Spinach variety nun 06258 sps

Abstract

The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of Spinach, NUN 06258 SPS as well as seeds and plants and leaves thereof.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A hybrid plant, a plant part or a seed of Spinach variety NUN 06258 SPS, wherein a representative sample of seed of said variety is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 42967. 
     
     
         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 Spinach 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 shape of first foliage leaf; 2) Typical shape of first foliage leaf base; 3) Average leaf petiole diameter at prime market stage; 4) Average plant spread; 5) Average cotyledon length; 6) Average first foliage leaf length; 7) Average first foliage leaf width; 8) Typical leaf blade lobing; 9) Typical leaf blade attitude; and 10) Typical intensity of leaf blade green color; or a part of said plant. 
     
     
         6 . A Spinach 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 Spinach 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 06258 SPS, or one characteristic that is different from NUN 06258 SPS, 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 06258 SPS is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 42967. 
     
     
         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 06258 SPS, wherein a representative sample of seed of said variety is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 42967. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein said vegetative propagation comprises regenerating a whole plant from said part of NUN 06258 SPS, wherein a representative sample of seed of said variety is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 42967. 
     
     
         13 . 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 06258 SPS, or one characteristic that is different from NUN 06258 SPS, 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 06258 SPS is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 42967. 
     
     
         14 . A method of producing a Spinach plant, comprising crossing the plant of  claim 1  with a second Spinach plant at least once, allowing seed to form and optionally selecting progeny from said crossing. 
     
     
         15 . 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 Spinach 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 06258 SPS, wherein a representative sample of seed of said variety is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 42967, when determined at the 5% significance level for plants grown under the same environmental conditions. 
     
     
         16 . A Spinach 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. 
     
     
         17 . The plant of  claim 16 , where the different characteristic is effected by a mutation or by transformation. 
     
     
         18 . 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 06258 SPS, wherein a representative sample of seed of said variety is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 42967, 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. 
     
     
         19 . A doubled haploid cell or plant made from haploid cells of NUN 06258 SPS wherein a representative sample of seed of NUN 06258 SPS is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 42967. 
     
     
         20 . Use of the cell or plant of  claim 19  in a method for generating parental lines of NUN 06258 SPS. 
     
     
         21 . 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 06258 SPS 
 b. producing doubled haploid lines from NUN 06258 SPS: 
 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. 
 
     
     
         22 . A container comprising a plant, a plant part or a seed of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         23 . A food or feed product or a processed product comprising the plant part of  claim 2 . 
     
     
         24 . A method of producing a Spinach leaf, comprising:
 a. Growing a plant of  claim 1  until it sets at least one leaf   b. Collecting the leaf of step a)   
     
     
         25 . 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 06258 SPS to a mutagenic chemical or to radiation, wherein a representative sample of seed of NUN 06258 SPS is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 42967, 
 b. Selecting a seed, a plant or a plant part or a cell of NUN 06258 SPS having a mutation 
 
     
     
         26 . A method collecting pollen of NUN 06258 SPS comprising:
 a. Growing a plant of  claim 1  until at least one flower contains pollen   b. Collecting the pollen of step a)