Hybrid watermelon plant named CHEETAH
AssigneeHazera Seeds B.V.
InventorEran Yossov
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Abstract
A novel watermelon hybrid plant, designated CHEETAH is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of watermelon hybrid CHEETAH, to the plants and plant parts of watermelon hybrid CHEETAH, and to methods for producing a watermelon plant by crossing the watermelon hybrid CHEETAH with itself or another watermelon plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing a watermelon 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 watermelon plants derived from the watermelon hybrid plant CHEETAH.
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A seed of hybrid watermelon CHEETAH, representative seed of said hybrid having been deposited under NCIMB No. 42838.
A watermelon plant produced by introducing a single locus conversation into hybrid watermelon CHEETAH, wherein representative seed of said hybrid watermelon CHEETAH has been deposited under NCIMB No. 42838, and wherein the produced watermelon plant comprises the single locus conversation and otherwise comprises all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of hybrid watermelon CHEETAH when grown under the same environmental conditions.
A method for producing a triploid, seedless watermelon fruit comprising:
- a) planting a field with rows of a hybrid watermelon CHEETAH, representative seed of said hybrid having been deposited under NCIMB No. 42838
- b) planting said field with a pollinizer watermelon plant;
- c) allowing pollination of said triploid watermelon plant by pollen of said pollinizer watermelon plant to obtain triploid, seedless watermelon fruit.
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