Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.

Eleni Bachlava

Joseph J King

Tarek Joobeur

Jeffrey M Mills

Gregory E Tolla

Petrus Jacobus Kraakman

Subash Krishnamurthy

Adam M Wentzell

Benito Juarez

Eva King-Fan Chan

Jeroen De Vries

Andrea K Knox

Francois P M Bertrand

Jeroen S De Vries

Jason Michael Prothro

Fred McCuistion

Greg Tolla

Robyn L Morgan

Kelli M Durham

Hussein Abdel-Haleem

Steven Knapp

Cecilia McGregor

Susana Garcia-Andrés

Katherine Sandlin

Victoria Brookins

Alfonso Cuesta-Marcos

Susana Garcia Andrés

Susana Garcia-Andres

Francois Pm Bertrand

Petrus J Kraakman

Adam M Wentzel

The present disclosure providesinbred line CHA-ZA15-001AN. The present disclosure also provides methods to select, produce, and grow these plants, parts of such plants, and products made from those parts. The disclosure also includes progeny of the provided plants including hybrid and inbred lines.

Melon with red flesh linked to earliness

The present disclosure provides watermelon plants with a male sterile phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed genomic region associated with a male sterile phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a male sterile phenotype are provided.

Methods and assays for male sterile watermelon

The present disclosure providesinbred line CHA-ZA15-0014AN. The present disclosure also provides methods to select, produce, and grow these plants, parts of such plants, and products made from those parts. The disclosure also includes progeny of the provided plants including hybrid and inbred lines.

A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix. The invention further provides for unique watermelon plants with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed QTL associated with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers, and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, selecting, and the like of plants or germplasm with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype are provided.

Methods and compositions for watermelon with improved processing qualities and firmness

The invention relates to a melon plant, and parts thereof including seeds and fruit, that is resistant to Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus (ZYMV) and Watermelon Mosaic Virus (WMV). The melon plant may further comprise resistance to Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV) and/or further display a Brix measurement of &#x2265;9.5&#xb0; Bx, orange flesh color, and/or a fruit width to length ratio of &#x2265;0.5. Methods for producing such a plant are also provided.

Multiple-virus-resistant melon

The present disclosure provides melon plants exhibiting tolerance to cucurbit yellow stunt disorder virus (CYSDV) and lacking negative traits associated with CYSDV tolerance such as increased fruit size and reduced fruit set. Such plants may comprise novel introgressed genomic regions associated with disease tolerance. In certain aspects, compositions, including novel polymorphic markers and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a disease tolerance phenotype are provided.

Melon plants with improved disease tolerance

The present disclosure provides for unique watermelon plants with a desired seed size phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed QTL associated with a desired seed size phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers, and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, selecting, and the like of plants or germplasm with a desired seed size phenotype are provided.

Methods and compositions for producing watermelon plants with selected seed sizes

The present disclosure provides melon plants exhibiting resistance to powdery mildew, aphids, and cucumber vein yellowing virus (CVYV). In certain embodiments, the invention provides melon plants with powdery mildew, aphid, and CVYV resistance loci located in cis linkage on chromosome 5. In certain aspects, compositions, including novel polymorphic markers and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a disease resistance phenotype are provided.

Melon plants with improved traits

The invention provides compositions and methods relating to the production ofplants with elevated Brix and/or enhanced fruit color. The invention further provides plants, plant parts, and seeds comprising such elevated Brix. The invention allows introgression of the identified high Brix QTL in an desired genetic background of a sexually compatible plant species.

Methods and compositions for producing plants with elevated brix

The invention provides for unique watermelon plants with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed QTL associated with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers, and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, selecting, and the like of plants or germplasm with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype are provided.

Methods and compositions for watermelon firmness

The invention relates to a melon plant, and parts thereof including seeds and fruit, that is resistant to Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus (ZYMV) and Watermelon Mosaic Virus (WMV). The melon plant may further comprise resistance to Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV) and/or further display a Brix measurement of &#x2267;9.5&#xb0; Bx, orange flesh color, and/or a fruit width to length ratio of &#x2267;0.5. Methods for producing such a plant are also provided.

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Vallejo, CA, United States of America

Eleni Bachlava