Vilmorin & Cie

Hm.clause, Inc.

Harris Moran Seed Company

Ted Superak

Eric Lionneton

Julie Fauve

Maria Petronella Christina Sengers

Donna Weiland

The invention provides methods of detecting MeSMV; methods of screening plants for resistance or susceptibility to MeSMV; and methods of breeding to produce plants that are resistant to MeSMV; and to the resistant plants produced by such methods.

Breeding and selection for resistance to melon severe mosaic virus (MeSMV)

The invention provides a new Squash Leaf Curl Virus (SLCV) resistant gene slc-2 in cucurbit plants and plants comprising the slc-2 gene. The invention also provides molecular markers linked to slc-2 gene. The invention further provides methods of breeding to produce plants that are resistant to SLCV, and the resistant plants produced by such methods.

Squash leaf curl virus (SLVC) resistance in cucurbits

Squash leaf curl virus (SLCV) resistance in cucurbits

An inbred squash line, designated 833, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred squash line 833, to the plants of inbred squash line 833 and to methods for producing a squash plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line 833 with itself or another squash line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a squash plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred squash lines derived from the inbred 833.

Inbred squash line 833

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Davis, CA, United States of America

Ted Superak