US 7,572,954 B2 · Melon having high percent soluble solids and improved firmness

Abstract

Honeydew melon having high percent soluble solids and improved firmness is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of honeydew melons SSC 112, SSC 134, SSC 135, SSC 118, 10217-3, 10233-1, 11466, 11647, 10888, 10288-1, and 11876-1, to the plants of honeydew melons SSC 112, SSC 134, SSC 135, SSC 118, 10217-3, 10233-1, 11466, 11647, 10888, 10288-1, and 11876-1, and to methods for producing a honeydew melon plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing each of the melons SSC 112, SSC 134, SSC 135, SSC 118, 10217-3, 10233-1, 11466, 11647, 10888, 10288-1, and 11876-1 with itself or another honeydew melon cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a honeydew melon plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other honeydew melon cultivars derived from the melons SSC 112, SSC 134, SSC 135, SSC 118, 10217-3, 10233-1, 11466, 11647, 10888, 10288-1, and 11876-1.

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A seed of honeydew melon selected from the group consisting of SSG 112, SSG 135, SSG 118, 10217-3, 10233-1, 11466, 10888, 10228-1, and 11876-1, wherein a representative sample of seed of each listed hybrid and inbred was deposited under ATCC Accession Nos. PTA-9578, PTA-9579, PTA-9581, PTA-9573, PTA-9577, PTA-9574, PTA-9575, PTA-9580, and PTA-9576, respectively.

A method of introducing a desired trait into honeydew melon SSC 112, SSC 135, SSC 118, 10217-3, 10233-1, 11466, 10888, 10228-1 and 11876-1 wherein the method comprises:

(a) crossing and using as a recurrent parent a honeydew melon plant selected from the group consisting of SSC 112, SSC 135, SSC 118, 10217-3, 10233-1, 11466, 10888, 10288-1 and 11876-1, with a plant of another honeydew melon cultivar that comprises a desired trait to produce progeny plants wherein the desired trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide resistance, insect resistance, and resistance to bacterial disease, fungal disease or viral disease;
(b) selecting one or more progeny plants that have the desired trait to produce selected progeny plants;
(c) crossing the selected progeny plants with the recurrent parent plant to produce backcross progeny plants;
(d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait and physiological and morphological characteristics of the recurrent parent to produce selected backcross progeny plants;
and
(e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times in succession to produce selected fourth or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of the recurrent parent.

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