WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
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`A tomato plant comprising at
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`least a first set of the chromosomes of tomato line
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`FIRXM12—4125, a sample of seed of said line having been deposited under ATCC
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`Accession Number PTA— 123268.
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`A tomato seed comprising at
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`least a first set of the chromosomes of tomato line
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`FIRXM12—4125, a sample of seed of said line having been deposited under ATCC
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`Accession Number PTA— 123268.
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`The plant of claim 1, which is an inbred.
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`The plant of claim 1, which is a hybrid.
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`The seed of claim 2, which is an inbred.
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`The seed of claim 2, which is a hybrid.
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`The plant of claim 4, wherein the hybrid plant is tomato hybrid DR2379TH, a sample of
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`seed of said hybrid DR2379TH having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number
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`PTA-123291.
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`The seed of claim 6, defined as a seed of tomato hybrid DR2379TH, a sample of seed of
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`said hybrid DR2379TH having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA—
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`123291.
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`The seed of claim 2, defined as a seed of line FIRXM12—4125.
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`A plant part of the plant of claim 1.
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`The plant part of claim 10, further defined as a leaf, an ovule, pollen, a fruit, or a cell.
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`A tomato plant having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of the
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`tomato plant of claim 7.
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`A tissue culture of regenerable cells of the plant of claim 1.
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`The tissue culture according to claim 13, comprising cells or protoplasts from a plant part
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`selected from the group consisting of embryos, meristems, cotyledons, pollen, leaves,
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`anthers, roots, root tips, pistil, flower, seed and stalks.
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`A tomato plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 13.
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`A method of vegetatively propagating the tomato plant of claim 1 comprising the steps
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`of:
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`(a)
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`(b)
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`(c)
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`collecting tissue capable of being propagated from the plant according to claim 1;
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`cultivating said tissue to obtain proliferated shoots; and
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`rooting said proliferated shoots to obtain rooted plantlets.
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`17.
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`The method of claim 16, further comprising growing at least a first tomato plant from
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`said rooted plantlets.
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`18.
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`A method of introducing a desired trait into a tomato line comprising:
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`(a)
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`utilizing as a recurrent parent a plant of tomato line FIRXM12—4125, by crossing
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`a plant of tomato line FIRXM12—4125 with a second donor tomato plant that
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`comprises a desired trait to produce Fl progeny, a sample of seed of said line
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`(b)
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`(C)
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`haVing been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA—123268;
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`selecting an Fl progeny that comprises the desired trait;
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`backcrossing the selected Fl progeny with a plant of the same tomato line used as
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`the recurrent parent in step (a), to produce backcross progeny;
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`(d)
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`selecting backcross progeny comprising the desired trait of the recurrent parent
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`tomato line used in step (a); and
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`(6)
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`repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times to produce selected fourth or
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`higher backcross progeny that comprise the desired trait, and otherwise comprise
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`essentially all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of the
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`recurrent parent tomato line used in step (a).
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`19.
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`A tomato plant produced by the method of claim 18.
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`A method of producing a tomato plant comprising an added trait, the method comprising
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`introducing a transgene conferring the trait into a plant of tomato hybrid DR2379TH or
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`tomato line FIRXM12—4125, a sample of seed of said hybrid and line haVing been
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`deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA—123291 and ATCC Accession Number
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`PTA— 123268, respectively.
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`21.
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`A tomato plant produced by the method of claim 20.
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`22.
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`The plant of claim 1, further comprising a transgene.
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`26.
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`The plant of claim 22, wherein the transgene confers a trait selected from the group
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`consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease
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`resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, environmental stress tolerance, modified
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`carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
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`The plant of claim 1, further comprising a single locus conversion.
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`The plant of claim 24, wherein the single locus conversion confers a trait selected from
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`the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance,
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`insect resistance, pest
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`resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, environmental stress
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`tolerance, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
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`A method for producing a seed of a tomato plant derived from at least one of tomato
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`hybrid DR2379TH or tomato line FIRXMl2—4l25 comprising the steps of:
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`(a)
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`crossing a tomato plant of hybrid DR2379TH or line FIRXMl2—4l25 with itself
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`or a second tomato plant; a sample of seed of said hybrid and line having been
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`deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA—123291 and ATCC Accession
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`Number PTA—123268, respectively; and
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`(b)
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`allowing seed of a hybrid DR2379TH or line FIRXMl2—4l25—derived tomato
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`plant to form.
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`27.
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`A method of producing a seed of a hybrid DR2379TH or line FIRXMl2—4l25—derived
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`tomato plant comprising the steps of:
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`(a)
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`producing a hybrid DR2379TH or line FIRXMl2—4l25—derived tomato plant from
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`a seed produced by crossing a tomato plant of hybrid DR2379TH or line
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`FIRXMl2—4l25 with itself or a second tomato plant, a sample of seed of said
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`hybrid and line having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA—
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`123291 and ATCC Accession Number PTA—123268, respectively; and
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`(b)
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`crossing the hybrid DR2379TH or line FIRXMl2—4l25—derived tomato plant with
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`itself or a different tomato plant to obtain a seed of a further hybrid DR2379TH or
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`line FIRXMl2—4l25—derived tomato plant.
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`28.
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`The method of claim 27, further comprising repeating said producing and crossing steps
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`of (a) and (b) using a seed from said step (b) for producing a plant according to step (a)
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`for at least one generation to produce a seed of an additional hybrid DR2379TH or line
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`FIRXM 12—4 125 —derived tomato plant.
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`29.
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`A plant part of the plant of claim 7.
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`30.
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`The plant part of claim 29, further defined as a leaf, a flower, a fruit, an ovule, pollen, or
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`a cell.
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`31.
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`A method of producing a tomato seed comprising crossing the plant of claim 1 with itself
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`or a second tomato plant and allowing seed to form.
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`A method of producing a tomato fruit comprising:
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`(a)
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`obtaining the plant according to claim 1, wherein the plant has been cultivated to
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`maturity; and
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`(b)
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`collecting a tomato fruit from the plant.
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