Patent ID: 7348467

Claim:
A method for producing cucumber plants which are resistant to closteroviruses occurring in cucumber, the method comprising the steps of: a. providing a plant of Cucumis sativus accession PI 250147, b. crossing the Cucumis sativus plant provided in step a with Cucumis sativus culture breeding material, c. collecting the seeds resulting from the cross in step b, d. regenerating the seeds into plants, e. provide one or more backcross generations by crossing the plants of step d or selfed offspring thereof with Cucumis sativus culture breeding material to provide backcross plants, f. selfing plants of step e and growing the selfed seed into plants, g. evaluating the plants of step f for resistance to cucumber closteroviruses, and h. identifying and selecting plants which are resistant to the cucumber closteroviruses.