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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
Benito Juarez, Woodland, CA (US);
Joseph J. King, Davis, CA (US);
Eleni Bachlava, Vallejo, CA (US);
Adam M. Wentzell, Winters, CA (US);
Jeffrey M. Mills, Woodland, CA (US);
Assignee:
Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 5/08 (2018.01); A01H 1/04 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6895 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/8261 (2013.01); A01H 5/08 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6895 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/13 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides for unique watermelon plants with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed QTL associated with an ultra-firm flesh 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 an ultra-firm flesh phenotype are provided.