Melon plants with maturity indicator

A cultivated melon plant having a long shelf-life phenotype comprising in its genome:

• at least one copy of an introgressed sequence from Cucumis melo var. dudaim conferring a rind-turning phenotype, located on chromosome 6, mapped between position 25115792 bp in the public reference genome v CM3.5.1 and position 30769753 bp in the public reference genome v CM3.5.1, and comprising the following flanking SNP markers:
• i) SEQ ID NO:
• 1 comprising an A genotype in the heterozygous or homozygous state for SNP marker 1 at a position corresponding to position 61 in SEQ ID NO:
• 1;
• and
• ii) SEQ ID NO:
• 46 comprising a C genotype in the heterozygous or homozygous state for SNP marker 10 at a position corresponding to position 196 in SEQ ID NO:
• 46;
• wherein said introgressed sequence is comprised in melon line 19MNA106815, representative seed of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-126875, or a progeny thereof;
• and
• wherein said cultivated melon plant produces melon fruit exhibiting a long shelf-life phenotype, wherein said long shelf-life phenotype is characterized by fruits that do not form an abscission layer at maturity, wherein said melon fruit further exhibits a rind-turning phenotype when reaching full maturity, and wherein said rind-turning phenotype is characterized by a rind colour turning from green when immature into yellow when reaching full maturity.