# US 2021/0329871 A1 · Hybrid cantaloupe plant named hmc454326 > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0329871 A1 - Document ID: US20210329871A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/858,111 - Filed: 2020-04-24 - Published: 2021-10-28 - Earliest claimed: 2020-04-24 - Assignees: Hm.Clause, Inc. - Applicants: HM.CLAUSE, Inc. - Inventors: Juan J. MARROQUIN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210329871A1 ## CPC - A01H 6/344: {Cucumis melo [melon]} - A01H 5/08: Fruits - A01H: NEW PLANTS OR {NON-TRANSGENIC} PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES ## Abstract A novel hybrid cantaloupe plant, designated HMC454326 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC454326, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC454326, and to methods for producing a cantaloupe plant by crossing the hybrid cantaloupe HMC454326 with itself or another cantaloupe plant. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A seed of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC454326, wherein a representative sample of seed of said hybrid has been deposited under NCIMB No. 43777. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A cantaloupe plant, a part thereof, or a cell thereof, produced by growing the seed of claim 1, wherein the cantaloupe plant or a cantaloupe plant regenerated from the part or the cell has all the physiological and morphological characteristics of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC454326 deposited under NCIMB No. 43777 when grown under the same environmental conditions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The cantaloupe plant, the part thereof, or the cell thereof of claim 2, wherein the part is selected from the group consisting of a leaf, a flower, a fruit, a stalk, a root, a rootstock, a scion, a seed, an embryo, a peduncle, a stamen, an anther, a pistil, a pollen, an ovule, and a cell. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) A tissue culture of regenerable cells produced from the cantaloupe plant or the part thereof of claim 2, wherein a cantaloupe plant regenerated from the tissue culture has all the physiological and morphological characteristics of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC454326 deposited under NCIMB No. 43777 when grown in the same environmental conditions. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) A cantaloupe plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 4, said plant having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC454326 deposited under NCIMB No. 43777 when grown under the same environmental conditions. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) A cantaloupe fruit produced from the plant of claim 2. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) A method for harvesting a cantaloupe fruit, the method comprising: (a) growing the cantaloupe plant of claim 2 to produce a cantaloupe fruit, and (b) harvesting said cantaloupe fruit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A cantaloupe fruit produced by the method of claim 7. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) A method for producing a cantaloupe seed, the method comprising: (a) crossing a first cantaloupe plant with a second cantaloupe plant and (b) harvesting the resultant cantaloupe seed, wherein said first cantaloupe plant and/or second cantaloupe plant is the cantaloupe plant of claim 2. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) A method for producing a cantaloupe seed, the method comprising: (a) self-pollinating the cantaloupe plant of claim 2 and (b) harvesting the resultant cantaloupe seed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) A method of vegetatively propagating the cantaloupe plant of claim 2, the method comprising: (a) collecting a part capable of being propagated from the plant of claim 2 and (b) regenerating a plant from said part. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising (c) harvesting a fruit from said regenerated plant. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) A plant obtained from the method of claim 11, wherein said plant has all the physiological and morphological characteristics of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC454326 deposited under NCIMB No. 43777 when grown under the same environmental conditions. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) A fruit obtained from the method of claim 12. ### Claim 15 (depends on 2) A method of producing a cantaloupe plant derived from hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC454326, the method comprising: (a) self-pollinating the plant of claim 2 at least once to produce a progeny plant. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising the steps of: (b) crossing the progeny plant derived from the hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC454326 with itself or a second cantaloupe plant to produce a seed of progeny plant of subsequent generation; (c) growing the progeny plant of the subsequent generation from the seed; (d) crossing the progeny plant of the subsequent generation with itself or a second cantaloupe plant to produce a cantaloupe plant derived from the hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC454326; and (e) repeating step (b) and/or (c) for at least one generation to produce a cantaloupe plant derived from the hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC454326. ### Claim 17 (depends on 2) A method of producing a cantaloupe plant derived from hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC454326, the method comprising: (a) crossing the plant of claim 2 with a second cantaloupe plant to produce a progeny plant. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising the steps of: (b) crossing the progeny plant derived from the hybrid cantaloupe plant designated HMC454326 with itself or a second cantaloupe plant to produce a seed of progeny plant of subsequent generation; (c) growing the progeny plant of the subsequent generation from the seed (d) crossing the progeny plant of the subsequent generation with itself or a second cantaloupe plant to produce a cantaloupe plant derived from the cantaloupe hybrid cantaloupe plant designated HMC454326; and (e) repeating step (b) and/or (c) to produce a cantaloupe plant derived from the hybrid cantaloupe plant designated HMC454326. ### Claim 19 A method of producing a plant of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC454326 comprising at least one desired trait, the method comprising introducing a single locus conversion conferring the desired trait into hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC454326, whereby a plant of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC454326 comprising the desired trait is produced. ### Claim 20 A cantaloupe plant, comprising a single locus conversion and essentially all the characteristics of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC454326 deposited under NCIMB No. 43777 when grown under the same environmental conditions. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The plant of claim 20, wherein the single locus conversion confers said plant with herbicide resistance. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The plant of claim 20, wherein the single locus conversion is introduced into the plant by the use of recurrent selection, mutation breeding, wherein said mutation breeding selects for a mutation that is spontaneous or artificially induced, backcrossing, pedigree breeding, haploid/double haploid production, marker-assisted selection, genetic transformation, genomic selection, Zinc finger nuclease (ZFN) technology, oligonucleotide directed mutagenesis, cisgenesis, intragenesis, RNA-dependent DNA methylation, agro-infiltration, Transcription Activation-Like Effector Nuclease (TALENs), CRISPR/Cas system, engineered meganuclease, engineered homing endonuclease, and DNA guided genome editing. ### Claim 23 (depends on 2) A method of producing a cantaloupe plant, comprising grafting a rootstock or a scion of the hybrid cantaloupe plant of claim 2 to another cantaloupe plant. ### Claim 24 (depends on 2) A method for producing nucleic acids, the method comprising isolating nucleic acids from the plant of claim 2, or a part, or a cell thereof. ### Claim 25 (depends on 2) A method for producing a second cantaloupe plant, the method comprising applying plant breeding techniques to the plant or part of claim 2 to produce the second cantaloupe plant.