Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.

Gregory E Tolla

Eleni Bachlava

Tarek Joobeur

Nischit Shetty

Jason Michael Prothro

Benito Juarez

Fred McCuistion

Steven Knapp

Cecilia McGregor

Terry Walker

Hussein Abdel-Haleem

Katherine Sandlin

Victoria Brookins

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 invention provides methods for producing seeds in watermelon. In one embodiment methods are provided comprising grafting of a seed parent onto a stress tolerant rootstock, pollinating the seed parent with pollen from a pollen donor, and cultivating the seed parent until seed is formed. In specific embodiments, triploid seeds produced by a method of the invention are rendered conspicuously distinguishable from tetraploid seeds, and thus readily selected manually or by an automated machine. Methods for increasing seed yield and/or quality are also provided.

Methods for watermelon plant and seed production

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 invention provides seed and plants of the watermelon line designated WAS-45-2158S. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of watermelon line WAS-45-2158S, and to methods for producing a watermelon plant produced by crossing a plant of watermelon line WAS-45-2158S with itself or with another watermelon plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of watermelon line WAS-45-2158S, including the fruits and gametes of such plants.

Watermelon variety WAS-45-2158S

The invention provides seed and plants of cucumber hybrid PX04914104 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of cucumber hybrid PX04914104 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a cucumber plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another cucumber plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.

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Woodland, CA, United States of America

Gregory E Tolla