Patent 8013209 was granted and assigned to Syngenta on September, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention discloses B. oleracea plants resistant to clubroot disease. In particular, the plants of the present invention comprise a monogenic dominant resistance to the disease clubroot introgressed from B. rapa. This resistance provides improved resistance to the disease as compared to previously existing resistances in B. oleracea.