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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2013
Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Eleni Bachlava, Vallejo, CA (US);
Hussein Abdel-Haleem, Athens, GA (US);
Steven Knapp, Woodland, CA (US);
Cecilia McGregor, Athens, GA (US);
Jason Prothro, Thomasville, GA (US);
Katherine Sandlin, Athens, GA (US);
Gregory E. Tolla, Woodland, CA (US);
Victoria Brookins, Sacramento, CA (US);
SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
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.