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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2004
Applicant:
Xingping Zhang, Woodland, CA (US);
Inventor:
Xingping Zhang, Woodland, CA (US);
Assignee:
Syngenta Participations AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Tetraploid watermelon inbreds are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds and plants of the tetraploid watermelon inbreds, the methods of propagating the tetraploid inbreds through seeds and tissue culture. The invention also relates to methods of producing the triploid seedless watermelon seeds and plants by crossing the tetraploid inbreds with diploid watermelon inbreds, and to the triploid plants produced therefrom.