The invention relates to a celery plant (Apium graveolens L. dulce) carrying a genetic determinant that leads to short leaf blades and/or a more uniform distribution of stem lengths as compared to celery plants not carrying the genetic determinant, wherein said determinant is obtainable by introgression from a plant grown from seed of which a representative sample was deposited with the NCIMB under Accession No. NCIMB 41513. The invention also relates to seeds and other propagation material of the plant and to its progeny as well as to food products that comprise the consumable parts of the plant.

A celery cultivar designated TBG 44 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar TBG 44, to the plants of celery cultivar TBG 44, and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar TBG 44 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to celery cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 44, to methods for producing other celery cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 44, and to the celery plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid celery seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar TBG 44 with another celery cultivar.

Celery plant (Apium graveolens L. dulce) with QTL on chromosome 8 between SEQ ID No. 1 and SEQ ID No. 2, which when homozygously present is responsible for the presence of two internodes on average per leaf at the harvesting stage (Reduced foliage or Rf-type ). The QTL can be genetically linked to at least one SNP present in SEQ ID No. 1 and/or SEQ ID No. 2. Celery seed deposited as NCIMB 44381 or NCIMB 41513 has the QTL. Celery plant having the QTL or genetic determinant having the QTL leads to the Rf-type (compared to celery not carrying the genetic determinant or QTL). The determinant or QTL is obtainable by introgression from a plant from NCIMB 41513 or 44381. Crossing celery from NCIMB 44381 or NCIMB 41513 with wildtype celery results in segregated F2 progeny population wherein Rf-type is observed in a monogenic recessive fashion. Methods for producing or growing the celery plant, and seeds, propagation material, progeny, and food products of, from the celery plant also disclosed.

A celery cultivar designated TBG 52 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar TBG 52, to the plants of celery cultivar TBG 52, and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar TBG 52 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to celery cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 52, to methods for producing other celery cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 52, and to the celery plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid celery seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar TBG 52 with another celery cultivar.

A celery cultivar designated TBG 54 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar TBG 54, to the plants of celery cultivar TBG 54, and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar TBG 54 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to celery cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 54, to methods for producing other celery cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 54, and to the celery plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid celery seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar TBG 54 with another celery cultivar.