Method of producing seedless watermelon
OwnerWarren S. Barhaminventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a novel method which improves the economical production of seedless watermelon fruit. The novel method involves using short vine pollinators in the production field to pollinate the triploid hybrids which result in increased yields.
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A method of producing triploid watermelon fruit comprising:
- a) planting triploid plants and diploid short vine pollinator plants in one or more rows;
- b) allowing said plants to mature and develop fruit;
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- c) harvesting said fruit.
A diploid short vine pollinator line designated 6741, a sample of said seed having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. ______.
A tissue culture of regenerable cells of a watermelon plant of line 6741, wherein the tissue regenerates plants capable of expressing essentially all the morphological and physiological characteristics of the line 6741.
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