# US 11,076,551 B2 · Melon hybrid SVMF7059 and parents thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,076,551 B2 - Document ID: US11076551B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/701,812 - Filed: 2019-12-03 - Published: 2020-06-18 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2018-12-13 - Assignees: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. - Applicants: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. - Inventors: Jeffrey M. Mills - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11076551B2 ## CPC - A01H 6/344: {Cucumis melo [melon]} - A01H 5/08: Fruits - A01H 5/10: Seeds - A01H: NEW PLANTS OR {NON-TRANSGENIC} PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES ## Abstract The invention provides seed and plants of melon hybrid SVMF7059 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of melon hybrid SVMF7059 and the parent lines thereof and to methods for producing a melon plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another melon plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of melon hybrid SVMF7059 and melon line CAN-DV16-4385MO comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A melon plant comprising at least a first set of the chromosomes of melon line CAN-DV16-4385MO, a sample of seed of said line having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-125551. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A melon seed that produces the plant of claim 1. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The plant of claim 1, wherein the plant is a plant of said melon line CAN-DV16-4385MO. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The plant of claim 1, wherein the plant is a plant of melon hybrid SVMF7059, a sample of seed of said hybrid having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-125552. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The seed of claim 2, wherein the seed is a seed of said melon line CAN-DV16-4385MO. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The seed of claim 2, wherein the seed is a seed of melon hybrid SVMF7059, a sample of seed of said hybrid having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-125552. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A plant part of the plant of claim 1, wherein the plant part comprises a cell of said plant. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) A melon plant having all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of the plant of claim 4. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A tissue culture of regenerable cells of the plant of claim 1. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A method of vegetatively propagating the melon plant of claim 1, the method comprising the steps of: (a) collecting tissue capable of being propagated from the plant of claim 1; and (b) propagating a melon plant from said tissue. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) A method of introducing a trait into a melon line, the method comprising: (a) utilizing as a recurrent parent the plant of claim 3 by crossing said plant with a donor melon plant that comprises a trait to produce F1 progeny; (b) selecting an F1 progeny that comprises the trait; (c) backcrossing the selected F1 progeny with a plant of the same melon line used as the recurrent parent in step (a) to produce backcross progeny; (d) selecting backcross progeny comprising the trait and the morphological and physiological characteristics of the recurrent parent melon line used in step (a); and (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times to produce selected fourth or higher backcross progeny. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A melon plant produced by the method of claim 11, wherein said plant comprises the trait and otherwise comprises all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of melon line CAN-DV16-4385MO. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A method of producing a melon plant comprising an added trait, the method comprising introducing a transgene conferring the trait into the plant of claim 1. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) A melon plant produced by the method of claim 13, wherein said plant comprises the trait and otherwise comprises all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of melon hybrid SVMF7059 or melon line CAN-DV16-4385MO. ### Claim 15 A melon plant comprising at least a first set of the chromosomes of melon line CAN-DV16-4385MO, a sample of seed of said line having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-125551, further comprising a transgene. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The plant of claim 15, wherein the transgene confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, environmental stress tolerance, modified carbohydrate metabolism, and modified protein metabolism. ### Claim 17 A melon plant comprising at least a first set of the chromosomes of melon line CAN-DV16-4385MO, a sample of seed of said line having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-125551, further comprising a single locus conversion. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The plant of claim 17, wherein the single locus conversion confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, environmental stress tolerance, modified carbohydrate metabolism, and modified protein metabolism. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) A method for producing a seed of a melon plant derived from at least one of melon hybrid SVMF7059 or melon line CAN-DV16-4385MO, the method comprising the steps of: (a) crossing the melon plant of claim 1 with itself or a second melon plant; and (b) allowing seed of a hybrid SVMF7059- or line CAN-DV16-4385MO-derived melon plant to form. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) A method of producing a seed of a hybrid SVMF7059- or line CAN-DV16-4385MO-derived melon plant, the method comprising the steps of: (a) producing a hybrid SVMF7059- or line CAN-DV16-4385MO-derived melon plant from a seed produced by crossing the melon plant of claim 1 with itself or a second melon plant; and (b) crossing the hybrid SVMF7059- or line CAN-DV16-4385MO-derived melon plant with itself or a different melon plant to obtain a seed of a further hybrid SVMF7059- or line CAN-DV16-4385MO-derived melon plant. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, the method further comprising repeating said producing and crossing steps of (a) and (b) using the seed from said step (b) for producing a plant according to step (a) for at least one generation to produce a seed of an additional hybrid SVMF7059- or line CAN-DV16-4385MO-derived melon plant. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) A method of producing a melon fruit, the method comprising: (a) obtaining the plant of claim 1, wherein the plant has been cultivated to maturity; and (b) collecting a melon fruit from the plant.