the plant of  claim 1  or cross-pollinating the plant of  claim 1  with another tomato plant, wherein said progeny plant has all or all but one, two or three of the physiological and morphological characteristics of the plant of NUN 00277 TOP, wherein a representative sample of seed of said variety is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB ______, when determined at the 5% significance level for plants grown under the same environmental conditions. 
     
     
         17 . A tomato plant having one, two or three physiological and/or morphological characteristics which are different from those of the plant of  claim 1  and which otherwise has all the physiological and morphological characteristics of the plant of  claim 1 , when determined at the 5% significance level for plants grown under the same environmental conditions. 
     
     
         18 . The plant of  claim 17 , where the different characteristic is effected by a mutation or by transformation. 
     
     
         19 . The plant of  claim 1  further comprising a single locus conversion, wherein said plant has all or all but one, two or three of the morphological and physiological characteristics of the plant of NUN 00277 TOP, wherein a representative sample of seed of said variety is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB ______, when said characteristics are determined at the 5% significance level for plants grown under the same environmental conditions when grown under the same environmental conditions, optionally wherein the single locus conversion confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, environmental stress tolerance, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism. 
     
     
         20 . A doubled haploid cell or plant made from haploid cells of NUN 00277 TOP wherein a representative sample of seed of NUN 00277 TOP is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB ______. 
     
     
         21 . Use of the cell or plant of  claim 20  in a method for generating parental lines of NUN 00277 TOP. 
     
     
         22 . A method of producing a combination of parental lines of the plant of  claim 1  comprising the steps of
 a. defining a set of genetic markers that are present in a heterozygous form in NUN 00277 TOP 
 b. producing doubled haploid lines from NUN 00277 TOP: 
 c. genetically characterizing the doubled haploid lines to determine whether they are present in a first homozygous form or in a second homozygous form; 
 d. selecting at least one pair of doubled haploid lines that have complementary alleles for at least a subset of the genetic markers, wherein each member of the pair is suitable as a parental line for a hybrid organism. 
 
     
     
         23 . A plant comprising the scion or rootstock of  claim 2 . 
     
     
         24 . A container comprising a plant, a plant part or a seed of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         25 . A food or feed product or a processed product comprising the plant part of  claim 2 . 
     
     
         26 . A method of producing a tomato fruit, comprising:
 a. Growing a plant of  claim 1  until it sets at least one fruit   b. Collecting the fruit of step a)   
     
     
         27 . A method for inducing mutation in the plant of  claim 1  comprising the steps of
 a. Exposing a seed, a plant or a plant part of NUN 00277 TOP to a mutagenic compound or to radiation, wherein a representative sample of seed of NUN 31503 WMW is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB ______, 
 b. Selecting a seed, a plant or a plant part or a cell of NUN 00277 TOP having a mutation 
 
     
     
         28 . A method collecting pollen of NUN 00277 TOP comprising:
 a. Growing a plant of  claim 1  until at least one flower contains pollen   b. Collecting the pollen of step a)