Seedless watermelon having small fruit
AssigneeSeminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
InventorsRobert Barham, Warren Barham, Fred T. McCuistion, Benito Juarez
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Abstract
The present invention is a novel method which results in the production of small seedless watermelon fruit having an average fruit weight of less than 12.0 pounds. The novel method involves using small tetraploid parental lines to produce small triploid hybrid seed.
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A seed of tetraploid watermelon line designated ‘1671’, a sample of said seed having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-4858.
A tissue culture of regenerable cells or protoplasts produced from a watermelon plant of line ‘1671’ wherein the tissue culture regenerates plants having all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of watermelon line ‘1671’ a sample of seed having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-4858.
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