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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2015
Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Greg Tolla, Woodland, CA (US);
Benito Juarez, Davis, CA (US);
Fred McCuistion, Tifton, GA (US);
Joseph J. King, Davis, CA (US);
Eleni Bachlava, Vallejo, CA (US);
Adam M. Wentzell, Winters, CA (US);
Jeffrey M. Mills, Woodland, CA (US);
Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix. The invention further 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.