Watermelon with Improved Processing Qualities
AssigneeSeminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
InventorsGreg TOLLA, Benito JUAREZ, Fred McCUISTION
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Abstract
A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix.
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A watermelon plant, or a part thereof, that produces a mature fruit having flesh that resists pressure of at least 3.5 pounds force (lbf) and has soluble solids of at least 6 brix.
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A method for producing a watermelon plant that produces a mature fruit having flesh that resists pressure of at least 3.5 pounds force (lbf) and soluble solids of at least 6 brix comprising:
- a. crossing a first watermelon variety having soluble solids of not less than 8 brix with a second watermelon variety comprises mature fruit flesh that resists pressure of at least 3.5 pounds force (lbf);
- b. performing at least one backcross with said first watermelon variety or said second watermelon variety, and
- c. performing one or more cycles of self-pollination of products of the backcross of step (b) or one or more recurrent backcrosses with said first watermelon variety or said second watermelon variety, wherein the progeny of said crosses, backcrosses, or self-pollination are selected for soluble solids of not less than 8 brix, flesh that resists pressure of at least 3.5 lbf, or both.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.