Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.

Kelli M Durham

Jeffrey M Mills

Eleni Bachlava

Tarek Joobeur

Ruth A Wagner

Robyn L Morgan

Bram Rozier

Susana García Andrés

Andrea K Knox

Menno Ter Maat

Maria Dolores Hernandez

Alfonso Cuesta-Marcos

Susana Garcia Andrés

Scott J Huesgen

Sjoerd Van Der Ent

The present disclosure provides cultivated tomato plants exhibiting increased resistance to Mi-1 resistance-breaking root-knot nematodes. Such plants comprise novel recombinant chromosomal segments comprising alleles associated with disease resistance fromon chromosome 1 and/or chromosome 6. In certain aspects, compositions and methods for producing, breeding, detecting, and selecting plants or germplasm with an increased disease resistance phenotype are provided.

Tomato plants with resistance to Mi-1 resistance-breaking root-knot nematodes

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

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St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Kelli M Durham