Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.v.

Emilio Sarria Villada

Dorthe Bettina Drager

Marc Villevieille

Denis Maxime Losdat

Sara Movahedi

Adrianus Cornelis Koeken

Valentina Bracuto

The present invention relates to a plant with a copy number variation (CNV) of a 9-LOX5 gene, wherein the CNV has at least 2 copies of a 9-LOX5 gene, wherein the 9-LOX5 gene comprises SEQ ID NO: 1, or a sequence having at least 60% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1, and wherein the presence of the CNV leads to powdery mildew resistance in the plant. The invention further relates to nucleic acid molecules, methods for selecting powdery mildew resistant plants, the plants thus obtained therefrom, and seeds and parts thereof.

9-LOX5 gene variant providing powdery mildew resistance

The present invention relates to a watermelon plant showing resistance against potyviruses, wherein the watermelon plant may comprise one or more of resistance conferring alleles of QTL1, QTL2 and QTL3 and wherein the said QTLs are as present in or obtainable from a watermelon plant, representative seed of which was deposited under deposit accession number NCIMB 42537, 42536, 42535 respectively.

QTLs conferring resistance to potyviruses in watermelon

QTLS conferring resistance to potyviruses in watermelon

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Emilio Sarria Villada