Pepper variety nun 89006 pps

Abstract

The disclosure provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of pepper, NUN 89006 PPS as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof.

1 . A plant, a plant part or a seed of pepper variety NUN 89006 PPS, wherein a representative sample of seed of said pepper variety NUN 89006 PPS is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 43267. 
     
     
         2 . The plant part of  claim 1 , wherein said plant part is a fruit, a leaf, pollen, an ovule, a cell, a scion, a root, a rootstock, a cutting, a flower or a part of any of these. 
     
     
         3 . A seed that produces the plant of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         4 . A seed grown on the plant of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         5 . A pepper plant, or a part thereof which does not significantly differ from the plant of  claim 1  in all of the following distinguishing characteristics in Table 1 and/or 2: 1) ______; 2)______; 3)______; 4)______; 5)______; 6)______; 7)______; 8)______; 9)______; and 10) ______, when the characteristics are determined at the 5% significance level when grown under the same environmental conditions. 
     
     
         6 . A pepper plant, or a part thereof which does not differ from the plant of  claim 1  in all of the distinguishing characteristics of Table 1 and/or 2, when the characteristics are determined at the 5% significance level when grown under the same environmental conditions. 
     
     
         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 suitable for vegetative reproduction. 
     
     
         9 . The tissue or cell culture according to  claim 7 , wherein the plant part is an embryo, a meristem, a cotyledon, a hypocotyl, pollen, a leaf, an anther, a root, a root tip, a pistil, a petiole, a flower, a fruit, a seed, a stem, or a stalk. 
     
     
         10 . A pepper plant regenerated from the tissue or cell culture of  claim 7 , wherein the regenerated plant has all or all but one, two, or three of the physiological and morphological characteristics of NUN 89006 PPS, 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 pepper variety NUN 89006 PPS is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 43267. 
     
     
         11 . A method of producing the plant of  claim 1 , or a part thereof, comprising vegetative propagation of NUN 89006 PPS, wherein a representative sample of seed of said pepper variety NUN 89006 PPS is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 43267. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein said vegetative propagation comprises regenerating a whole plant from said part of NUN 89006 PPS, wherein a representative sample of seed of said pepper variety NUN 89006 PPS is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 43267. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein said part is a cutting, a cell culture or a tissue culture. 
     
     
         14 . A vegetative propagated plant of NUN 89006 PPS, or a part thereof, wherein the vegetative propagated plant has all or all but one, two, or three of the physiological and morphological characteristics of the plant of NUN 89006 PPS, 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 89006 PPS is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 43267. 
     
     
         15 . A method of producing a pepper plant, comprising crossing the plant of  claim 1  with a second pepper plant at least once, allowing the progeny to form seed and optionally selecting progeny from said crossing. 
     
     
         16 . A progeny plant of the plant of  claim 1 , obtained by selfing NUN 89006 PPS or cross-pollinating NUN 89006 PPS with another pepper 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 89006 PPS, when the characteristics are determined at the 5% significance level for plants grown under the same environmental conditions, and a representative sample of seed of said pepper variety NUN 89006 PPS is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 43267. 
     
     
         17 . A pepper plant having one, two or three physiological and/or morphological characteristics which are different from those of the plant of NUN 89006 PPS, and which otherwise has all the physiological and morphological characteristics of the plant of NUN 89006 PPS as listed in Table 1 and/or 2, when the characteristics are 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 affected 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 89006 PPS, when said characteristics are determined at the 5% significance level for plants grown under the same environmental conditions, and wherein a representative sample of seed of said pepper variety NUN 89006 PPS is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 43267. 
     
     
         20 . A method of making doubled haploid cells of NUN 89006 PPS, comprising making double haploid cells from the plant or seed of NUN 89006 PPS, wherein a representative sample of seed of said pepper variety NUN 89006 PPS is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 43267. 
     
     
         21 . A method of producing a combination of parental lines of the plant of  claim 1 , comprising:
 a. genetically characterizing a doubled haploid line from NUN 89006 PPS to determine whether one or more genetic markers are present in a first homozygous form or in a second homozygous form in said line, wherein the one or more genetic markers are present in a heterozygous form in NUN 89006 PPS; and   b. selecting at least one pair of doubled haploid lines that have complementary alleles for the one or more the genetic markers, wherein each member of the pair is suitable as a parental line for NUN 89006 PPS.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 i. defining a set of genetic markers present in a heterozygous form in NUN 89006 PPS; and   ii. producing doubled haploid lines from NUN 89006 PPS.   
     
     
         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 pepper fruit, comprising growing NUN 89006 PPS until it sets at least one fruit, and collecting the fruit. 
     
     
         27 . A method for inducing a mutation in the plant of  claim 1 , comprising:
 a. exposing a seed, a plant or a plant part of NUN 89006 PPS to a mutagenic compound or to radiation, wherein a representative sample of seed of said pepper variety NUN 89006 PPS is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB; and   b. selecting a seed, a plant or a plant part or a cell of NUN 89006 PPS, having a mutation.   
     
     
         28 . A method for collecting pollen of NUN 89006 PPS comprising growing a plant of  claim 1  until at least one flower contains pollen and collecting the pollen. 
     
     
         29 . The plant of pepper variety NUN 89006 PPS of  claim 19 , wherein the single locus conversion confers male sterility, herbicide tolerance, pest resistance, environmental stress resistance, modified carbohydrate metabolism, modified protein metabolism or ripening. 
     
     
         30 . A pepper plant comprising at least a first set of the chromosomes of NUN 89006 PPS, wherein a representative sample of seed of said pepper variety NUN 89006 PPS is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 43267, and wherein said pepper plant comprising said first set of the chromosomes has all or all but one, two, or three of the physiological and morphological characteristics of NUN 89006 PPS, when the characteristics are determined at the 5% significance level for plants grown under the same environmental conditions. 
     
     
         31 . A method of producing a pepper plant having a desired trait, wherein the method comprises mutating a plant of variety NUN 89006 PPS and selecting a plant with a desired trait, wherein the mutated plant retains all or all but one, two, or three of the physiological and morphological characteristics of NUN 89006 PPS, 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 said pepper variety NUN 89006 PPS is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB 43267. 
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the desired trait is male sterility, herbicide tolerance, pest resistance, environmental stress resistance, modified carbohydrate metabolism, modified protein metabolism or ripening.