Inbred watermelon line WTL0088
AssigneeSakata Seed A merica, Inc.
InventorNihat Guner
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Abstract
One embodiment relates to seed and plants of inbred watermelon line WTL0088. Another embodiment relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of inbred watermelon line WTL0088, and to methods for producing a watermelon plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves, with another watermelon plant, such as a plant of another genotype, or with vegetatively propagating said plant. Another embodiment further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. Further embodiments relate to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
Claims20
A seed of inbred watermelon line WTL0088, wherein a representative sample of seed of said inbred watermelon line was deposited under NCMA No. 202103002.
A method of introducing a desired trait into inbred watermelon line WTL0088, wherein the method comprises:
- (a) crossing a WTL0088 plant, wherein a representative sample of seed was deposited under NCMA No. 202103002, with a plant of another inbred watermelon line that comprises a desired trait to produce progeny plants;
- (b) selecting one or more progeny plants that have the desired trait;
- (c) backcrossing the selected progeny plants with WTL0088 plants to produce backcross progeny plants;
- (d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait;
- and (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) two or more times in succession to produce selected third or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of watermelon WTL0088.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.