Patent ID: 11895961
Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  C | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A method for producing triploid hybrid cultivated watermelon seeds comprising the following steps:
a) providing a first CGMMV resistant inbred diploid watermelon plant comprising two chromosomes 7, each having an introgression fragment from chromosome 7 according to claim 1 comprising a CGMMV resistance QTL from a C. colocynthis donor;
b) providing a second CGMMV resistant inbred tetraploid watermelon plant comprising four chromosomes 7 each having an introgression fragment from chromosome 7 according to claim 1 comprising a CGMMV resistance QTL from a C. colocynthis donor;
c) allowing pollination of the tetraploid watermelon plant provided in step b) with pollen of the diploid watermelon plant provided in step a); and
d) collecting seeds from the fruits produced in step c).