Patent ID: 8637729

Claim:
A method for the production of an inbred melon plant adapted for conferring, in hybrid combination with a suitable second inbred, resistance to F. oxysporum f.sp. melonis (FOM) race 1,2, the method comprising: (a) selecting a first donor parental line possessing a desired FOM race 1,2 resistance and having a resistant locus mapping to linkage group 9 and mapped by one or more of the markers 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3; (b) crossing the first donor parent line with a second parental line in hybrid combination to produce a segregating plant population; (c) screening the segregating plant population for identified chromosomal loci of one or more genes associated with the resistance to FOM race 1,2; and (d) selecting plants from the population having the identified chromosomal loci for further screening until a line is obtained which is homozygous for resistance to FOM race 1,2 at sufficient loci to give resistance to FOM race 1,2 in hybrid combination.