Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.

Terry Walker

Benito Juarez

Fred McCuistion

Greg Tolla

Gregory E Tolla

Fred Mccuistion

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.

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Camarillo, CA, United States of America

Terry Walker