Downy mildew resistant melon plants
AssigneeEnza Zaden Beheer B.V.
InventorsKarin Ingeborg Posthuma, Laura Naranjo Peña, Simon Aigner, Wilhelmina Antonia Cornelia Anna Leijten, Christianus Cornelis Nicolaas Van Schie
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to melon plants that are resistant to the plant disease downy mildew caused by the pathogen Pseudoperonospora cubensis. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to melon plants that are resistant to downy mildew disease including a mutated homoserine kinase gene encoding a mutated homoserine kinase protein. The present disclosure further relates to seeds, tissues, cells, or plant parts of the present melon plants, and to methods for identifying downy mildew resistant melon plants.
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A downy mildew resistant melon plant, wherein a genome of said melon plant comprises a homoserine kinase gene expressing a mutated homoserine kinase protein, wherein the mutated homoserine kinase protein comprises an amino acid substitution of an amino acid alanine (A) to an amino acid threonine (T) at position 349 of a homoserine kinase protein having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
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A mutated homoserine kinase protein, wherein a mutation of the mutated homoserine kinase protein comprises an amino acid substitution of an amino acid alanine (A) to an amino acid threonine (T) at position 349 of a homoserine kinase protein having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
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