METHODS AND ASSAYS FOR MALE STERILE WATERMELON

摘要

The present disclosure provides watermelon plants with a male sterile phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed genomic region associated with a male sterile phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a male sterile phenotype are provided.

主权项

1. A method of determining the genotype associated with a male sterile phenotype of a watermelon plant or part thereof, comprising the steps of:
obtaining a sample of material from said plant or part thereof; and detecting in said sample at least a first polymorphism in or genetically linked to a locus that confers said male sterile phenotype comprising loci NW0249314 (SEQ ID NO: 1) and NW0250301 (SEQ ID NO: 78) or within 15 cM thereof.